Projects:

Evaluation of forest reclamation strategies in the Alberta Oil Sands Region

• Clients include: Oil Sands Research Network, Syncrude, Alberta Government
• Projection of stand growth and nutrient dynamics
• Development of regeneration manuals and guidelines
• Development of climate change risk assessment tools and strategies

Forest ecosystem recovery modeling project Vancouver Island, BC

• Clients include: BC Government
• Development of stand structural attributes for evaluating the development of old-growth structural attributes in second-growth stands
• Evaluation of the capability of the FORECAST model to project trends in structural attribute development
• Application of the FORECAST model to evaluate alternative variable retention strategies in the context of multi-objective forest management

Projection and assessment of stand-level ecosystem carbon storage

• Clients include: Canadian Forest Products, Ecotrust Canada, International Forest Products
• Projection of stand growth and ecosystem carbon dynamics for carbon accounting
• Multiple forest types and management activities simulated

Projection of wildlife habitat attributes in boreal stand types in northern Ontario

• Clients include: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
• Projection of stand structural attributes linked with habitat quality
• Linkage of Stand-level model with spatially-explicit landscape model

Evaluation of alternative Mountain Pine Beetle salvage strategies in Central Interior BC

• Clients include: Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Canadian Forest Products
• Simulation of MPB impacts for different stand types
• Projection of alternative salvage strategies for MPB attacked stands and evaluation for indicators of sustainable forest management

Experience:

Forest operations management

• Canadian boreal forest operations (300,000 m3/year)
• U.S. southern pine operations (1.2 million m3/year)
• Canadian coastal operations (85,000 m3/year)

Forest management planning

• Canadian boreal forest operations (550,000 ha)
• Canadian coastal operations (65,000 ha)

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification and market strategies

• Small non-industrial landowner group certification
• Industrial forest company certification renewal and compliance
• Forest Management (FM) and Chain-of-Custody (COC)
• FSC sales and marketing strategies and implementation

Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) planning and implementation

• Coastal BC (central/north coast, west coast Vancouver Island)
• Boreal Forest

Sustainable community business development

• Advising coastal First Nations community-based businesses
• Value-added wood processing business planning

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