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Network of Centres of Excellence
L The boreal forests of the world are under increasing pressure to provide wood and other resources for humans and economic growth. It is up to scientists, industries, governments, and communities to get involved in managing them more effectively to ensure their survival for future generations. Not only do the boreal forests provide thousands of forestry and manufacturing jobs, they are also a sanctuary for plants and wildlife. Globally, they comprise about a quarter of the world's closed-canopy forest, and playa significant role in the earth's environmental balance. Besides being a producer of oxygen, they absorb and store carbon and so may playa critical role in mitigating the effects of global warming.
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In 1995, the Sustainable Forest Management Network was created as one of Canada's Networks of Centres of Excellenceto find alternative ways of managing the nation's boreal forested lands through the development of new knowledge and technologies for sustainable forest management. Its mandate recognizes that forests must be cared for, not only to produce lumber and fibre products, but also to maintain the ecological integrity and biological diversity of the forest system and to meet the socio-economic needs for sustaining communities. The Network's Highly Qualified Personnel primarily includes researchers and students, but is also comprised of technicians, research associates and assistants who design, interpret and apply new tools to sustain our forest resource in the future. In addition, the Network connects students with partners to learn in an intensive, 'real-world' environment and develop contacts with prospective employers.
RESEARCH
RESULTS
What has the Network accomplished in the last five years? If partners and researchers from across Canada are looking to the SFM Network for Real Solutions to Real Problems, which results in particular are being noticed? The following is an overview of some applicable SFM Network research results from the past year:
Certification Problem: Certifying forest products from sustainably managed landscapes is complex because there are inconsistencies in information about product qualities between buyers and sellers. New types of markets and societal value shifts also increase uncertainties.
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Since the inception of the Network, the steady increase in partners is a strong reflection of the value of the Network's role in Canadian forestry research. As the foundation of our Network, partners are key to a successful research plan. This year, the expansion includes Tembec Inc. and the Gwich'in Renewable Resource Board. In addition, several industries and five universities have applied to the Network and are waiting approval. Creating networking opportunities within the SFM Network is one of our critical mandates. During 1999-2000, the Network worked hard to increase our national presence including participation at Forest 2000 - A Forest Science and Technology Exhibition, Ottawa (on Parliament Hill) in May 1999 where Paprican, Forintek, the Canadian Forest Service and the SFMNetwork were in attendance. Research results were also presented at the Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta's (FRIAA)Annual General Meeting in June 1999.
In addition, the ModelForestNetwork PartnershipMeeting in Halifaxin
September 1999providedfor enhanced partnershipsbetween the SFMNetwork and the Model Forest Network. The Network has also been forging stronger links with the international community. We submitted a cooperative proposal with the FIBRENetwork in Finland, MISTRAin Sweden, and with researchers from Alaska and Russia. In August 1999, there was a meeting between the SFM Network and METLA(the Finnish Forest Research Institute) to share research findings and interests.
Developing strong partnerships and links with First Nations and Aboriginal communities continues to be a Network priority. During 1999, this component of the Network progressed well and closer ties are being developed with the National Aboriginal Forestry Association (NAFA)with respect to implementing our Aboriginal research priorities.
In 1999-2000, the Network was successful in facilitating the transfer of research results to academics, public and private sector partners and users across Canada. We launched a 'mobile' Seminar Series 2000 hosted at various locations across the country and by September 2000, we hope will be available across the country via the Internet.
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COMMUNICATIONS The SFM Network 'got the message out' this year. New promotional general
brochure for all audiences,
distributed
nation-wide
materials included a
at conferences
and workshops
along with two editions of Tomorrow's Forests - a colorful external biannual newsletter presented in a journalistic format for researchers, industry, governments, students, and communities across Canada, parts of the United States and Europe. In addition, a redesigned and much improved website was launched in February 2000 and includes everything from facts about the boreal forest to descriptions of current projects funded by the Network.
NEW NETWORK
AGREEMENT
Effective April 1, 1999, the SFM Network became a Not-For-Profit Corporation
under Part II of the Canada Corporations
Act. The
incorporation of the Network from an unincorporated association has resulted in an election process for choosing the Board of Directors, a smaller, more efficient Research Planning Committee, a containment of liability to inside the corporation, and an ability to enter into contracts without relying solely on our host institution - the University of Alberta.
