Applied Science

Ongoing Research

• Determining the vulnerability of ecosystems to resource development and climate change
• Building adaptive capacity by providing flexible tools and comprehensive information to support management and decision-making
• Measuring and managing our carbon footprint

FFESC Projects

• Climate Change Adaptation Planning for Northwest Skeena Communities
• Adaptation Potential for Ecosystems & Forest Management in Southeastern B.C.
• Vulnerability of Canada's Tree Species to Climate Change & Management Options for Adaptation
• West Kootenay Resilience & Climate Change
  • Report #1: Final Summary: Vulnerability, Resilience and Climate Change: Adaptation Potential for Ecosystems and Their Management in the West Kootenay Summary Report (pdf)
  • Report #2: Assessment and Decision-making for Climate Change: An Overview of Four Approaches Assess Four Approaches (pdf)
  • Report #3: Climate change projections for the West Kootenays (pdf)
  • Report #4: Climate Change and Area Burned: Projections for the West Kootenays (pdf)
  • Report #5: Ecosystem and Tree Species Bioclimate Envelope Modeling for the West Kootenays (pdf) (5MB)
  • Report #6: Climate Change and Forest Health: Impacts to West Kootenay  Ecosystems (pdf)
  • Report #7: An Ecosystem Vulnerability and Resilience Assessment for West Kootenay Ecosystems (pdf)
  • Report #8: Achieving Climate Change Adaptation in West Kootenay Forest Management - Barriers & Opportunities (pdf)
  • Report #9: Moving Towards Adaptation Strategies in Forest Management – a Starting Place for the West Kootenays (pdf)
  • Report #10: Project Consultations and Outreach (pdf)
  • Report #11: West Kootenays Climate Vulnerability and Resilience Lessons Learned (pdf)
• A Multi-Scale Trans-Disciplinary Vulnerability Assessment
• Validating Impacts, Exploring Vulnerabilities & Developing Robust Adaptive Strategies Under the Kamloops Future Forest Strategy (PDF)
• A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for British Columbia's Managed Forests
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Overview of Impacts
    • Climate Change in B.C. (PDF)
    • Hydrology & Aquatic Ecosystems (PDF)
    • Natural Disturbance (PDF)
    • Soils (PDF)
    • Forested Ecosystems (PDF)
    • Wildlife (PDF)
  • Vulnerability Assessment Case Studies
    • Comparison of Regional Vulnerability Assessments (PDF)
    • Adaptation Strategies (PDF)
    • Increasing Adaptive Capacity (PDF)
  • Appendices
    • West Kootenay Vulnerability Assessment (PDF)
    • Kamloops Vulnerability Assessment (PDF)
    • Nadina Vulnerability Assessment (PDF)

Articles & Reports

• Applying resilience concepts in forest management
• Carbon sequestration in managed temperate coniferous forests
• Changing climates, changing forests: A western North American perspective
• Diversifying managed forests to increase resilience
• Forests in a carbon-constrained world

Ongoing Research

• Informing management practices to reduce the risk of significant predicted disturbances
• Natural resource development hazards (water and geomorphology)
• Building adaptive capacity by providing flexible tools and comprehensive information to support management and decision-making

FFESC Projects

• Predicting Forest Insect Disturbance Under Climate Change (PDF)
• Risk Analysis & Decision Support Tool
• Reducing Vulnerabilities & Promoting Resilience of B.C.’s Natural & Human Systems Through Adaptation of Post-Disturbance Land Management Options

Articles & Reports

• The carbon balance of two lodgepole pine stands recovering from mountain pine beetle attack in B.C.
• The Carbon Conundrum: Fire and Fuel Management in Fire-prone Forests
• Evapotranspiration and canopy characteristics of two lodgepole pine stands following mountain pine beetle attack
• Impact of mountain pine beetle on the net ecosystem production of lodgepole pine stands in B.C.

Ongoing Research

• Supporting non-timber and non-forest values in natural resource management systems within a changing climate
• Measuring and managing our carbon footprint

FFESC Projects

• Integrating FFEI Scientific Predictions into Community Planning & Governance (PDF)
• Climate Change Adaptation Research for Forest & Rangeland Ecosystems: Resiliency Implications at the Landscape Level
  • Honouring the Voices of Aboriginal Knowledge Keepers in the South Selkirks Region (PDF)
  • South Selkirks Forest Management & Climate Change Public Opinion Survey (PDF)

Articles & Reports

• Forest carbon in North America: annual storage and emissions from B.C.'s harvest, 1965–2065
• Forest carbon mitigation policy: A policy gap analysis for B.C.
• Our Logs' Story from Truck to Product

Ongoing Research

• Maintaining water quality and quantity
• Maintaining healthy aquatic ecosystems

FFESC Projects

• Compendium of Forest Hydrology & Geomorphology in B.C.
• Effects of Climate & Forest Cover Change on Snowmelt Dominated Water Supplies in the Okanagan (PDF)

Ongoing Research

• Fostering ecosystem resilience and adaptive capacity through management
• Building adaptive capacity by providing flexible tools and comprehensive information to support management and decision-making

FFESC Projects

• Soil & Ecological Baseline Data: Improvement & Delivery (DOCX)
• Climate Change Vulnerability of Old-Growth Forests in B.C.’s Inland Temperate Rainforest (PDF)
• Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management in a Changing Climate (PDF)
• Projecting Future Distributions of Ecosystem Climate Niches: Uncertainties & Management Applications (PDF)
• Climate Change Monitoring Strategy
  • Monitoring forest and rangeland species BC in light of climate change - Phases 1 and 2 (PDF)
  • Phase 3: Report (PDF)
  • Phase 4: Indicators (PDF)
  • Phase 4: Pilot Project (PDF)

Articles & Reports

• The influence of surface characteristics, topography and continentality on mountain permafrost in B.C.
• Predictive soil parent material mapping at a regional-scale: a random forest approach

Ongoing Research

• Developing and improving existing resource models to better estimate timber supply and range productivity and to support integrated decision-making
• Developing innovative and improved management practices that enhance timber supply and range productivity while reducing risks and maintaining site productivity

FFESC Projects

• Climate Change Adaptation: Potential Contributions of Red Alder in Coastal B.C.
• Managing for the Ecological & Socioeconomic Effects of Climate Change on B.C. Rangelands
• Uncertainty in Adaptation to Climate Change in Forest Management (PDF)
• Regeneration Vulnerability Assessment for Dominant Tree Species in the Central Interior of B.C. (PDF)

Articles & Reports

• Dealing with non-linearity and uncertainty in forest management
• Possibilities and limitations of using historic provenance tests to infer forest species growth responses to climate change

Ongoing Research

• Building adaptive capacity by providing flexible tools and comprehensive information to support management and decision-making

FFESC Projects

• High Resolution Spatial Climate Data for Climate Change Research in B.C. (PDF)

Articles & Reports

• Climate patterns, trends, and projections for the Omineca, Skeena, and Northeast Natural Resource Regions, B.C.
• ClimateWNA: high-resolution spatial climate data for western North America
• Corroboration of BEC climate zonation by spatially modelled climate data
• Enhancing provincial climate monitoring: the Forest Ecosystem Research Network and the Climate Related Monitoring Program