The Aboriginal Involvement Program began in 2000 and ran until 2010 with the goal of improving land management by facilitating collaboration between indigenous communities, industry, and government.

fRI Research served as an incubator for the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Program from 1999 until 2002.

LanduseKN.ca is Alberta's hub for land use information.

The fRI Research Caribou Program carries out applied research, in partnership with industry and the Government of Alberta, to help maintain caribou herds in Alberta into the future.

The Climate Change Program focused on the development of lodgepole pine growth and yield models that are climate-sensitive.

The program ran from 1992 until 1998.

The Fish and Watershed Program was active from 1996 until 2011 when it renewed its focus on hydrology and became the Water Program.

The Forest History Program chronicles the natural and management history of the foothills forest.

This "super-program" comprised the various terrestrial biology projects during the first phase of the organization, 1992–1997.