This week long workshop is for woodlot licensees and private forest landowners who wish to raise the caliber of forest management on their managed forest lands. Classroom and field sessions will cover typical economic, ecological, operational, and silvicultural issues faced by small-scale forest managers. Focusing mainly on interior woodlots in Sub-boreal Spruce ecosystems, the material presented will include many practical examples. Most activities will be in the field. In addition, daily opportunities for informal discussion among participants have been scheduled.
Participants can register for specific days or the entire week.
Each day will be facilitated by various woodlot licensees who are experts in their field. Field emphasis on riparian management and wildlife tree patches. Tour field sites and a local nursery. This system includes standardized procedures for describing and classifying sites to encourage improved understanding and interpretation of ecological processes and impacts of management practices. Ecological classification is used to define appropriate harvesting and reforestation practices during the preparation of Silviculture Prescriptions and various surveys.