Spring 2023 Branchlines
In the Urban Forestry issue, explore the relatively new role of the urban forester, learn from leading urban forestry researchers who are examining the human and wildlife health implications of urban forests, and find out about the important role citizens can play in maintaining green spaces. This issue also features several, highly experienced BC urban foresters who have dipped their toes in everything from landscape design to pest infestation management, wildfire preparedness and tree planting initiatives.
Bianca Eskelson Receives the Alexander Von Humboldt Research Fellowship
Dr. Bianca Eskelson has been awarded the prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She is recognized as a Humboldt fellow for her research project on climate-sensitive tree mortality models and the economic implications of altered mortality probabilities in mixed-species stands in central Europe and interior British Columbia, Canada.