The Northern Silviculture Committee & Northern Interior Vegetation
Management Association Winter Workshop 2002 is scheduled for January 22-24,
2002 in Prince George, BC

The workshop is titled "Optimizing wildlife trees and coarse woody debris
retention at the stand and landscape level"

If you you want more information or want to registar please visit UNBC's
website at http://www.unbc.ca/conted/ .


The agenda is as follows:
January 22, 2002

7:00 - 9:00 pm
No host bar / Registration
Exhibits/ Posters

January 23, 2002

7:00 - 7:45 am Registration
8:00 am
* Ecological role of CWD in northern BC
Victoria Stevens - Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection

* CWD and small mammal populations in the SBS Biogeoclimatic Zone of the
Fort St. James District.
Gilbert Proulx - Alpha Wildlife Research

* How Canfor Ltd., Prince George Region is using TRENDS data to establish
stand level biodiversity objectives for sustainable forest management
Carl vanderMark - Canadian Forest Products

9:45-10:15 Coffee/exhibits
* CWD decomposition - principles, rates and models
John Parminter - Ministry of Forests

* Northern Interior Vegetation Management Association Business Meeting

12:00 pm Lunch (provided) / Exhibits
1:00 pm
* Provincial interim strategies for CWD retention and management
Nancy Densmore - Ministry of Forests

* New guidelines for selecting ecologically appropriate wildlife tree
patches
Christoph Steeger - Pandion Ecological Research Ltd

2:15 - 3:00 pm Coffee / Exhibits
* Designing Wildlife Tree Patches for SBS Biogeoclimatic Zone
Ken Parker
* Changes in harvesting and silvicultural practices from wildlife tree
patch implementation
TBA

* Optimal shapes and distance to edge to minimize WT patch blowdown
Phil Burton - Symbios Research and Restoration

4:30 pm Adjourn
5:30 pm No Host Bar / Exhibits
6:30 pm Banquet (provided)
7:30 pm Improv Theatre Sports
By Serious Moonlight Productions

January 24, 2002

7:30 -8:00 am Coffee / Exhibits
8:00 am
* Bird use of residual forest structure
Mark Phinney - Louisiana Pacific
* Operational concerns arising from implementation of stand structural
retention for wildlife
Christy Nichol - Louisiana Pacific

* Application of wildlife trees and coarse woody debris types in research
and forest management
Sue Stevenson - Silvifauna Research

9:45-10:15 Coffee/exhibits
* Provincial Guidelines and management options for WT patches, including
OGMA's
Mike Fenger - Ministry of Forests

* Northern Silviculture Committee Business Meeting

12:00 pm Lunch (provided) / Exhibits
1:00 pm
* Workers Compensation Board Viewpoint
Dave Rowe - Workers Compensation Board
* Alberta policies and operational management of wildlife trees
Chris Spytz - Weldwood Canada

2:15 - 3:00 pm Coffee / Exhibits
* Public concerns of WT patches and holes in the Forest Practices Code
Ben van Drimmelen - Forest Practices Board

* Applying the elements to sustainable forest management
Jim Stephenson - Canadian Forest Products

4:15 pm Adjourn

Who Should attend?
BC and Alberta professional and technical silviculturists, ecologists and
biologists who have an interest in optimizing wildlife trees and coarse
woody debris retention will find this workshop useful.

Posters / Displays / Sponsorship

Limited Space for commercial displays is available at a cost of $250.00
(includes workshop registration)

Limited space is available for posters

Sponsorship of coffee and lunch breaks is available

For more information contact Rob Bryce (250-960-5982) or check
www.unbc.ca/conted/nscniv2002.htm to download a package

Registration
NIVMA & NSC Workshop/AGM
Early Registration Fee: $165.00
(before Jan 11/2002)
Registration Fee: $190.00
(after Jan 11/2002)


Refund Policy
Full Refund will be issued with written notification of withdrawal if
received 10 or more full calendar days before the first day of the course.
NO Refund - will be issued if written notification of withdrawal is received
less than 10 full calendar days before the first day of the course.

Please complete the enclosed registration form and send fax/mail it to UNBC
Continuing Education at the address below. Cheques made payable to UNBC
Continuing Education. Participants are responsible for arranging their own
accommodation.
Funding for this extension project was provided by Forest Renewal BC

For registration information:
Rob Bryce
UNBC Continuing Education
University of Northern BC
3333 University Way
Prince George, BC V2N 4Z9
Phone: 250/ 960-5982
Fax: 250/ 960-5984

For Technical Workshop information contact:

Leisbet Beaudry 250/964-8405
NSC Chair

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