Program

Dr. Marty Luckert, Professor, Forest and Natural Resources, Economics and Policy, Department of Rural Economy, University of Alberta

Dr. Don Floyd, Professor of Forest Policy and Chair, Canadian Institute for Forest Policy and Communication, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick

Beginning in the mid-1960’s, Dr. Richard Behan published a series of seminal articles on the evolving role of the forestry profession and forest policy. His “Myth of the Omnipotent Forester” remains required reading in many North American forestry programs. In a widely read article published in 2006 in the Journal of Forestry, Dr. Luckert re-examined how the forestry profession has evolved over the 40 years since Behan’s “Myth” was published. Dr. Floyd, is the co-editor of the Journal of Forestry and has written often on the future of professional forestry. This session brings Dr. Luckert (one of Dr. Behan’s former students) and Dr. Floyd together to discuss evolving professional challenges. (Ballroom AB)

12:15 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch Break (Ballroom AB)

8:00 am - 6:00 pm Poster Session (Tent)

PLENARY SESSION How to manage for uncertainty.  The speakers will express their views on the types of uncertainty that foresters face when designing forest management plans or policies, as well as, how these uncertainties might be addressed

8:30 am - 10:15 am Mr. Jim Snetsinger, Chief Forester Ministry of Forests and Range, British Columbia  and Dr. Chad Oliver, Pinchot Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Director of Yale University’s Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry (Ballroom AB)

10:15 am - 10:45 am Morning Break (Tent)

10:45 am – 12:15 pm Dr. Tom Beckley, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick and Mr. George Bruemmer, Director Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Wood Fibre Centre (Ballroom AB)

12:15 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch Break (Foyer)

PLENARY SESSION What initiatives are developing at the national level across the nation?  This session is organized in collaboration with the CanadianCouncil of Forest Ministers and provides insight into the successful partnership of Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments responsible for forest resources. The methods to achieve collaboration and provide leadership will be described. Products and initiatives undertaken will be detailed.

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Evelynne Wrangler, Department of Alberta Sustainable Resource Development and Keith Deering, Assistant Deputy Minister, NL Dept. of Natural Resources, Forestry Services Branch (Ballroom AB)

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Afternoon Break

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Session continues

Buses depart from the Delta Hotel at 6:00 pm for Kings Landing.
(Please note: there is an addional cost for these two evening events; tickets are available at Registration)

CIF Silviculture/Forest Management Workshop

8:45 am - 9:10 am Plantation Thinning of Fine Hardwood Tree Species            Martin-Michel Gauthier, Ph.D. Candidate, Purdue University

9:10 am - 9:35 am Potential for Boom-Mounted Remote Sensing Applications in Seedling Quality Monitoring        Anthony Davis, Assistant Professor and Director, Center for Forest Nursery and Seedling Research, College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho

9:35 am - 10:00 am Current Research in Green River, New Brunswick Len Lanteigne and Doug Pitt Natural Resources Canada – Canadian Wood Fibre Centre

10:00 am - 10:20 am Morning Break

10:20 am - 10:45 am Effects of Precommercial Thinning on the Tree Growth and Lumber    Quality of Jack pine: Results from a Long-term Study in the Acadian Forest Region D. Edwin Swift, Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Wood Fibre Centre  Isabelle Duchesne, FPInnovations - Forintek Division  Tony Zhang, FPInnovations - Forintek Division

10:45 am - 11:10 am Enhanced White spruce Seedlings to Improve Tolerance to Insect Damage       Greg Adams, J.D. Irving, Limited    J. David Miller, Carleton University

11:10 am -11:35am Managing for Risk and Uncertainty    Ugo Feunekes, Co-Founder and CTO of Remsoft

11:35 am - 12:00 am Timing, rates and causes of balsam fir-spruce stand decline: implications for forest management

Sarah L. Taylor, Keele University, UK   David A. MacLean, University of New Brunswick

12:00 pm -1:00 pm Lunch Break (HJFFC Lobby)

David MacLean, Dean and Professor, UNB Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management

1:10 pm - 1:30 pm Effects of pre-commercial thinning on the abundance of herbaceous species     Keri La France , Masters student, UNB Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management

1:30 pm - 1:50 pm Effects of pre-commercial thinning on forest bryophytes in managed stands: an evaluation of pre-commercial thinning in the Acadian Forest Amy Witkowski, Masters student    Kate Frego, Professor, UNB Department of Biology, Saint John

1:50 pm - 2:10 pm Effects of pre-commercial thinning on small mammals         Julie Henderson, Masters student, UNB Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management

2:10 pm - 2:30 pm Brown creeper response to experimental selection harvesting Jean-Francois Poulin, Masters graduate, Université de Moncton, Department of Biology

2:30 pm - 2:50 pm Effects of fragmentation on northern flying squirrel in southern NB    Matt Smith, PhD student, UNB Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management

2:50 pm - 3:10 pm Afternoon Break

3:10 pm - 3:30 pm Dynamics of mixedwood stands in Northwestern New Brunswick  Luke Amos-Binks , Masters student, UNB Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management   David MacLean, Dean and Professor, UNB Faculty of Forestry and  Environmental Management

3:30 pm - 3:50 pm Incorporating bio-energy production into forest planning scenarios    Jean-Francois Carle, Masters student, UNB Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management

3:50 pm - 4:10 pm Forest zoning scenario effects on timber and non-timber values Chris Ward, Masters student, UNB Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management

4:10 pm - 4:30 J.D. Irving, Limited: Incorporation of research results into forest management   Gaetan Pelletier, Management Forester, J.D. Irving, Limited

Wednesday, September 10

7:00 am Bus departs from the Delta Hotel for breakfast at the Hugh John Flemming Forestry Centre

8:00 am Buses depart Hugh John Flemming Forestry Centre for Field Tours

Tour 1: Bay of Fundy

Tour 2: Upper St. John River Valley

Tour 3: Acadia Research Forest

1:00 pm Bus Arrives at Delta Hotel from Field Tour 3

5:00 pm Bus Arrives at Delta Hotel from Field Tours 1 & 2

The post conference tour has been cancelled. Due to low registration it is not feasible to do the tour!!