CONCLUSION The SFMNetwork's continued vision of collaborative and integrative research has had a significant impact on forest management practices. Within the SFM Network, research groups work alongside industry and government professionals and First Nations representatives to find more practical, realistic and holistic ways of managing the boreal forest. The Network will continue to increase its efforts in producing quality research results such as tenure systems, the effects of logging practices in aquatic systems, and many other forest management issues to attract the attention of many new partners as well as other researchers and communities across the country and around the world.
In 1999-2000, SFM Network research produced the following:
Project Reports Refereed Publications Working Papers
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Understanding Disturbance: Legacy 1 Although, the boreal forest today has been formed by centuries of natural disturbances-such as fire, insect outbreaks and disease-we need to improve our understanding of both natural and human disturbances on forest ecology so that we can accurately predict impacts from their combined consequences. Legacy 1 aims to enhance our understanding of natural disturbances, how they occur, what structuring role they have and how they compare to human impacts so that we can better represent and manage total disturbance of the boreal forest ecosystem.
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Almost 30 projects
in Legacy 1 were completed
in 1999-
2000 following three to five years of focused research in priority areas such as regeneration, landscape biodiversity and aquatics. The results of these projects are now being recognized and will lead to significant changes in traditional approaches to forestry management. For example, results from studies undertaken by Quebec researchers, led by Carignan, on the effects of logging I operations on water quality are currently being released to the public. The studies indicate that forest harvesting could induce bioaccumulation of methylmercury in fish. These results are important because mercury is highly toxic. Studies are preliminary and more sampling is needed, however, research results could lead to widespread attention from industry and the public, as well as improved management practices for the forest sector. Another project that has gained the attention of our partners is the work of Lieffers who has been developing a spatially explicit light model (MIXLIGHT)to predict light in the understory of boreal forests. This model will be an integral part of the efforts of researchers calibrating the SORTIEmodel, which predicts development of mixed species stands. The more economically viable spruce may grow better in a light shade of aspen, suggesting that a mixedwood forest may be better than a spruce-only stand, as is believed by some. This unique approach to forest manage-
ment led to a $950,000 investment by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC),Weldwood of Canada Ltd. and Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.,to create a 5-year Industrial Chair in Silviculture in Enhanced Forest Management at the University of Alberta with Lieffers at the helm. Messier and many other SFM Network researchers from across Canada authored a 60-page technology transfer document entitled Vers une foresterie ecologique: proposition d'indicateurs de GDFqui s'inspirent des perturbations naturelles or Towards an ecological forestry: A proposal for indicators of SFM inspired by natural disturbances. This SFM Network document was produced as a means of answering forest industry needs and as a way of enhancing the exchange of information regarding natural disturbance indicators.
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Legacy 1 funded 40 research projects last year, in 7 research groups. Many researchers
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and partners
were involved in Legacy 1 projects including 28 principal investigators,
several industry partners,
and provincial and federal government departA ments. Funds were issued to 12 universities.
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series of seven Task Force Meetings,
each of them
with a specific theme, were held throughout year in conjunction defining
research
with our partners with the purpose of
priorities,
Legacy 1, several research
direction
and issues. Within
group workshops
force meetings were held throughout as Regeneration,
the
as well as task
the year on topics such
Intensive Forest Management,
Disturbance
Modeling, Biodiversity and Carbon Dynamics. In February, 2000, Edmonton hosted a very successful two and a half-day Geographic Information Systems (GIS) conference led by Sanchez-Azofeifa and included more than 200 scientists, foresters
and practitioners.
