A key challenge in western Canada is how to manage wildfire risk and support the application of cultural and prescribed fire across regional, provincial and Indigenous territorial boundaries.

This presentation will explore recent research into the effects of chemical herbicides, primarily glyphosate, on plants in forest operations.

In 2021/22, 630 ha of Scouler’s willow sites on Old Fort Mountain, Babine Lake watershed, were manually treated by hinging or felling 65-75% of the mature willows to promote both stump and bowl sprout production.

Wildfire is a natural disturbance in many forested biomes, with the loss of carbon to the atmosphere and mortality of trees actively sequestering carbon of global concern as a contribution to climate change.

Evaluating and maintaining ecological integrity of landscapes managed for forestry is of high interest to Government, First Nations, Industry, and the public in BC.

This presentation makes a case for “boldly going where no forester has gone before”: deconstructing the 100-year-old paradigm of reforesting with local seed sources.