Professor Suzanne Simard receives Kew International Medal and Lewis Thomas Prize
UBC Forestry wishes to congratulate Dr. Suzanne Simard for winning the Kew International Medal! Dr. Simard has received the award in recognition of her work exploring and sharing the complexity and wonder of trees and forests.
Climate change contributing to real Christmas tree shortage
Christmas tree consumers may again experience difficuly finding a traditional tree due to a continuing supply shortage linked to climate change. Hear from Dr. Richard Hamelin as he explains how climate change continues to plague the real Christmas tree market and what should be considered for improving the worldwide growing supply chain shortage.
Growing the BC Big Tree Registry
“We’ve built the registry to be inclusive so that anybody who wants to participate and nominate a tree can do so, but we also carefully verify each measurement,” says Ira Sutherland, who chairs the BC Big Tree Registry Committee and is pursuing a Ph.D. in historical ecology at UBC Forestry under Assoc. Prof. Jeanine Rhemtulla.
Spring 2022 Trees of Campus Contest
Do you have a favourite tree? Is the beauty of an arbutus tree, blue spruce or monkey tree? Or, is it the tree that you climbed as a child, ate picnics under or passed by every day on your way to work? We want to know about your favourite tree and why it holds a place in your heart!