Spray Lake Sawmills has been manufacturing forest products for use throughout Canada and abroad since 1943. Their product line has includes dimension lumber, agricultural fence posts, treated wood products, livestock bedding, wood chips (for use in pulp and paper products), and bark mulch (for use in landscaping applications).
Its mission comprises three activities: forecasting and monitoring responses to silvicultural treatments, facilitating the scientific development and validation of yield forecasts used by members in managing their tenures; and promoting knowledge, shared responsibility, and cost-effective coopera
The program carries out focused research on infestations of mountain pine beetle in Alberta.
In April of 2012, Tree Improvement Alberta became a consortium of industry and government representatives under fRI Research. The initial project the Tree Species Adaptation Risk Management project funded by Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation.
How will a stand respond after MPB infestation, and what can the forestry industry do to help it regenerate?
An FGrOW initiative.
A long-term collaboration.
As a result of significant in-flights of mountain pine beetles coming from British Columbia in 2006 and 2009, as well as subsequent local production, there are widely distributed pine dominated stands throughout Alberta that have been significantly affected by MPB-caused mortality.
This DNA mark-recapture study uses hair snags to conduct the first repeat estimate of the population of grizzly bears in BMA 4.
What do these red dots have in common? When roads cross waterways, there is a higher likelihood of sedimentation. T… https://t.co/K5kwl0kAY7
