Phil Burton
Board Member
Phil Burton is Manager of Northern Projects for the Pacific Forestry Centre of the Canadian Forest Service, based in Prince George, B.C., where he is also an adjunct professor in the Ecosystem Science & Management Program at the University of Northern British Columbia. Phil has written several dozen papers and book chapters on vegetation dynamics and forest regeneration, and he currently researches various aspects of forest disturbance ecology. A common theme of his work has been the integration of conservation biology into sustainable forest management.
Phil is a Registered Professional Biologist with a B.Sc. (Hon.) from the University of Saskatchewan (1978), M.Sc. from University of Hawaii (1980), and a Ph.D. from University of Illinois (1989). He and his wife Carla had an independent research and consulting firm in Smithers from 1995 through 2003, and they retain strong ties to the Bulkley Valley. He has been a member of the Bulkley Valley Community Resources Board and was a founding Director of the Wilp Sa Maa’y Harvesting Co-operative. Phil currently sits on the Boards of the Northwest Institute for Bioregional Research and the FORREX Research and Extension Partnership.