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November/December 2011: Forest Certifiation

Viewpoints Sustainable Forest Management Certification
By Brenda Martin
 

Becoming a Believer: Certification Works and FSC Certification Works Best
By Glen Dunsworth, MSc, RPBio

 

Forest Management Certification: Chain of Custody
By Jason Zimmerman, RPF

  An Evolution: Forest Stewardship Council Certification and Tembec
By Chris McDonell, RPF (Ontario) and Chris Stagg, RPF (British Columbia)
  From Global to Local: Why is FSC popular around the world but not in BC?
By Keith Moore, RPF
  So You Think You Want to Get Certified? Choosing an SFM Standard
By Michele de Bellefeuille, RPF
  Interfor: 10 Years of SFI Certification
By Gerry Fraser, RPF
  Why Certify? The Cost of Forest Certification in BC
Anna Tikina, PhD
  Custom Built for Canada: CSA Certification for Canadian Forests
By CSA SFM User Group
  An SFI Audit: How it Works and What's Involved
By Chris Ridley-Thomas, RPBio
   
Interest Silviculture: The Dilemma
By Jim McWilliams, RPF(Ret) and Jeff McWillams, RPF
   
Special Features

Everything to Everyone: The Art of Forestry
ABCFP's Annual Conference & AGM Registration Form

  Membership Renewal Reminder
   
Departments Letters
  The Legal Perspective
By Jeff Waatainen, LLB, MA, BA (Hons)
  Member News
  Moment in Forestry
   
Association Business President's Report

  CEO's Repor t
  Association News

September/October 2011: Early Stand Development and Establishment

Viewpoints Early Stand Development and Establishment: Pre-Free Growing
By Amanda Brittain, MA, ABC
  Not Satisfactorily Restocked (NSR) Area in BC
By Jim Snetsinger, RPF, Chief Forester
 

Rehabilitation of Mountain Pine Beetle Impacted Stands—Thinking Critically
By Jeff McWilliams, RPF and Bruce Blackwell, RPF

  Reigniting Passion for Silviculture: Minimum Free Growing Can't Be Our Goal
By Al Waters, RPF
  Mother Nature Suffers Fools Poorly: Early Stand Development in the South Central Interior
By Dennis Farquharson, RPF
  Opening Our Minds on Trees and Tenure: Early Stand Development on the Coast
By Rick Monchak, RPF
  Decision Support Tools for Early Stand Establishment
By Kathie Swift, RPF
   
Special Features Best Exam Possible
By Amanda Brittain, MA, ABC
  Forestry Team in Action
   
Departments Letters
  The Legal Perspective
By Jeff Waatainen, LLB, MA, BA (Hons)
  Member News
  Moment in Forestry
   
Association Business President's Report
  CEO's Report
  Association News
July/August 2011: BC's Resource Roads
Viewpoints BC's Resource Roads: Safety, Technology and Access
By Brenda Martin
  Driving Our Lives Away
By MaryAnne Arcand
 

Road Network Projection Models: Planning Roads for the Long Term
By John Nelson, PhD, RPF

  Building Ice Bridges: Adapting Technology for Climate Change
By Allan H. Bradley, RPF, PEng
  High Stakes: Taking Responsibility for Our Resource Roads
By Dennis Bendickson, RPF
  Maintaining Road Access for Rural Residences and Communities
By Chris Petersen, RFT
  Access Management: Resolving Complex Road Issues
By Greg Rowe, RPF
   
Interest A Land Ethic for Resource Managers
By Fred Marshall, RPF, PAg, Cert. Arb.
   
Special Feature Supporting Tomorrow's Forests Through Today's Students
By Brenda Martin
   
Departments Letters
  Book Review
  Member News
  Moment in Forestry
   
Association Business President’s Report
  CEO’s Report
  Association News
May/June 2011: Midterm Timber Supply Crisis
Viewpoints Counting on our Forests: Midterm Timber Supply Crisis
By Brenda Martin
  Mountain Pine Beetle & Midterm Timber Supply
By Jim Snetsinger, RPF
 

Opportunity & Midterm Timber Supply
By John Rustad, MLA, Nechako-Lakes

  Fertilization: How Can it Affect Midterm Timber Supply?
By Ralph Winter, RPF, and Mel Scott, RPF
  Making Better Business Decisions Using Enhanced Forest Inventories
By Steve D’Eon, RPF
  Midterm Timber Supply and BC’s Wood Products Industry
Summarized by Brenda Martin
   
Interest NSR and British Columbia’s Reforestation Crisis (Corrected)
By Anthony Britneff, RFT(ret)
  New Forestry Resources: Hydrology and Erosion and Sediment Control
By Todd Redding, PhD, PAg, and Clayton Gillies, RPF
   
Special Feature Wood is Good 2011: A Roaring Success!
By Brenda Martin
   
Departments Letters
  Legal Perspective
By Jeff Waatainen, LLB, MA, BC (Hons)
  Book Review
  Member News
  Moment in Forestry
   
