CIF NL Section Mini-Forums

……promoting the transfer of ideas and information throughout the Province….

CIF mini-fora are held periodically throughout the province to expand the knowledge base of forestry professionals and others with a keen interest in forest resources.

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April 19, 2007

St. John's, NL

12 - 1:30

The CIF-NL will be sponsoring a Mini-Forum and luncheon on Thursday April 19, 2007 at the Forest Ecology Center on Brookfield Road, St. John’s (immediately East of the Federal Agriculture Cool Crop Experimental Farm) with well known facilitator, presenter and professor Dr. Alistair Bath as invited speaker. The presentation is entitled:

"Understanding Forest Management Issues - A Human Dimension Perspective "

Presented by

Dr. Alistair Bath, MUN

Alistair will be presenting findings of a study and report he conducted in 2006 on social aspects of forest management. Implications and appropriate actions for an informed community of forest managers will also be discussed.

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MODELLING WINDTHROW IN RIPARIAN ZONES IN NEWFOUNDLAND by Jason Glode, MScF Candidate, University of New Brunswick

Abstract: The Newfoundland and Labrador Riparian Working Group (NLRWG) have identified windthrow in riparian areas as a key variable in developing a successful management strategy.  Through an Agreement with the DNR, the WNMF, and the University of New Brunswick, graduate work has been initiated in the development of a windthrow prediction model for balsam fir and black spruce forests of insular Newfoundland.  Using recently innovated water table mapping developed by UNB's Nexfor/Bowater Forest Watershed Centre, the project examines the relationship between depth to water table and windthrow occurrence.  The influence of other tree, stand and neighborhood variables on stand vulnerability to windthrow has been assessed in the development of a predictive GIS tool for forest managers who wish to develop a management strategy for riparian areas.

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April 19, 2007- Corner Brook