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KEYNOTE LUNCHEON SPEAKERS
- Information is not enough: Reaching audiences through sticky science communication
Matthew Pyper, MSc, Ecologist and Science Communicator, Principal, Fuse Consulting Ltd. - Changing the perceptions of forestry careers
Ann Normand, BEd, Outreach Manager, Alberta Forest Products Association
Plenary speakers
- Driving forest policy and innovation through a national science agenda
Michael Norton, Director General, Northern Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada - The use of science for policy development and management of woodland caribou
Stan Boutin, PhD, Professor, Alberta Biodiversity Conservation Chair, University of Alberta
Concurrent Session 1: Recovery of Highly Disturbed Sites
- Developing protocols for the ecological restoration of a mine site in the Hudson Bay Lowland, Ontario
Daniel Campbell, PhD, Birchbark Environmental Research - Recreating ecosites after mining in the oil sands at Syncrude Canada: A work in progress!
Eric Girard, PAg, Reclamation Specialist, Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Concurrent Session 2: Woodland Caribou
- The impacts of forest management strategies for boreal caribou in Ontario
Victoria M. Donovan, MSc; PhD Student, University of Nebraska - The Forest Management and Wetland Stewardship Initiative: Leading the way to boreal wetland conservation
Bev Gringas, Head - Boreal Conservation Programs, Ducks Unlimited Canada
Concurrent Session 4: Linear Disturbances
- Establishment of woody layer in restored boreal peatlands
Bin Xu, PhD, NSERC Industrial Research Chair for Colleges, Peatland Restoration, NAIT Boreal Research Institute
Concurrent Session 5: Forestry and Species Co-Management
- Effects of industrial noise and landscape disturbances on owls in the boreal forest
Julia Shonfield, PhD, P.Biol., Wildlife Biologist, City of Edmonton, University of Alberta - How many boreal birds are enough: Forest management and avian conservation
Erin Bayne, Professor, Science Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
Concurrent Session 6: Social License
- Forestry's impact on Alberta archaeology
Kurtis Blaikie-Birkigt, MA, Senior Project Archaeologist, Tree Time Services Inc. - FPInnovations Indigenous Forestry Support Program - a model for engaging with and identifying opportunities for Indigenous communities
Chad Gardeski, RPF, Manager - Wildlfire Operations, FPInnovations
Concurrent Session 7: Long-Term Experiments in the Boreal Forest
- Ecosystem-based Management: What have we learned from 20+ years of research at the EMEND experiment?
Ellen Macdonald, Professor, Dept. of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta - The NEBIE plot network: Background, design, and preliminary results
F. Wayne Bell, Research Scientist, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry - Petawawa Research Forest leverages 100-year legacy to meet needs of 21st Century forest management
Katalijn MacAfee, Forest Program and Project Coordinator, CFS, NRCan; and John Pineau, Prov. Leader, ON, FPInnovations; Board of Directors Member, Friends of the Petawawa Research Forest
Concurrent Session 8: Large and In Charge
- Forest management and planning for grizzly bears
Laura M. Trout, MSC, P.Biol., Habitat/Wildlife Biologist, West Fraser - Wolverine ecology in boreal landscapes managed for forestry
Dr. Matthew A. Scrafford, Associate Conservation Scientist, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
Concurrent Session 9: Forestry and Land-Use Planning
- Land-use regional planning in Alberta...Collaborating with stakeholders
Trevor Lema, RPF, Land and Integrated Management Planner, Alberta Environment and Parks - From footprint to ferns: Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute supporting forestry planning
Erin Bayne, Professor, Science Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
Concurrent Session 10: Boreal Silviculture
- Successful regeneration of boreal white spruce and sustainable forests
Milo Mihajlovich, RPF (AB), Consultant, Mihajlovich Enterprises Ltd. - Regenerating the boreal forest: Practices and challenges for eastern Canada
Dr. Nelson Thiffault, Research Scientist, Canadian Forest Service, Canadian Wood Fibre Centre, Natural Resources Canada - Boreal mixedwoods: Why the barriers to an ecological approach to management?
Victor Lieffers, RPF, Professor, Silviculture and Forest Ecology, University of Alberta
Concurrent Session 11: Forestry in the Foothills
- Do large carnivores use riparian zones? Ecological implications for forest management
Isobel Phoebus, MSc, Wildlife Biologist, fRI Research - Interactions between cattle and forestry on montane and foothill landscapes of Alberta
Jillian Kaufmann, MSc, P.Ag,. Reclamation Specialist, Husky Energy
Concurrent Session 12: Forest Management for a Future Climate
- Information underload: Why we know so much but still not enough about adapting our forests to future climates
Andrew D. Park, PhD, Associate Professor (Forest Ecology), University of Winnipeg - The long game: Using forest regeneration as a a tool for climate change adaptation
John Pedlar, Forest Biologist, Canadian Forest Service
Concurrent Session 13: Threats from Drought, Insects, and Diseases
- Recent impacts of drought on aspen and white spruce forests in western Canada
Ted Hogg, Research Scientist, Canadian Forest Service - Emerald Ash Borer Management in Manitoba
Brad Epp, Manager, Urban Forestry Forest Health and Field Services, Manitoba Sustainable Development
Concurrent Session 14: Agroforestry and Woodlot Management
- Woodlot management for profit: Tributary to tax incentives, program funding and market access
Victor Brunette, ing.F., BScF, Directeur général, Agence des forêts privées de l'Outaouais - Woodlot management at the edge of the Great Bear Rainforest
Jonathon Lok, RFT, Managing Director, Strategic Natural Resource Consultants Inc. - 20 years of aspen research and development - why we should plant aspen
Jean S. Brouard, PhD, Forest Geneticist, WBAC, Isabella Point Forestry Ltd.
Concurrent Session 15: Innovations in Forest Management Planning
- Competitive forests to supply a competitive industry - tenure and "sawlog silviculture"
Tony Rotherham, RPF, (BC & ON), Ret'd - Innovations in forest inventory: Opportunities and challenges
Ian Moss, PhD, RPF, (BC), Forest Inventory Specialist, Forestree Dynamics Ltd.
Concurrent Session 16: Fire and its Management
- The need for integrated management of Canada's flammable forest landscapes
David Martell, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto
Concurrent Session 17: Forest History
- The history of forestry in the South Peace Region of Alberta
Pat Wearmouth, Ret'd, BSc Forestry, University of Alberta - Logging for railway ties in Jasper National Park - 1920s
Peter Murphy, PhD, Professor Emeritus - Forestry, University of Alberta
Concurrent Session 18: Access Management and Corridor Planning
- Recreation Opportunities Mapping (ROM) - Applicability to forest management in Alberta
Jamie Bruha, RPF, Director, Land and Environmental Planning (Central), Alberta Environment and Parks - Reducing out environmental footprint
Barry White, PhD, RPF, Director, Forest Program Management Section, Forest Management Branch, Forestry Division, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry - Access management and corridor planning
John Peters, BScF, RPF, Director, Energy and Environment, Silvacom