About this Presentation Len and Jim will introduce the BC Mountain Goat Society. Learn about what the Society does and some of the challenges that exist in protecting mountain goats from human interference. Based in Smithers and linked to mountain…

About this Presentation British Columbia’s forest sector faces mounting challenges due to climate change, past disturbances, and an impending mid-term timber supply shortage. While commercial thinning is a well-established silvicultural tool at the stand scale, its effectiveness at the landscape…

About this Presentation 2024 was globally the hottest year on record. If this sounds familiar that is because the previous hottest year on record was 2023, and the top ten hottest years on record have all occurred in the past…

About this Presentation Climate change continues to present new and oftentimes unpredictable challenges for our forest ecosystems. The tree populations that often form the foundation of these systems are rooted in place, unable to avoid or outpace these rapid changes.…

About this Presentation Our understanding of the suitability of tree species to current site conditions is based largely on the “what was” of historic normal climate. In an era of rapid climate warming and weirding, a conservative reforestation approach that simply…