Healthy Landscapes Program

The program, formerly known as the Natural Disturbance Program, looks at landscape change at a huge scale: Canada's boreal forest.

In 2012, the fRI Research Natural Disturbance Program changed its name to the Healthy Landscapes Program to reflect an expanded program vision.

The program carries out research, develops models, and does communication and education to support ecosystem-based management.

The EBM Roadmap Workshop

On June 19 and 20, 2018, the Healthy Landscapes Program put on a two-day workshop in Edmonton called "From Concept to Reality: Creating a Road Map for Ecosystem-Based Management".

Landscapes in Motion

The Landscapes in Motion project is here to discover some of the stories behind the landscapes in the southern Rockies of Alberta.

Understanding EBM through Dialogue

A communication and education project from the Healthy Landscapes Program.

Determinants of Wildfire Remnant Survival

A research project from the Healthy Landscapes Program.

Creating Wildfire Mortality Maps and Metrics from Landsat Images

A research project from the Healthy Landscapes Program.

More Projects

Apr. 8, 2021
Event

EBM is a Journey | Webinar

Webinar from the Healthy Landscapes Program on April 21.

Aerial shot of mixedwood boreal forest, recently cut with many residuals.

Apr. 7, 2021
Blog

Be Part of the EBM Conversation

HealthyLandscapesEBM.ca has launched. Explore the theory and science, and discover how EBM is already being used to manage the western boreal.

Aerial view of a burned area among lakes

Jan. 1, 2021
Announcement

PhD Student Opportunity | Ecosystem-based Forest Management

The position has now been filled.

Aug. 18, 2020
Event

Fire Severity-Mediated Dynamics of the Southwestern Alberta Foothills | Webinar

Free webinar from the Healthy Landscapes Program

Apr. 9, 2020
Blog

Looking Back on Twenty years of HLP Quicknotes

Back in the spring of 2000, the Healthy Landscapes Program before it even had that name, posted the first QuickNote.

More News

LandWeb report Vanderwell Contractors_ver. December 2020.pdf

Dec. 31, 2022
report

Understanding Historical Landscape Patterns on the Vanderwell FMA Area in Alberta

This project was a spatial modelling exercise that created coarse-scale, pre-industrial landscape metrics for the Vanderwell FMA area in Alberta.

Dec. 14, 2021
report

EBM Challenges for Alberta and Saskatchewan Forests

This online "atlas" is a comprehensive set of documents mapping out challenges to adopting ecosystem-based management in forest management.

LandWeb report Weyerhaeuser Pembina_ver. July 2021.pdf

Jul. 1, 2021
report

Understanding Historical Landscape Patterns on the Pembina Timberland FMA Area in Alberta

This project was a spatial modelling exercise that created coarse-scale, pre-industrial landscape metrics for the Pembina Timberland FMA area in Alberta.

LandWeb report Edson Forest Products ver. April 2021.pdf

Apr. 30, 2021
report

Understanding Historical Old Forest Patch Size Patterns on the Edson Forest Products FMA Area in Alberta

This project was a spatial modelling exercise that created coarse-scale, pre-industrial landscape metrics for the Edson Forest Products FMA area in Alberta.

LandWeb report Hinton Wood Products Part 2 ver. April 2021.pdf

Apr. 29, 2021
report

Understanding Historical Old Forest Patch Size Patterns on the Hinton Wood Products FMA Area in Alberta

This project was a spatial modelling exercise that created coarse-scale, pre-industrial landscape metrics for the Hinton Wood Products FMA area in Alberta.