Sustainable Legacy 2 is a grouping of research projects that focus on the common goals of developing strategies and institutions for sustainable forest management. These strategies range from operational planning tools to novel social and economic institutions and encompass an understanding of the multiple and cumulative impacts on boreal ecosystems. The research provides a bridge between science and the application of sustainable forest management practices. ,. Sixteen projects in Legacy 2 were completed in 1999-2000 making room for redirection of research into priority areas identified for 2000-2001. Legacy 2 research highlights include the results from a 3-year study on Alberta land tenure systems. This study developed a simulation model that indicated the costs of the present tenure arrangements, both economic and environmental, are substantial enough to warrant a thorough examination of forest policy in Alberta with respect to landbase designation and overlapping tenures. These results are the product of a consortium research team, the Boreal Team with projects led by and The results were also discussed at a Canadian Institute of Forestry (CIF)workshop in Edmonton in
March. ,.
work on natural dis-
turbance analysis focused on developing decision support tools to aid forest management analysis and planning, with the specific objective of assisting planners as they develop harvest cutblock layouts. These tools include: mapping landscape patterns of forest residual following historical natural wildfires; GIS-based tools to characterize
and assign habitat values to landscape
patterns; and applying
decision support tools to support Criteria & Indicator analysis of National Parks' ecological-integrity
objectives.
work on social indicators for forest dependent in Canada
identified
quantitative
well-being
and examined
women.
communities of community
the unique problems
that affect the sustainability special attention
indicators
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and issues
of these places. The study paid
to Aboriginal
Results demonstrated
peoples, youth, elderly, and that these special populations
face unique problems in resource communities. analyzed productivity
and
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trends in the Canadian
pulp
and paper industry in a way that is sensitive to the environmental effects of the industry's study determined
production
that productivity
activity. The improvement,
from the social viewpoint, has been stronger than conventional
measures
2 funded 27 research
would suggest.
Legacy
projects last year in five
research groups. Legacy 2 projects involved 25 principal investigators, and federal government issued to 10 universities. eral workshops
several industry partners departments,
with funds
Within Legacy 2, sev-
and task force meetings
were held
on topics including Aboriginal/First communities,
Nations
and tools and knowledge
for public participation.
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Impact Minimization: Legacy 3 is a comprehensive program
designed
resource
use. Impacts from forest development
ical, ecological can be strategic,
or social; approaches technological, agenda
program
or economic.
in Legacy 3 crosses
mill and woodlands
sectors
impacts
A key part of
is to develop technologies impacts;
of new technologies
liquid waste and solid waste
can be phys-
to reducing
to reduce environmental
the development
research
to identify and reduce the impact of forest
Legacy 3's research innovations
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in gaseous
management.
emission,
The research
the boundaries
between the
of the forest industry,
and
involves researchers from varying disciplines.
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underwent
of 1999
a program
and
review in the summer
Legacy 3
with the purpose of developing a strategic research direction within the mandate of the Network. The outcome
of the review is reflected in the change
in Legacy 3's name Impact Minimization Life Cycle Analysis and Technology
from
Develop-
ment. Nine projects in Legacy 3 were complet-
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ed in 1999-2000. Many projects ending in Legacy 3 this past year had objectives to reduce the impacts of the pulp and paper industry on forest resource use in the boreal. Many pulp and paper mills are striving to close their process water systems and reduce discharges to the environment. In a project led by Saddler, researchers have developed a fast and reliable method for monitoring levels of adverse substances in process waters of mills. Duff's project has shown, that natural minerals, such as clays, bentonites and zeolites, can be modified to act as absorbants and used to selectively remove detrimental substances from process waters. Other Legacy 3 projects worked to reduce impacts of air and liquid waste discharges to the environment. Allen's project determined that biofiltration - a
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technology that passes polluted gases through a packed bed containing microorganisms that degrade the pollutant - has the potential to treat sources of volatile organic compounds and odours in a cost effective manner using natural and/or available on site waste materials. Experiments showed that biofilters can successfully cope with the variability in air emissions expectedfrom a mill. Legacy 3 funded 19 research projects last year, in 7 research groups. Thirteen principal investigators, several industry partners, and provincial and federal government departments were involved in Legacy 3
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projects with funds issued to 6 universities. were held throughout
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Workshops
the year, notably a University of British
Columbia (UBC) based workshop
in September
1999 (10
Legacy 3 projects were based at UBC in 1999-2000), and a Legacy meeting held in October 1999. Ten Legacy 3 students poster session
also participated
in conjunction
in a special
with the Mech-
anical Wood Pulps Network at Paperweek International
in Montreal, February 2000.
