INNOVATIVE MONITORING AND ITS INFLUENCE ON RESOURCE DECISION MAKING CONFERENCE
PROCEEDINGS
In British Columbia, the number of plans and processes for managing the land base has increased substantially within the last 10 years. Most of these plans and processes contain objectives, strategies, criteria and indicators, all of which require monitoring. However, while the need for monitoring has been growing rapidly, it can be argued that the amount of monitoring has not been keeping pace. The Bulkley Valley Research Centre responded to this situation by hosting a conference in March of 2007: Innovative Monitoring and its Influence on Resource Decision Making. In addition to the need for more monitoring projects, the conference highlighted many aspects of monitoring including the range of objectives of different monitoring projects, the range of organizations involved with monitoring, and the range of temporal and spatial scales that monitoring may address. Challenges of monitoring were raised and examples of successful monitoring projects were also presented.
One of the success stories involves three voluntary groups concerned about land use in the Babine River area, the Babine Watershed Monitoring Trust, the Bulkley Valley Community Resources Board, and the Bulkley Valley Research Centre. Many individuals within these and other organizations have been working on land use issues for several decades and have formed relationships based on trust and common concern, spending time and voluntary effort to make monitoring happen. These types of relationships are indicative of considerable “social capital” within the Bulkley Valley.
This conference was made possible through funding from: Integrated Land Management Bureau, Babine River Foundation, Moore Foundation, Ministry of Forests and Range, Aspen Motor Inn, Smithers Chamber of Commerce, Creekstone Press Ltd., and SpeeDee. The Bulkley Valley Research Centre would also like to thank Chief Woos and the Wet’suwet’en for hosting this event on their territories and for the traditional welcome.
The conference proceedings are provided in two different formats:
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A downloadable PDF o generously sponsored and donated to the conference.
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file which has an introduction, each of the presenter's biographies and/or abstracts (when available), questions and answers (where applicable), and conclusions.
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An interactive website where you can access each individual presenter's biography and/or 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
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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 - Traditional Welcome, Conference Introduction & Overview |
Chief Woos, Cas'Yex, Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief
Chief Skit'den, Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Wing Chief
Skiy'zeh, Cas'Yex Hereditary Member
Traditional Welcome
Project Director, Strategic Initiatives Division, ILMB
Conference Introduction
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Executive Director, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Yukon Chapter
Synecology and social networks: The watershed way through the end times
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#1#2 |
Questions & Answers
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| DAY 1 - Provincial-level Initiatives |
Chair, Forest Practices Board
The influence of Forest Practices Board audits on industry and government performance
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Manager, Forest Practices Branch, Ministry of Forests & Range
Evaluating and monitoring the stewardship of BC's forest and range resources
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Air Quality Meteorologist, Ministry of Environment
Air Resources Technician, Ministry of Environment
Limiting air pollution impacts through innovation:
Skeena region's custom venting index forecasting service
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Questions & Answers
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| DAY 1 - Incorporating Society's Values |
Director, Science Policy and Strategy, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
Making social indicators work for us
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Sustainable Forest Management Lab, Faculty of Forestry, UBC
Soft science for a wicked problem:
Capturing concepts of sustainable forest management and territorial stewardship in the Bulkley Valley
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Questions & Answers
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| DAY 1 - The Bulkley Valley Model |
Current Results Nexus
Moderator
Adrian deGroot
Consulting Ecologist and Chair, Bulkley Valley Community Resources Board
Genesis of the Bulkley Valley Community Resources Board and its role in resource management
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President, Bulkley Valley Research Centre
The role of a local research centre in the monitoring cycle
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Babine Watershed Monitoring Trust
Using trusts to ensure monitoring impartiality: The Babine example
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Consultant
Making monitoring manageable: A framework for learning based on risk and uncertainty
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Questions & Answers
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| DAY 1 - Conclusions |
Chair, Forest Practices Board
Conclusions Day 1
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| Keynote Speaker |
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Lands
Measure what counts
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| DAY 2 - Monitoring and Land Use Planning |
Strategic Planning Biologist, ILMB
Making monitoring meaningful:
Monitoring land and resource management plans in the Skeena sub-region
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Operations Manager, Tesera Systems Inc.
Indicator monitoring for the Morice and Lakes Innovative Forest Practices Agreement
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Questions & Answers
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| DAY 2 - Logistics of Monitoring |
Senior Biometrician, Research Branch, Ministry of Forests and Range
Using science and statistics to get meaningful results
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Research Officer/Hydrologist, Ministry of Forests and Range
Successful monitoring: Key practical and technical considerations
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Questions & Answers
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| DAY 2 - Monitoring Migratory Species |
Wild Salmon Policy Coordinator, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
DFO's Wild Salmon Policy: The challenge of moving from monitoring to management action
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Skeena Fisheries Commission
The Skeena Fisheries Commission: Aboriginal salmon monitoring from headwaters to ocean
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Questions & Answers
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| DAY 2 - Approaches to Water Quality Monitoring |
Section Head - Environmental Quality, Environmental Protection Division, MoE
Skeena aquatic macroinvertebrate sustainability indicator
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Forest Hydrologist, P. Beaudry and Associates Ltd.
Evaluating erosion potential as an indicator of water quality
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Technical Advisor, Watershed Science, Forest Practices Branch, Ministry of Forests and Range
Carson Land Resources Management Ltd.
Water quality effectiveness evaluation:
A methodology to determine forestry and range effects on water quality
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Questions & Answers
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| DAY 2 - Mining - How Does Monitoring Change Decisions? |
Dave Bustard and Associates Ltd.
Kemess char monitoring program: Some lessons learned
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Mine Effluent Section, Natural Resources Canada
Use of monitoring at mine sites
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Questions & Answers
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| DAY 2 - Summary - A Look at the Future |
Deputy Chief Forester
The Future Forest Ecosystems Initiative
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Questions & Answers
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| POSTERS |
President, Bulkley
Local level vegetation indicators for boreal mixedwood forests
MPB Range Agrologist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Range Branch
Rangeland health assessments and remedial measures
Eric Parkinson, Lars Reese-Hansen & Craig Mount
Ministry of Environment
The Watershed Evaluation Tool (WET)
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Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch, Ministry of Forests and Range
Determination of year of mountain pine beetle attack from change detection using
Multitemporal Landsat TM Imagery
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| PARTICIPANTS |
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