PROCEEDINGS
The Bulkley Valley Research Centre hosted a dynamic conference in February of 2007, attracting some of the province’s top forestry professionals as well as prominent researchers from Alberta and the United States.
This conference was organized as a way for researchers, managers, silviculturists, and other practitioners to update themselves on current developments in the science of managing complex forest stands. In the past 5 years there have been substantial advances in our understanding of complex stand dynamics, in our knowledge of non-timber values, and in an array of simulation models and decision support tools to support decision-making around complex stands. Much of this is driven by the current mountain pine beetle epidemic. Such models continue to be modified and improved. This conference and proceedings is a way to distribute this information more broadly.
Our definition of ‘complex stands’ for this conference is fairly simple. ‘Complex stands’ have: multiple tree species, species of multiple ages, multiple layers, a variety of other organisms, and are managed for multiple values.
The first day offered different perspectives on complex stand management. The second day focused on active research projects addressing some of the questions and challenges with which researchers are faced. The three main topic areas were 1) research on complex stands and succession; 2) management and research related to mountain pine beetle; and 3) growth models and decision support tools for complex stand management.
This conference was followed by a two day SORTIE-ND workshop that introduced foresters and technicians to the latest software that will offer the industry an innovative approach to modeling complex stand structures.
Thank you to Chief Woos (Roy Morris) and the Wet’suwet’en for hosting this event on their territories, and for the traditional welcome.
This conference was made possible by the Forest Investment Account - Forest Sciences Program. We would like to thank all conference presenters as well as participants in making this conference a great success!
The Proceedings are provided in two different formats:
- A downloadable PDF file which has an introduction, each of the presenter's biographies and abstracts, questions and answers (where applicable), and conclusions.
- An interactive website where you can access each individual presenter's biography and abstract (PDF), their PowerPoint presentation (PDF), an audio file of their presentation (WMA), and a transcription/summary of the questions and answers for their presentation (PDF).
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1. Downloadable PDF
2. Interactive Site
| LEGEND |
Presenters Name |
Click on the presenter's name (listed below) for the Biography and Abstract |
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Click on this under each presenter's name (listed below) to view their PowerPoint Presentation (converted to PDF) |
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Click on this under each presenter's name (listed below) to listen to their Audio Presentation (WMA) |
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Click on this under each presenter's name (listed below) to view, where applicable, a transcription/summary of the questions and answers for their presentation (PDF) |
NOTE: Only where permission has been granted have the PowerPoint and Audio Files been posted
| DAY 1 - Introductions |
Roy Morris
Chief Woos, Cas'Yex House, Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief
Rita George
Chief Gallughun, Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Wing Chief
Andrew George Jr.
Chief Skit'den, Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Wing Chief
Traditional Welcome
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President, Bulkley Valley Research Centre
Preamble Day 1
The Science of Complexity
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 Summary of talk |
| DAY 1 - Different Perspectives on Complex Stand Management |
Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief, World Renowned Chef
Natural Resources Manager, Office of the Wet'suwet'en
A First Nations perspective on resource management: Forests for everyone
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Chief Forester, Ministry of Forests
The future of complex stands in British Columbia, and implications for timber supply analysis
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E.P. Runtz and Associates Ltd.
Partial cutting of the visually sensitive landscapes in the Robson Valley near McBride, BC
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Operations Superintendent, Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Houston Division
Complex stand management: Canfor Houston perspective
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Acting Director, Special Projects, Forest Practices Board
Symmetree Consulting Group Ltd.
Lodgepole pine stand structure 25 years after mountain pine beetle attack and implications for streamflow
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Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests
Silviculture and the management of complex stands
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Forest Ecologist, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Ecological perspectives on complex stands
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| DAY 1 - Question Period |
Questions and Answers - Day 1
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| DAY 2 - Research on Complex Stand Dynamics and Succession |
President, Bulkley Valley Research Centre
Introduction Day 2
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Research Pedologist, Ministry of Forests
Tradeoffs in understory light limitations versus nitrogen deficiencies across productivity gradients
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Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta
Presented by Cosmin N. Filipescu
Dynamics of aspen and Calamagrostis competition with white spruce and its implications to mixedwood regeneration
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Senior Scientist, Bulkley Valley Research Centre
The relationship between light availability and understory spruce growth
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Forestry Biology and Management, University of Alberta
Site and age affect competitive interactions between aspen and white spruce in boreal mixedwoods
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| DAY 2 - Management and Research Related to Mountain Pine Beetle Infected Stands |
Associate Professor, University of Northern British Columbia
Dynamics of young pine stands after the mountain pine beetle
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Research Wildlife Habitat Ecologist, Ministry of Forests
Role of complex stands in conserving vertebrate diversity in beetle affected landscapes
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Research Associate, University of Northern British Columbia
Relationship between 2-year cycle budworm, spruce beetle and western balsam bark beetle: Dendroecological evidence from central interior British Columbia
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Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Forest Resource Management, UBC
Rating options for post-attack cutting in mountain pine beetle affected stands
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| DAY 2 - Growth Models and Decision Support Tools for Complex Stand Management |
Associate Professor, Department of Forest Resource Management, UBC
Ingrowth and mortality in partially cut complex stands of southeastern BC, and extensions to MPB-affected stands of central BC
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Research Leader, Stand Development Modelling, Ministry of Forests
Applications of the Tree and Stand Simulator for complex stand structures and wildlife habitat supply
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ForesTree Dynamics Ltd.
Stand structure classification: Rendering complex stands less complex
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| DAY 2 - Summary |
President, Bulkley Valley Research Centre
Summary of conference
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| CONCLUSION |
| POSTERS |
Ministry of Forests, Smithers
Ecosystem Recovery - What is it and how long does it really take?
PhD Student, University of British Columbia
An analysis framework for developing SFM-based regeneration standards
Forest Sciences Department, UBC & Bulkley Valley Research Centre
How does self-organization influence ecosystem diversity, resilience and restoration success?
Professor, Siviculture & Management, Université of Québec
Partial cutting as a surrogate to stem exclusion and dieback in aspen-dominated boreal mixedwoods: Implications for deadwood dynamics
Research Pedologist, Ministry of Forests
An investigation into factors causing height suppression of understorey conifers
MSc Candidate, Sustainable Forest Management Research Group, UBC
Assessing the effectiveness of management strategies in creating and maintaining stand-level biodiversity on large-scale mountain pine beetle cutblocks in the Arrow Boundary Forest District
FERIC Researcher
FERIC understorey protection project
MSc in Forestry Candidate, UBC
Estimating natural regeneration in mountain pine beetle affected stands using SORTIE-ND and Prognosis
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The Bullkley Valley Research Centre would like to thank the following agencies and businesses who generously sponsored and donated to the conference.
© Bulkley Valley Centre, 2004