financial overview for the period ended March 31, 2000
REVENUE
2000
REVENUE FederalGovernment ProvincialGovernments
PROVI NCiAL
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT $3,014,000
GOVERNMENTS $1,175,000
$
Industry Industry (DirectFunding)
1,075,000 395,497
Other Deferred Revenue
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375,815 157,047
INDUSTRY(direct funding) $395,497
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3,014,000 1,175,000
$
6,192,359
$
2,098,081 1,443,366 649,700 788,396 131,485 1,081,331
$
6,192,359
$
4,232,332 326,145 623,354 709,370 22,588 57,305 221,263
$
6,192,359
$~815
DISTRIBUTION BY RESEARCH AREA Legacy 1 Legacy 2 Legacy 3 Administration Centre Conference Deferred Revenue
DISTRIBUTION BY RESEARCH AREA
LEGACY 1 $2,098,081 LEGACY 2 $1,443,366
TOTAL EXPENDITURES Salaries and Benefits Equipment Materials and Supplies Travel Conference Traveland Registration Other CarryOver
DEFERRED REVENUE $1,081,331 LEGACY 3 $649,700 CONFERENCE $131,485
ADMINISTRATION CENTRE $788,396
DISTRIBUTION OF RESEARCH FUNDS BY PROVINCE
EXPENDITURES
SASKATCHEWAN MANITOBA ONTARIO
2%
EQUIPMENT$326,145
1% 4%
MATERIALS ALBERTA 58% QUEBEC
21 %
SALARIES AND BENEFITS $4,232,332
AND SUPPLIES
$623,354
CONFERENCE TRAVEL & NEW BRUNSWICK BRITISH COLUMBIA 12%
NOVA SCOTIA 1 %
1%
REGISTRATION
$22,588
OTHER $57,305
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projects and principal investigators LEGACY1: UNDERSTANDING DISTURBANCE Wildlife use of landscape resulting from different management ~trategies in the boreal black spruce forest Louls-Belange~ Un iversite-La val
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Reconstruction of recent and Holocene fire chronologies and associated changes in forest composition: A basis for forest landscape management Yves Bergeron, Universitedu Quebec Montreal
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Genetic diversity of black spruce after fire or after harvesting with cut with regeneration protection Jean Bousquet, Universite Laval Modeling impacts of forest management and climate change on forest-peatland-Iake carbon store and fluxes Ian Campbell, University of Alberta, Canadian Forest Service Late Holocene climate, vegetation and fire interactions in the boreal forest of the western interior of Canada Ian Campbell, University of Alberta, Canadian Forest Service Impacts of fire and harvesting on water quality in lakes and on nutrient losses from the boreal forest of Quebec Richard Carignan, Universite de Montreal Fish and benthic invertebrate community assessment in the Moose River Basin George Dixon, University of Waterloo
Fire-caused mortality in Boreal trees Ed Johnson, University of Calgary The dead bole dynamics in the mixedwood Boreal forest Ed Johnson, University of Calgary Understanding how fire behavior characteristics shape tree population dynamics and forest patterns Ed Johnson, University of Calgary Forest succession and post-logging regeneration dynamics in the Duck Mountain Ecoregion, West Central Manitoba Norm Kenkel, University of Manitoba Spatially-explicit calibration of a light model for eastern and western boreal forests Vic Lieffers, University of Alberta Physiological responses of mixedwood species Picea glauca and Populus tremuloides to cold soils Vic Lieffers, University of Alberta Natural regeneration of white spruce following natural disturbance in the western boreal fo rest S. Ellen Macdonald, University of Alberta
Defining bird indicators to silviculture at the scale of forest management units: A crossCanada analysis Pierre Drapeau, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
Patterns and processes of the boreal forest understory: A comparison of post-fire and post-harvest dynamics S. Ellen Macdonald, University of Alberta
Key factors in the maintenance of biodiversity in the boreal fo rest
Impact of watershed disturbance (logging and fire) on fish communities
Pierre Drapeau, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
Pierre Magnan,
Using birds for monitoring the effectiveness of sustainable forest management in the boreal fo rest Pierre Drapeau, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
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The LSBP project: Developing landscape and stand-level biodiversity indicators Susan Hannon, University of Alberta
Universite du Quebec Trois-Rivieres
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Modeling the biological and silvicultural aspects of natural tree regeneration in the boreal forest at varying spatial and temporal scales
Christian Messie~ Universite du Quebec a Montreal
