Looking a project for a class or an undergraduate thesis? Look no further! Solve a real resource manaegment problem or question at ALRF where we can help you set up a field project or provide you with the data and information you will need. See below for wide range of interdisciplinary project ideas, or contact us to share your own…
Recreation
- Interpretation plan for the East Loop Demonstration Trail
- Interpretation plan for the South Knolls Demonstration Trail
- Road-based demonstration plan for the entire forest
Forestry
- Growth and yield of second growth birch stands
- Ecological and economic utilization of birch
- Establishment and growth of cedar in the SBS wk1 (planted in 2005)
- Growth assessment of partial cut stands
- Economics of partial cutting
- Growth and yield of brushing sites
- Assessments of 40 year old spruce provenance or progeny trials
- Douglas fir seedling survivorship and performance in the SBSwk1
- Incidence of leader weevil in brushed stands under a variety of treatments
- Ground-based field verification of old growth stands
- Spatial distribution of interior old growth with respect to timber supply
- Windthrow and terrain stability
Wildlife and Fish/Habitat ecology
- Bird survey across various eco-types and management histories
- Effects of historical forest and road development on fish populations
- Environmental impact assessment and rehabilitation plan for Slaney Creek
- Collection of local knowledge on wildlife
- Compilation of data from winter tracking surveys
- Compilation of data from reported wildlife sightings
- Habitat suitability comparisons between historical partial cuts and unmanaged stands
- The presence/absence of rare and endangered plants
- Forest management and wildlife tree and CWD recruitment
- The effectiveness of wildlife tree patches
Ecology
- Disturbance history and dynamics
- The ecological state of pine bogs with respect to mountain pine beetle
- Paleoecology
- Successional development along the Bowron River
- Rare plant species inventory and habitat suitability
- Identifying linkages between site series and forest attributes (e.g., coarse woody debris, below canopy fuel loads)
Others
- GIS and remote sensing analyses (e.g., wildlife suitability mapping; rare ecosystem mapping)
- Fluvial dynamics of the Bowron River
- Climate-related projects
- Pre- and post- pruning assessments of a pine plantation (e.g., growth and yield, wildlife damage)
- Tenure history of the ALRF
- Research history of the Aleza Lake Experiment Station
- The historical role of the Aleza Lake Experiment Station in the development of Upper Fraser communities
- Inventory and harvesting of non-timber forest products