This week was my mom’s 80th birthday, a huge milestone. It was especially poignant because my dad didn’t make his 80th birthday, and we had been talking about celebrating it with him just before he died. At first my mom didn’t want a party but my sister and I insisted. We sent out the invitations,...

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I am very excited to again have the opportunity to take part in the great work being done by fRI Research and its broad array of partners. When I first worked for what was then called the Foothills Model Forest, one of its great strengths was the very diverse group of industry, government, and academic...

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Join Dr. Nasim Kheirkhah Ghehi on Wednesday, December 11 at 10am MT for a presentation on which forest types are susceptible to post-fire compositional shifts, and which are resilient. Register Now Wildfires play a pivotal role in shaping the ecological dynamics and resilience of boreal forests, driving significant shifts in tree species composition across disturbed...

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Autumn is well upon us. The rains have arrived and with them the wind. As late as two weeks ago the leaves were still intact on the ground, looking as if they’d just fallen from the tree. I managed to collect a few then, but the cycle has now turned and most of the leaves...

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Reflections from NCC intern Hannah Terejko on a summer spent in Northern Ontario working on stewardship and restoring a waterway.

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I’ve just started using Scrivener, and have a section in my project for my next book that lists the books I want to read and has sections where I can make notes about what I learned from each book and quotes I could pull from. The project is set up in such a way that...

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Dr. Keith McClain, Mountain Pine Beetle Ecology Program lead, and researchers from several projects supported by the Federal-Provincial MPB Research Partnership will present at the Canadian Institute of Forestry, Rocky Mountain Section 2024 Fall Tech Session. When November 27, 2024 09:00–16:00 MST Where DoubleTree by Hilton West Edmonton 16615 109 Ave NW, Edmonton Register Here...

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Welcome back for the second Alberta Native Trout Science Workshop / Gathering set to take place February 2025 in Calgary! When Wed, Feb 26, 2025 1:00 PM toFri, Feb 28, 2025 12:00 PM MST Where Four Points by Sheraton Calgary Airport, 2875 Sunridge Way Northeast, Calgary, AB T1Y 7K7 Register Now This is the second...

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