Spatial-temporal dynamics of the Spruce Budworm epidemic in the northeastern boreal forest Hubert Morin, Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi Comparative studies of CPRS (cuts with protection of regeneration and soils) and natural disturbance by fire: Developing a basis for sustainable practices in black spruce ecosystems Alison Munson, Universite Laval Comparative impacts of natural (wildfire) and anthropogenic (harvesting) watershed disturbances on the zooplankton communities in boreal lakes Bernadette Pinel-Alloul, Universite de Montreal Impacts of watershed disturbances on phytoplankton and periphyton communities Dolors Planas, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
Fire-induced changes in lake geochemistry: A multi-site comparison assessing the role of catchment fertility and forest composition Yves Prairie, Universite du Quebec a Montreal Impact of natural disturbance and forest harvesting on water quality of lakes and streams of the boreal sub-arctic, highlands and wetlands mixed wood ecoregions of northern Alberta Ellie Prepas, University of Alberta Impacts of natural disturbance and forest harvesting on water quality, primary producers and invertebrate communities in lakes and streams in the Boreal Plain Ellie Prepas, University of Alberta
The Virginia Hills Fire:A once-ina-lifetime opportunity to evaluate the impact of natural-versus forestry-related disturbance on water quality, contaminants and biodiversity in surface waters on the Boreal Plains of Alberta Ellie Prepas, University of Alberta Effect of landscape
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able forest management: Challengeand innovation in the 21st century workshop Gerardo-Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, University of Alberta Quantifying landscape pattern and fragmentation: a transect approach in Alberta Gerardo-Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, University of Alberta Historical disturbance regime, FML#3, West Central Manitoba David Sauchyn, University of Regina Dynamics of arthropod assemblages in forests managed to emulate natural disturbance John Spence, University of Alberta Ecosystem Management Emulating Natural Disturbance (EMEND) John Spence, University of Alberta Impact of slash loading and residual trees on soil temperatures and aspen regeneration Ken van Rees, University of Saskatchewan Reducing long term effects of forest harvesting on indicator species of closed canopy mature forests Marc-Andre Villard, Universite de Moncton Impacts of forest management and climate change on carbon budgets of forest-peatland-Iake regional ecosystems: Understanding the processes Dale Vitt, University of Alberta Quantifying long term changes in organic matter sequestration for carbon management: Permafrost dynamics and climate change Dale Vitt, University of Alberta lEGACY 2: STRATEGiES FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
Assessing the economic of a natural disturbance on
dynamics of forest tent caterpillar population Jens Roland, University of Alberta
Geographic information systems and remote sensing for sustain-
management
regime
Vic Adamowicz,
University of Alberta
impacts
forest
Sustainable alternatives to industrial forestry in the Gwich'in Settlement Area David Anderson, University of Alberta
Caribou Mountains critical wildlife/habitat and traditional ecological knowledge study Robert Hudson, University of Alberta
Integrated tools for decision aid in sustainable forest management Jean-Phillippe Waaub, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
Dynamic life cycle inventory comparison of intensive versus extensive forest management Eric Hall, University of British Columbia
Large scale issues in sustainable forestry: Landscape simulation of stand dynamics, harvesting and fire Jim Beck, University of Alberta
Incentives for pollution control Peter Kennedy, University of Victoria
Framing analysis for public involvement in environmental and forest management negotiations Chris Zeiss, University of Alberta
Membrane bioreactors for contaminant control in closed pulp and paper mills Eric Hall, University of British Columbia
Sustainability for whom?: Social indicators for forest dependent communities in Canada Tom Beckley, University of Alberta, Canadian Forest Service Characterization of the Sustainability of Boreal Forest Dependent Communities in Quebec Luc Bouthillier, Universite Laval Development of an integrated approach for decision making in sustainable forest management Luc Bouthillier, Universite Laval Large scale issues of sustainable forestry: Statistical methods and tools for cross-scale modeling Fred Bunnell, University of British Columbia Biodiversity assessment project round 2: Redesign and analysis of alternative forest management strategies Peter Duinker, Dalhousie University Integrating indigenous values into forest management plans C. Scott Findlay, University of Ottawa Health issues in northern aboriginal forest dependent communities Nancy Gibson, University of Alberta Optimization-based forest planning tools for sustainable forest management Grant Hauer, University of Alberta .~
