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AWARE Assessment of Wood Attributes using Remote sEnsing 1

SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES • In 2 nd year of 5 year, $3.35M NSERC/Industry partnership • Using remote sensing technology: – help develop accurate inventory systems that spatially quantify timber – improve modeling of forested ecosystems 2

RESEARCH IN INSTITUTIONS 3

IN INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS 4

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT 5

AWARE Assessment of Wood Attributes using Remote sEnsing • Consists of 3 themes, from the broad to fine spatial scales; and a cross cutting theme which includes topics relevant to all themes, or to all companies. 6

CORE SITES • Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland • LiDAR surveys for each province • Data collection is in six forests 7

Theme 1: National/Regional Scale Ecological Structural Drivers / Variability Implications and Wood for Properties Management Y3 Sampling Approaches for Regional Level Reporting BC Project colors correspond to themes 8

National/Regional Scale Research Progress • Q2 – Kaysandra Waldron, Laval, Wood Properties and Fire Disturbance (2 year PDF) • Q3 – Melodie Bujold,Sherbrooke, Scaling Up Transects (2 year MSc) 9

Theme 2: Stand Level Predictive Modeling for New ecological site Structural classification, Metrics for habitat and Forest Stand forest health Descriptions Hydrological Growth Rate Mapping and Productivity Y4 BC Y3 BC Y3 Y3 NL NL 10

Stand Level Research Progress • Q4 Karin van Ewijk, Queens, LiDAR Metrics, 2.5 year PDF • Q6 Sean Lamb, UNB, Forecasting of Stand Development, 2 year MSc • Q7 Chris Mulverhill, UBC, Forest Structure and Merchantability, 2 year MSc • Q8 Jean-Romain Roussel, Laval, Acquisition Effects on Point Clouds, 3 year PhD • Q10 Shane Furze, UNB, Productivity/Site Classification Schemes, 3 year PhD • Q11 Tristan Goodbody, UBC, Forest Inventory Enhancement with SGM, 3 year PhD • Q12 Joseph Rakofsky, UBC, Growth Modelling, 2 year MSc • Q13 Piotr Tompalski, UBC, Growth Modelling, 1.5 year PDF • Q14 Rebecca Wylie, Nipissing, Changing Site Conditions and Wood Fibre Quality, 2 year MSc • Q15a Shawn Donovan, UNB, Spruce Budworm monitoring, 2 year MSc • Q17a Aurelie Schmidt, Sherbrooke, Ecosystem Services, 2 year MSc 11

Theme 3: Individual Trees Growth Assessment using single Tree date, and Attribute multi- Extraction temporal and Metrics ground- based LiDAR scans Y3 NB/NL 12

Individual Trees: Research Progress • Q19 – Naime Safia, Sherbrooke, Structural Attributes, 2 year PDF 13

Cross-Cutting Themes: Data Acquisition, Modelling, Standards, and Development of Best Practice Species / Tools / Generic Transferable Tools Assessment Decision Support Y3 Data Acquisition Program and Platforms BC/NL Y3 BC 14

Cross Cutting Theme : Research Progress • Q21, Jean-Francois Prieur, UQAM, Species ID – Species Groups, 3 year PhD • Q22, Rachel Perron, UQAM, Species ID – Accuracy, 2 year MSc • Q24, Bastien Vandendaele, Sherbrooke, UAVs, 2 year PhD 15

AWARE Second Annual General Meeting May 16 – 18 th , 2017 University of Moncton Edmundston, New Brunswick 16

Contact Information Curtis Marr Nicholas Coops Phone: 604 822 1944 604-822-6452 Email: forestry.aware@ubc.ca Website: aware.forestry.ubc.ca 17