Science to Management Forum 2007: Overcoming Obstacles to Variable Retention in Forest Management
September 25 — September 27, 2007
Prince George Civic Centre, Prince George, British Columbia
Some of the presenters have graciously allowed us to videotape their presentations. If you would like to view them, please click on the multimedia presentations link.

Workshop Presentations
“Business Drivers for Tree Retention”
Steve Kozuki, General Manager Forestry, Northern Operations, Council of Forest Industries.

Forest Dynamics Perspective
“Challenges in implementing a VR strategy: Barriers to progress and tools to help navigate a way forward”
Brad Seely, University of British Columbia and Gerry Fraser, Interfor.

Watershed Management Perspective
“Using site and watershed level retention for water and terrain conservation”
Dave Wilford, BC Ministry of Forests and Range.

“Small Tenures/Community Forestry Perspective”
Marc von der Gonna, General Manager, McBride Community Forest.

“Timber-focused evaluation of partial cutting in British Columbia under the Forest and Range Evaluation Program”
Pat Martin, BC Ministry of Forests And Range.

“Variable Retention Yield Adjustments in TIPSY”
Mario Di Lucca, BC Ministry of Forests and Range.

“Lessons learned from observations of mortality of residual trees following variable retention in west-central Alberta”
Kevin Bladon, University of Alberta.

“Spatial dynamics of residual-tree mortality following structural retention harvests in the black spruce boreal forest”
Trevor Jones, University of British Columbia and Hilary Thorpe, University of Toronto.

“Forest birds and retention levels”
Dave Huggard, University of British Columbia.

“Variable retention in a sub-boreal landscape: Is it worth the hassle?”
J. Douglas Steventon, BC Ministry of Forests and Range.

“Leave-tree mortality: Rationale for using a variety of approaches to maximize long term success of mature Douglas-fir residual trees following harvesting”
Bruce Rogers, BC Ministry of Forests and Range.

“Dispersed retention in the Coast-Interior Transition: Stand structure and regeneration 15 years after harvest”
Brian D’Anjou, BC Ministry of Forests and Range.

“Determining the impact of the retention system on the productivity and cost of forest harvesting operations”
Mihai Pavel, FPInnovations, Feric Division.

“Optimization Process on Pope and Talbot’s TFL 23”
Randy Trerise, Pope & Talbot Ltd and Kelly Sherman, Timberline Natural Resource Group.

“Managing with Retention – Kamloops Indian Band Experience”
Jim McGrath, Forestry Manager, TK’emlupsemc Forestry Development Corporation.

“Retention planning for wildlife habitat and biodiversity during salvage harvesting”
Walt Klenner, BC Ministry of Forests and Range.

“Improving mid-term timber supply In mountain pine beetle affected Timber Supply Areas”
Brian Raymer, BC Ministry of Forests and Range.