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The Petawawa Research Forest Leverages 100-year Legacy to Meet the Needs of 21st Century Forest Management
Katalijn MacAfee1 and John Pineau2
1Canadian Forest Service; 2 FPInnovations and Friends of the PRF
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The Petawawa Research Forest Leverages 100-year Legacy to Meet the - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Petawawa Research Forest Leverages 100-year Legacy to Meet the - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Petawawa Research Forest Leverages 100-year Legacy to Meet the Needs of 21 st Century Forest Management Katalijn MacAfee 1 and John Pineau 2 1 Canadian Forest Service; 2 FPInnovations and Friends of the PRF September 17, 2018 2 PRF Overview
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§ Forestry Canada asked to manage forest for Petawawa Military Reserve § Petawawa Forest Experiment Station (PFES) § Start of the Research Program with $6,000 § Establishment of PSP 1 § One of the first looks at sustainable management
The Beginning 1918
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The PRF’s 100 Year Journey
forests unsustainably managed Permanent Sample Plots PRF established, installation of PSP1 Tree improvement and genetic trials Developing CFFDRS – a system to rate the risk of forest fires MRSA study shows the effects
- f crown spacing
and site preparation on regeneration LiDAR flight to contribute to Enhanced Forest Inventory Multi-spectral LiDAR flight to contribute to species prediction efforts
1900’s 1930’s
Centennial celebrations and looking forward to new possibilities!
2018
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PRF: Forest Capital of Canada 2017-2019
§ Celebrates a community
- r region for its
connectivity to the forest § Focuses on socio- economic and environmental health of
- ur communities
§ Past, Present, Future
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§ Varied topics, including:
§ Forest Resource Inventories § Permanent Sample Plots § Soils mapping § Wetlands mapping
Long-Term Research: Inventories
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§ Adaptive priorities through the years
§ “High yield” Silviculture § Thinning, pruning, spacing trials § Weevil control § Harvesting studies (e.g. Shelterwood and Biomass)
Long-Term Research: Silviculture
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§ 1953: Year-round weather recording began § 1960’s: Fire effects, fire ecology and prescribed burns § Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System (CFFDRS)
Long-Term Research: Weather and Fire
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Long-Term Research: Genetics
§ Studies for the purpose of:
§ Tree breeding success § Increased performance and adaptation § Pest and drought resistance § Carbon sequestration § Climate change
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Building on the Past
MGRP CLSA PSP’s PSP1 and PSP2 MRSA Understorey Meridian Rd Bridge LiDAR-Based EFI Dbh, Species & LiDAR/IPC Multi- Temporal LiDAR Avian/SAR Habitat Ground LiDAR Adaptation to Climate Change
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2018 & Beyond: Biomass
§ Ensuring sustainable harvesting practices while utilizing forest biomass within a mixed wood condition. § Providing industry with “real world” answers to forest biomass utilization and economic realities § Preparing foresters with silvicultural solutions which can meet the demands of the supplying the bioeconomy
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2018 & Beyond: Enhanced Forest Inventory
§ Many ongoing & new projects § AWARE projects § species § predictor metrics § Mobile LiDAR § Rapid collection ground LiDAR testing § Single photon LiDAR flight summer 2018 § Higher efficiency § Greater detail (underwater too) § Soils mapping
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2018 & Beyond: Climate Change
§ Planning for Climate Change:
§ A vulnerability assessment for climate change at the PRF
§ Edwards, J.E., Pearce, C., Ogden, A.E., and Williamson, T.B. 2015. Climate change and sustainable forest management in Canada: a guidebook for assessing vulnerability and mainstreaming adaptation into decision
- making. Canadian Council of Forest Ministers, Ottawa,
- Ontario. 160 p.
ACTION § Operating under Climate Change:
§ Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change
§ Nagel, L.M., et al. 2017. Adaptive silviculture for climate change: A national experiment in manger- scientist partnership to apply an adaptation
- framework. Journal of Forestry, Volume
115, Number 3, 9 May 2017, pp. 167-178(12)
GUIDANCE INFORMATION
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Special Project: PRF Centennial Bridge
§ Engineered wood in a logging road bridge § Case study comparison vs. traditional materials § Much interest in Ontario and across Canada
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Knowledge Exchange & Extension 2018 so far
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PRF Partners
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Collaborate with Us!
Research projects Tours of all kinds Technology transfer Much more!
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Thank you!
For more information, please contact us! Peter Arbour PRF Operations Manager peter.arbour@canada.ca
- Jeff Fera