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JEM Volume 9, Number 2 - 6 New Articles Available On-line
LINK Volume 10, Number 2 - Full Issue Now Available On-line
Download the full issue of LINK at www.forrex.org/publications/link/ISS52/Link_Vol10_No2_Full.pdf
FORREX Series 22: A Recovery Action Plan for Northern Caribou Herds in North-central British Columbia
R. Scott McNay, D. Heard, R. Sulyma, and R. Ellis.
In this report, an action plan for recovery of caribou in north-central British Columbia is presented. This plan represents work completed by a technical team in support of the Northern Caribou Recovery Implementation Group for North-central British Columbia. Work focussed on operational definitions for survival and recovery habitats using a habitat supply model. Successive applications of this model were conducted to estimate a range of likely habitat values for five seasonal ranges across four planning areas using simulations of assumed natural disturbance under unmanaged conditions. Results were used as a baseline reference point to set context for subsequent development of herd-specific recovery actions. Theoretical potential values for seasonal ranges were also calculated, plotted as maps, and used as a second reference point to further the recovery context. Read the report at www.forrex.org/publications/forrexseries/fs22.pdf
Pine Beetle and Wildlife Trees in the Okanagan-Similkameen Workshop Presentations and Summary
Various
The presentations and summary for this workshop are now available on-line. At this workshop participants wrestled with the complex and multi-layered issue of wildlife and trees in the South Okanagan-Similkameen. The workshop included a short field tour to a ponderosa pine forest in the initial stages of beetle attack. Participants were also alerted to the host of insects other than pine beetles that utilize live and dead trees. Read the presentations and summary at www.forrex.org/program/con_bio/PBWT_workshop.asp?AreaPkey=16
NCASI-Canada Bulletin Volume 4, Number 1
NCASI (excerpts provided with permission)
- NCASI launches caribou research program
NCASI has launched a multi-year program to identify options for enhancing the viability of caribou populations in managed boreal forests. It is expected that research results will lead to methods for quantifying spatial variation in food resources in caribou habitat and thus enhance the ability of managers to identify optimal areas for caribou conservation on a given landscape. For more information, please contact Darren Sleep at 514-286-9690, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address),or Kirsten Vice at 514-286-9111, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Read the full article at www.ncasi.org/programs/areas/forestry/canadian_program/wildlife/caribou/fn-20-05.aspx
- Report synthesizes key environmental information for wood products
NCASI has recently published a report (Special report No. 08-01, Wood Products Air Quality Technical Information Document) synthesizing wood products industry environmental information, which will be used as the foundation for air quality policy-related discussions at the federal and provincial level. This key document fills important information needs related to the environmental profile of the wood products sector, and helps clarify knowledge gaps. For more information please contact Kirsten Vice at 514-286-9111, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Please note that this report is available electronically to NCASI members only via the NCASI website. However, employees of universities, government agencies, and trade associations may request printed copies by contacting .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
- EEM Program Science Symposium addresses pulp mill effluent biological responses
The Environment Effects Monitoring program includes a regulatory requirement for mills to evaluate the effects of effluents on fish, fish habitat, and use of fisheries resources by humans. EEM data analyzed to date (three monitoring cycles) indicate that on a national average, fish sampled downstream of effluent discharges show evidence of increased food availability or absorption rates (through greater body mass, growth rates, and liver size), with reduced energy allocation to reproduction (indicated by smaller gonads), compared to fish collected upstream. Cycle 4 findings, presented during the 2008 EEM Science Symposium, show the trend for heavier fish with larger livers and smaller gonads remains, but these effects were less pronounced overall, and were absent at some sites. For more information please contact Camille Flinders at 360-293-4748, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or Kirsten Vice at 514-286-9111, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The EEM study design differs from that of the NCAI’s Long-term Receiving Water Study (LTRWS) in terms of its scope, the spatial extent of sites, and the regularity of sampling across seasons and years. The LTRWS is designed to assess community-level patterns of biotic structure and biomass as they relate to water quality and habitat variables upstream and downstream of mill effluent discharges. An article on LTRWS is available to NCASI members only via the NCASI website. However, employees of universities, government agencies, and trade associations may request printed copies by contacting .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). More information on LTRWS at www.ncasi.org/programs/areas/assessment/ltrws/default.aspx
- Sustainable Procurement Guide released by WRI/WBCSD
A new guide and resource kit on sustainable procurement of wood- and paper-based products has recently been published as a collaboration between the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. The report is intended to be a resource for procurement managers, informing them of key issues related to sustainable procurement. For more information, please contact Reid Miner at 919-941-6407, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or Kirsten Vice at 514-286-9111, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). View the guide at www.sustainableforestprods.org/
- NCASI to develop compendium of wildlife monitoring programs
NCASI will be developing a compendium of ongoing wildlife monitoring programs to identify sources of information, gaps, redundancies, and opportunities for industry collaboration. If you are aware of wildlife monitoring programs on a provincial or smaller scale in your region, NCASI staff would greatly appreciate hearing from you to include these programs in the compendium. For more information, please contact Darren Sleep at 514-286-9690, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Climate Action Plan
LiveSmart BC
The Climate Action Plan outlines strategies and initiatives to take BC approximately 73 per cent towards meeting the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 33 per cent by 2020. This plan also provides information on the many ways that BC residents can reduce energy consumption and save money while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Read the plan at www.livesmartbc.ca/attachments/climateaction_plan_web.pdf.
Capacity For What? Capacity For Whom?
Marc G. Stevenson and Pamela Perreault
The original intention of the project that resulted in this paper was to document three perspectives on the issue of capacity building in forest management — those of government, First Nations, and the forest industry. In the interest of time and resources, the efforts were limited to documenting multiple approaches to Aboriginal capacity building in the forest sector. Read the report at www.sfmnetwork.ca/docs/e/Stevenson_Perrault_capacity.pdf
Partnerships for Empowerment
Edited by: Carl Wilmsen, William Elmendorf, Larry Fisher, Jacquelyn Ross, Brinda Sarathy, and Gail Wells
This book analyzes the current state of the art of participatory research in Community-based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM). Its chapters and case studies examine recent experiences in collaborative forest management, harvesting impacts on forest shrubs, watershed restoration in Native American communities, civic environmentalism in an urban neighborhood and other topics. The book’s purpose is to provide insights and lessons for academics and practitioners involved in CBNRM in many contexts. The issues it covers will be relevant to participatory research and CBNRM practitioners and students the world over. More information at www.styluspub.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=183908
Science Findings (August 2008) - Long-term ecological reflections: writers, philosophers, and scientists meet in the forest
Pacific Northwest Research Station
This publication discusses a program called Long-Term Ecological Reflections, which brings together scientists, creative writers, and environmental philosophers to consider new ways to conceptualize and communicate views of long-term ecological change in forests and watersheds and the participation of humans in that change. Read the publication at www.fs.fed.us/pnw/sciencef/scifi105.pdf
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