Clason, Alana

Alana Clason is a forest ecologist and Research Associate with the Bulkley Valley Research Centre (BVRC) on Gitdumden clan territory of the Wet’suwet’en Nation in Smithers, BC. Alana collaborates with universities, governments, industry, and non-profit partners in a variety of applied research across western Canada studying the impacts, resilience and recovery of forests to disturbance. Alana links field-based research with ecological modeling approaches to understand and support the management of BC forests. Her current projects focus on the response of forest carbon, fuels, and wildlife habitat to disturbances such as fire and forest management, as well as research and restoration of endangered whitebark pine ecosystems.