Association Business President’s Report
  CEO’s Report
  Association News
March/April 2011: Forest Hydrology
Viewpoints Forest Hydrology
By Brenda Martin
  In it for the Long Haul: BC’s Legacy of Hydrometric Monitoring and Watershed Research
By Rita Winkler, PhD, RPF
 

The Sensitivity of Coastal Watersheds to Climate Change
By Bill Floyd, RPF, MSc

  Do Professionals Need a Forestry Background to Practice Forest Watershed Management and Forest Hydrology?
By Dave Wilford, PhD, RPF, PGeo
  Same Land, Different Acronyms: Understanding the Language of Drinking Water Protection
By Rob Wood, RPF, and Steve Baumber, MSc, RPF
  Management Practices in the Greater Vancouver Watersheds
By Derek Bonin, RPF
   
Interest Call Grade Net Factor or Loss Factor: What’s the Difference?
By Ron Mecredy, RFT, ATE
   
Special Feature 2010 Registration Exam
Randy Trerise, RPF
   
Departments Letters
(Kathy Lewis's full length letter was published on the Discussion Forum.)
  Legal Perspective
By Jeff Waatainen, LLB, MA, BC (Hons)
  Book Review
  Member News
  Moment in Forestry
   
Association Business President’s Report
  CEO’s Report
  Association News

January/February 2011: Weathering the Winter
Viewpoints Weathering the Winter
By Brenda Martin
  Stump Shearing During Winter Road Building: Techniques and Benefits
By Clayton Gillies, RPF, RPBio
  Making Artificial Snow: Equipment and Limitations
By Clayton Gillies, RPF, RPBio and Chris Matthewson, HBScF
  Safe and Dry: Winter Cruising on the BC Coast
By Jeff Kerley, RFT, ATE
  You're Hurt and Lying on the Ground. It's Getting Dark. Now What?
Dwight Yochim, RPF
   
Interest A Goldilocks Solution: Restoring Road Access in the Most Geologically Unstable Area of Canada
By Stirling Angus, RPF
  The Private Land Life of a Forest Professional
By Domenico Iannidinardo, MBA, RPF, RPBio, PEng
   
Special Feature Battle of the NFPs
By Brian Robinson, RPF
  Over 400 Kids Celebrate National Forest Week with Art
   
Departments Letters
  Member News
  Moment in Forestry
   
Association Business President’s Report
  CEO's Report
  Association News


November/December 2010: International Perspectives on Forestry
Viewpoints International Perspectives on Forestry
By Brenda Martin
  The Evolution of Variable Retention: Western Canada, the USA and Tasmania
By Susan Baker, PhD
  Saving the African Forests: People Versus Trees
By Peter Schatens, RPF (Ret)
   
Interest From New France to China: BC’s Forest Products are a Strategic Commodity
By Richard Shimooka, MSc
  How Fire Behaviour and Fire Effects Models are Used for Fuel Management in BC
By Robert W. Gray and Bruce Blackwell, RPF, RPBio
  Enforcing the Foresters Act in New and Emerging Natural Resource Sectors
By Michelle Mentore
   
Special Feature Forestry Team in Action
By Michelle Mentore
  Wood is Good 2011 - Registration Package
ABCFP Forestry Conference & AGM
   
Departments Letters
  Member News
  Moment in Forestry
   
Association Business President’s Report
  CEO's Report
  Association News

 

September/October 2010: Time & Money: Getting In Touch with Forestry Consultants
Viewpoints Time & Money: Getting In Touch with Forestry Consultants
By Brenda Martin
  What I Learned: Growing from a One Man Band to the Whole Darn Orchestra
By Jonathan Lok, RFT
  How Do You Determine the Value of Your Professional Services?
By The Consulting Foresters of BC
  The Race to the Bottom: It's a Long and Painful Chase
By Garnet Mierau, RPF
  BC's Forestry Consultants: The Flexible Forest Resource
By Jim GIrvan, RPF, MBA
  Laments, Dreams and Hard Decisions: The Ethics Behind Forestry Consulting
By Brian Robinson, RPF
  Retiring as a Consultant: It's All About Guaranteed Income
By Fred Bowie
  It's Not Just Culture: It's a Constitutionally Protected Right
By Robert Joseph
  Finding Your Niche: The Key to Starting a Successful Forestry Consulting Business
By Candice Macalino
  Conquering the Balance Sheet: Figuring Out What it Actually Says
By Walt Burton
   
Interest Tenure Reform Through A Different Lens: Forest Stewardship Reform
By Andrew Mitchell, RPF (Ret)
   
Special Feature Talking to the Next Generation of Forest Professionals
By Brenda Martin
   
Departments Letters
  Moment in Forestry
   
Association Business President’s Report
  CEO's Report
  Association News

 

