Tolko Industries is a forest products company with mills in western Canada. They manufacture lumer, plywood and veneer, OSB, and specialty wood products.
Woodland caribou are a cultural and ecological icon of Alberta’s forests. However, they are also a threatened species and represent a significant conservation challenge.
The Mixedwood Management Association officially came into existence in 2001 with eight member companies and Alberta Sustainable Resource Development. Hosted by the Alberta Research Council for the first two years and then the University of Alberta until 2015, when it amalgamated with FGrOW.
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.
This project uses direct and indirect methods to determine how caribou respond to linear features at different stages of re-vegetation.
This is an FGrOW project involving permanent sample plots established between 2007–2015 to examine the ways hardwood (aspen) affect spruce development.
Protecting understory white spruce during removal of overstory aspen will ensure the utilization and release of advanced spruce growth, which will result in a shortened rotation, reduction of reforestation cost, and eventually an increase of timber production per unit of land.
Better models by sharing data between companies and government.
The Cutblock Inventory Classification Subcommittee was initiated in January 2015 to continue the work of the AFGO Strata Subcommittee.
This project develops population recovery targets based on habitat, and non-invasive techniques for monitoring grizzly bear reproductive performance.
A research project and tool that uses spatial simulation modelling to generate the historical range of landscape conditions across western boreal Canada.
The Caribou Program field crew are pleased to report that everyone and their equipment are settling in nicely. https://t.co/QP4B5USUzh