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An integrated forest management strategy Cliff Hickey, University of Alberta
Evaluation of the "Echo" system and scenario planning for sustainable forest management Winifred Kessler, University of Northern British Columbia The effectiveness and potential of the Caribou-lower-Peace Cooperative Forest Management Board Naomi Krogman, University of Alberta Management and aesthetic cession forest Tom Nelson, University of
decision structure perception of sucstages Alberta
Modeling the long term impact of harvesting on soils and forest productivity in the boreal forest David Pare, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canadian Forest Service
LEGACY 3: IMPACT MINIMIZATION
Biofiltration of gaseous emission from the forest products industry D. Grant Allen, University of Toronto Kinetics of TRS gas removal and biofilter bed degradation in a biofiltration process Richard Branion, University of British Columbia Supercritical water oxidation of pulp mill sludges, model compounds and various pulp and paper mill internal recycle streams Richard Branion, University of British Columbia
Planning and analysis tools for sustainable forest management Rob Rempel, Lakehead University
Reactor design for enzyme catalyzed colour removal from pulp mill effluent Ian Buchanan, University of Alberta
Sustaining boreal forest First Nation communities: Exploring alternatives Mike Robinson, University of Calgary
Establishment of framework and baseline conditions for ecological monitoring and assessment using fish and benthic invertebrate communities
Large-scale issues of sustainable forestry: Wildlife habitat modeling and biomonitoring Fiona Schmiegelow, University of Alberta
George Dixon, University of Waterloo Minimizing environmental impact from wood processing operations Sheldon Duff, University of British Columbia
Economic, biodiversity and carbon uptake tradeoffs in forest management: An application of fuzzy methods to vague concepts and imprecise data Cornelis van Kooten University of British Columbia
Use of tailored minerals for the treatment of mechanical mill whitewater Sheldon Duff, University of British Columbia
Economic issues in assessing sustainable development in forestry Terry Veeman, University of Alberta
Development of simulators for ex-plant biological treatment systems Eric Hall, University of British Columbia
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Analysis of particular matter (PM) loading in community ambient air Warren Kindzierski, University of Alberta Advanced oxidation process (AOP); especially photocatalytic Cooper Langford, University of Calgary Biotechnology for detoxication of pulp and paper mill effluents William W Mohn, University of British Columbia Enzyme and microbial treatment of concentrated and recycled pulp mill effluents John Saddler, University of British Columbia Use of immunoassays to monitor in-mill and waste water concentrations of hydrophobic organic materials John Saddler, University of British Columbia Maximizing enhanced ozone oxidation of pulp mill effluents Dan Smith, University of Alberta Pulp mill effluent coagulation and flocculation in receiving waters Dan Smith, University of Alberta Utilization of pulp mill waste fibre for daily cover and capillary leachate recirculation in MSW landfills Chris Zeiss, University of Alberta Fouling mechanisms and control strategies for improving membrane filtration in pulp and paper mill effluent treatment Hongde Zhou, University of Guelph
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corporation members, board, committees and staff Mme Louise Dandurand Universite du Quebec a Montreal
CORPORATIONMEMBERS GOVERNMENT Networks of Centres of Excellence Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Government of Alberta Alberta Environment Gouvernement du Quebec Ministere des Ressources naturelles INDUSTRY Abitibi-Consolidated
Inc.
Forest Products
Ltd.
Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd. Louisiana-Pacific
Canada Ltd.
Ms. Gail Gabel E.S.I. Environmental Sensors Inc.
M. Germain Pare Ministere des Ressources naturelles du Quebec
Mr. Frank Oberle Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd.
Dr. Yvan Hardy Canadian Forest Service
Dr. Gilles Patry University of Ottawa
Mr. Jonathan Russell Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.