July/August 2010: Professional Reliance Isn't Free
Viewpoints Professional Reliance Isn't Free
By Brenda Martin
  From Saw Teeth to Real Teeth: Taking a Look at Dentists' Continuing Education
By The College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia
  Ontario Professional Foresters Association and Professional Development
By The Ontario Professional Foresters Association
  Developing Skills and Building Capacity for Tomorrow's Forest Product Industry: The UBC Centre for Advanced Wood Processing
By Iain Macdonald
  Staying Current and Embracing Change: The Role of Continuing Education in Emerging Areas of Practice
By Chris Hollstedt, RPF
  The Learning Cycle: What is it? And Keep Pedaling!
By Mike Larock, RPF
  Forest Management Institute of BC: What it Accomplished and the Gap it Left
By Gordon Weetman, PhD, RPF (Ret) and Candace Parsons, RPF
   
Interest Saving Money: Breaking Down the Software Options Available to Forest Professionals
By Mike Buell, RPF
   
Special Feature ExpoFor 2010
   
Departments Letters
  Book Review
  Member News
  Moment in Forestry
   
Association Business President’s Report
  CEO's Report
  Association News

 

May-June 2010: Tenure Reform
Viewpoints Tenure Reform
By Brenda Martin
  The Tenure System and Public Expectation: They No Longer Reflect Each Other
By Bill Bourgeois, PhD, RPF
  Restructuring Tenure for Sustainable Forest Management: Is Real Action Possible?
By David Haley, PhD, RPF (Ret)
  Community Forests: The Farmers' Market of the Forest Sector
By Jennifer Gunter, MSc
  Putting the Forests Back in Local Hands: Tenure Reform in BC
By Brian McNaughton, RPF
 

It's TIme to Make Forest Tenures More Attractive to Tenure Holders and Investors
ByKerry McGourlick, RPF

  Corporatization and Privatization as Elements of Tenure Resturcturing in BC: Old Ideas for a New Set of Problems
By Harry Nelson, PhD
  Tenure Reform: A Shift to Bioenergy
By Minister Pat Bell
   
Interest Improving Partial Cutting Practices on the Coast
By Craig Wickland, RPF
  World Heritage Sites in the Upper Fraser River Watershed? Legislation not Guidance Needed to Help Forest Professionals Protect These Sites
By Darwyn Coxson, PhD
   
Departments Letters
  Book Review
  Member News
  Moment in Forestry
   
Association Business President’s Report
  CEO's Report
  Association News

 

March-April 2010: Fire in BC
Viewpoints FIre In British Columbia
By Brenda Martin
  On the Ground with the BC Forest Service
By Donna McPherson et al
  Fuel Management and the Role of the Forest Professional
By Jackie Hipwell, RFT
  Ecosystem Restoration: A Renewed Interest in Prescribed Burning in BC
By Greg Anderson, BSc, MSc; and Al Neal, BSc, RFT
  Facing the Flames: What BC Can Learn from Australia's Wildfires
By Michael Feller, PhD
 

Reducing Fuel Hazard Using Mechanical Mastication in the Wildland-Urban Interface
By Robert W. Gray, John Przeczek, RPF, and Richy Harrod

  Community Wildfire Protection Plans: Are The Making a Difference?
By John Davies, RPF
  The Mighty Mars Martin
By Coulson Flying Tankers
   
Special Feature Building a Forest Professional Workforce: The 2009 Registration Exams
By Randy Trerise, RPF
   
Departments Letters
  Book Review
  Legal Perspective
  Member News
  Moment in Forestry
   
Association Business President’s Report
  CEO's Report
  Association News

 

January-February 2010: Risky Business
Viewpoints Risky Business
By Brenda Martin
  Global Weirding and Vanishing Animals
By Fred Bunnell, PhD, RPBio
  Species at Risk and Your Professional Obligation: New Guidance Paper Gives Direction
By Ben van Drimmelen, RPF, RPBio, LLB
  All Hand on Deck: Taking a Joint Venture Approach to Species at Risk Conservation and Management
By Pamela Zevit, RPBio
  A Legal Triangle: Nooksack Dace, Species at Risk Act and Obiter Dictum
By Jeff Waateinen, LLB, MA, BA (Hons)
 

Planning for Mountain Caribou: Habitat Management for a Species at Risk
By Harold Armleder, RPF, RPBio and Michaela Waterhouse, RPF, RPBio

  The Will to Simply Get On With It: Species at Risk Management in BC
By Darlene Oman and Bruce Fraser, PhD
  Where’s the Law? BC’s Species at Risk Need Strong Legal Protection
By Keith Ferguson, PhD and Susan Pinkus, RPBio
   
Interest

Are You Side-Stepping Professional Reliance?
By Michael Larock, RPF

  How FREP Can Help You Meet Your Professional Obligations
By Peter Bradford, RPF
   
Special Feature North Island Earns Double Awards
By Lisa Brown, RPF
  Pencils and Pine Combine in Celebrating National Forest Week
By Brenda Martin
   
Departments Letters
  Member News
  Moment in Forestry
   
Association Business President's Report
  CEO’s Report
  Association News

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