Climate Change and Cumulative Effects
Climate change and climate change adaptation have been a focus of BVRC research since 2007. Climate change’s impacts on the forest industry, biodiversity and ecosystem resilience, along with its combined cumulative effects with industrial development, are all current and ongoing research under the Integrated Systems Research Program at the BVRC.
Learn more about our Integrated Systems Research Program.
* denotes an active project. ⌘ denotes a multi-year/continuing project
| Project # | Project Title | Project Lead | Funding Agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04 | Upper Bulkley and Morice Water Sustainability Views | Ian Sharpe BSC., MSc. | Tides Canada |
| 2016-08⌘ | Cumulative Impacts Monitoring and Management in the Skeena | Don Morgan, Bulkley Valley Research Centre and BC Ministry of Environment, Smithers, BC | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation |
| 2015-14* | Cumulative Effects and Monitoring Conference | Bulkley Valley Research Centre | Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO) |
| 2013-08 | An integrated assessment of the cumulative impacts of climate change and industrial development on salmon in Western British Columbia - Year Two | Don Morgan, Bulkley Valley Research Centre and BC Ministry of Environment, Smithers, BC | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation |
| 2013-07 | Adding On: Knowledge Management and Cumulative Effects Forum | Don Morgan, Bulkley Valley Research Centre and BC Ministry of Environment, Smithers, BC | Moore Foundation, Spectra Energy, Crossroads Cultural Resource Management |
| 2012-15 | Communication of Climate Impacts, Adaptation, Cumulative Impacts | Sybille Haeussler, PhD, UNBC, Smithers | Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions |
| 2011-18 | An integrated assessment of the cumulative impacts of climate change and industrial development on salmon in Western British Columbia - Year One | Don Morgan, Bulkley Valley Research Centre and BC Ministry of Environment, Smithers, BC | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation |
| 2011-12 | Cumulative Effects Conference | Don Morgan, Bulkley Valley Research Centre and BC Ministry of Environment, Smithers, BC | Various |
| 2010-07 | Assessment of off-site tree plantations in the Northern Interior Forest Region | Phil LePage, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Ministry of Forests and Range, Tree Improvement Branch |
| 2009-17 | Interdisciplinary Assessment of the Implications of Climate Change on the Province's Forest and Range Ecosystems and their Stewardship | Don Morgan, Research Branch, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Future Forest Ecosystems Scientific Council |
| 2009-12 | A Multi-Scale Trans-Disciplinary Vulnerability Assessment | Don Morgan, Research Branch, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Future Forest Ecosystems Scientific Council |
| 2009-08 | Year 3 - Assessing ecosystem vulnerability to climate change from the tree- to stand- to landscape-level | Craig Nitschke, PhD, Bulkley Valley Research Centre and UBC | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2008-21 | Regeneration Vulnerability Assessment for Dominant Tree Species throughout the Central Interior of British Columbia | Craig Nitschke, PhD, Bulkley Valley Research Centre and UBC | Future Forest Ecosystems Initiative |
| 2008-12 | Year 2 - Assessing Ecosystem Vulnerability to Climate Change from the Tree- to Stand- to Landscape Level | Craig Nitschke, PhD, Bulkley Valley Research Centre and UBC | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2007-15 | Year 2 - Landscape Strategies for MPB management: Some Stewardship Implications | Doug Steventon, Wildlife Habitat Ecologist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2007-12 | Year 1 - Assessing Ecosystem Vulnerability to Climate Change from the Tree- to Stand- to Landscape Level | Craig Nitschke, PhD, Bulkley Valley Research Centre and UBC | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2007-09 | Linking Dothistroma septospora to Climate Variability through Establishment of Regional Paleoclimate Baseline: Skeena Stikine Climate Network | Jeff Anderson, Geomorphic Environmental Services, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2006-19 | Using SELES to Examine Some Stewardship Implications of the MPB Outbreak | Doug Steventon, Wildlife Habitat Ecologist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Ministry of Forests and Range, Transfer Agreement |
| 2006-15 | Year 1 - Landscape Strategies for MPB management: Some Stewardship Implications | Doug Steventon, Wildlife Habitat Ecologist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2005-06 | Year 2 - Implications of Landscape Composition and Pattern in Managed Sub-boreal Forests | Doug Steventon, Wildlife Habitat Ecologist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
| 2005-03 | Programming Changes to SELES for Assessing Some of the Mountain Pine Beetle Scenarios on Selected Wildlife Species | Doug Steventon, Wildlife Habitat Ecologist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Ministry of Forests and Range, Transfer Agreement |
| 2004-06 | Year 1 - Implications of Landscape Composition and Pattern in Managed Sub-Boreal Forests | Doug Steventon, Wildlife Habitat Ecologist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers | Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program |