Dr. Barry McBride University of British Columbia Mr. Cam McGregor Alberta Environment Mr. Dick Pickering Abitibi-Consolidated
Pulp
Wright
and Paper Research
Inc.
Canada Ltd.
RESEARCH PLANNING COMMITTEE*
Dr. John FIRST NATIONS
Stager
University
Little Red River!Tall Cree Nation Resource
(Chair)
of British
Columbia
Dr. Vic Adamowicz* Program Leader University of Alberta
of Alberta
Alberta
Ms. Margaret Donnelly Louisiana-Pacific Canada Ltd.
Environment Canada High Level Forest Products Ltd. BOARD MEMBERS Ms. Lucille Partington (Chair) Environmental Representative Mr. Pierre Bourdages St. Laurent Paperboard Mr. Robert Charlie Gwich'in Renewable Resource Board Dr. Bruce Dancik University
of Alberta
Inc.
Ms. Francine Dorion Inc.
Abitibi-Consolidated
Dr. Gilles Frisque Conseil de la Recherche Forestiere du Quebec
Mr. Rory Thompson Alberta Environment
Dr. Richard Snell Networks of Centres of Excellence (Observer)
Mr. Shawn Wasel Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc.
Mr. Rory Thompson Alberta Environment
Mr. PatWearmouth Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd. Mr. Jim Webb Little Red River Cree Nation
Dr. Terry Veeman* University of Alberta Dr. Dale Vitt*
STAFF
University of Alberta
Dr. Bruce MacLock
Mr. Brydon Ward Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc.
Network Manager Ms. Alison Boddy Network Secretary
Mr. Shawn Wasel Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc.
Ms. Estelle Lavoie Network Receptionist
University of British Columbia Dr. Daryll Hebert Encompass Strategic
Ms. Louise McEachern Communications Coordinator
Alberta Research Council
Ms. Shirley Vandermey Financial Administrator
PARTNERSCOMMITTEE
RESEARCH SUPPORT
Mr. Brydon Ward (Chair) Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc.
Ms. Gillian Binsted Legacy 3 Research
Mr. Dave Beck Ainsworth Lumber Company Ltd. Ms. Margaret Donnelly Louisiana-Pacific Canada Ltd.
Dr. Eric Hall*
Resources
University of Alberta
Dr. Malcolm Wilson
Mr. Boyd Case Canadian Forest Service
Health
Cartons St-Laurent Inc.
Dr. Dan Smith*
Little Red River Cree Nation
OTHER CONTRIBUTING ORGANIZATIONS
Mr. Jacques Saint-Cyr Direction de la recherche forestiere Foret Quebec M. Gaetan Simard
Mr. Jim Webb
Dr. Richard Carignan* Universite de Montreal
HOST UNIVERSITY University
Canada Ltd.
Institute of Canada
St. Laurent Paperboard Tembec Inc.
Gwich'in Renewable Board
Inc.
Dr. Richard Snell Networks of Centres of Excellence (Observer) Mr. Barry Waito Louisiana-Pacific
Dr. Richard Robarts
National Water Research Institute,EnvironmentCanada Mr. Jonathan Russell Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.
Chief Johnsen Sewepagaham Little Red RiverlTall Cree Nation
Dr.Joseph
Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.
Weyerhaeuser
Dr. Luigi Morgantini Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.
Dr. Ellie Prepas University of Alberta
Ainsworth Lumber Company Ltd. Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. Canadian
Dr. Alison Munson* Universite Laval
Coordinator
Ms. Christine Brodie (to February 2000) Mr. Bruce Macnab (as of February 2000) Legacy 1 Research Coordinators Ms. Fiona Salkie
Ms. Francine Dorion
Legacy 2 Research Coordinator
Abitibi-ConsolidatedInc.
Dr. Marc Stevenson First Nations Research Coordinator
Mr. Lorne Greenhorn Canadian
Forest Products Ltd.
Ms. Carolyn Whittaker
Inc.
Research
Integration
Coordinator
Dr. Wini Kessler* University of Northern British Columbia Dr. Luigi Morgantini
Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.
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*The
Research
Planning
Committee
includes
program
leader and research legacy leaders