Research Projects

There are 119 projects in this database (* denotes active projects).
Project TitlePrimary ResearcherProject #Funding Agency
Wetzin’kwa Community Forest Outreach & Education Initiative Rick Budhwa, Bulkley Valley Research Centre 2009-15 Wetzin'kwa Community Forest Corporation
Smithers Carbon Neutral Car Network Initiative Kim Struthers, One Sky - Canadian Institute of Sustainable Living, Smithers 2009-14 Enterprising Non-Profits; Vancouver City Savings Credit Union
Classification and Description of Vegetation Associations in Arctic Regions: Phase 1 - Data Acquisition and Entry Will MacKenzie, Research Ecologist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers 2009-13 Environment Yukon, Government of Yukon
A Multi-Scale Trans-Disciplinary Vulnerability Assessment Don Morgan, Research Branch, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers 2009-12* Future Forest Ecosystems Scientific Council
Year 3 - Evaluation of the Complex Stand Simulation Model SORTIE-ND for Sub-Boreal Forests of Northern BC Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers 2009-11 Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program (Y10-3187)
Year 3 - Growth and Release of Understory Trees in Partially-Cut Pine Stands EP 591 Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers 2009-10 Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program (Y10-3211)
Year 4 - Effects of a MPB Epidemic on Northern Caribou Habitat Use, Migration and Population Status Deborah Cichowski, Caribou Ecological Consulting, Smithers 2009-09 Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program (Y10-2159)
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 2009-08 Forest Investment Account - Forest Science Program (Y10-3220)
Testing Ecological Resilience Theory in Pine-lichen Ecosystems of West Central British Columbia Sybille Haeussler, PhD, UNBC, Smithers 2009-06 NSERC; University of Alberta; Private Donation; Ministry of Forests (In-Kind Support)
Year 3 - Effects of a Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic on Tweedsmuir-Entiako Caribou Habitat Use Deborah Cichowski, Caribou Ecological Consulting, Smithers 2009-05 Habitat Conservation Trust Fund (CAT10-6-174)
Instream Flow Habitat Monitoring Course Dr. Thomas B. Hardy, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 2009-04 Course Fees
Skeena Salmon Habitat Conference Rick Budhwa, Bulkley Valley Research Centre, Smithers 2009-03 SkeenaWild Conservation Trust; Babine River Foundation; Driftwood Foundation
Below the Method Detection Limit:  Problems, Definitions, Data, and Solutions Carolyn Huston, Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University 2009-02 Workshop Fees
Ecosystems of Central and North Coast and South Central Coast BC Andy MacKinnon, Research Ecologist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Nanaimo 2008-24 The Coast Sustainability Trust
LIDAR Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers 2008-22 University of British Columbia