B.C. Cariboo wood industry brainstorms growth
The new Cariboo Wood Innovation Training Hub is being launched at UBC’s Alex Fraser Research Forest.
Williams Lake Tribune via Hamilton Spectator
Aspen is a natural fire guard. Why has B.C. spent decades killing it off with glyphosate?
Dr. Suzanne Simard, a professor in the department of forest and conservation sciences, and Jen Baron and Jocelyne Laflamme, postdoctoral researchers at UBCO, explained the use of aspen as a natural fire guard.
The Narwhal
Saving the ‘mother trees’
Dr. Suzanne Simard, a professor in the faculty of forestry, was interviewed about her research and the Mother Tree Project.
Wisconsin Public Radio
New catch-and-release guidelines will buoy up salmon survival
Research led by Dr. Scott Hinch, a professor of forestry and lead of UBC’s Pacific Salmon Ecology and Conservation Lab, has led to new guidelines in the fishing industry.
Waterloo Region Record, Hamilton Spectator, Penticton Herald, National Observer
UBC News coverage
Deer are cute, but their over-abundance is bad news for B.C. forests, birds. Here’s why.
UBC professors Drs. Peter Arcese and Tara Martin of the faculty of forestry are investigating the impact of deer on native plant species and how to deal with it.
Vancouver Sun
Grizzlies act as nature’s gardeners for huckleberries to reshape Rocky Mountain ecosystems
Dr. Clayton Lamb, a postdoctoral fellow, and researcher Aza Fynley Kuijt from the faculty of forestry, explained the findings of a study led by researchers from UBC’s Vancouver and Okanagan campuses on bears’ role in plant ecology.
Castanet
MSN
UBC News coverage
Effects of 25% tariffs on the forest industry
Gregory Paradis, a forest engineer and assistant professor of forest management at the University of British Columbia, discusses the effects that 25% tariffs could have on the forest industry in British Columbia.
Radio-Canada
Conserving just 5% of watersheds can protect cities from floods: UBC study
Dr. Matthew Mitchell of the faculty of forestry spoke about his research into how ecosystems function as natural flood buffers.
Global
UBC News coverage
Vancouver Sun
Metro Vancouver announces new regional park in South Langley
Tara Brown, a forestry PhD candidate, discussed the importance of regional parks for ecological and human health.
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