Lessons in Campus Forestry

Earlier this month, a  group of UNBC undergraduate forestry majors braved frigid temperatures to tour the sites of planned stand management treatments  at  UNBC’s Prince George  campus. The treatments were developed by Mike Jull, ALRFS Manager, to mitigate fire and danger tree hazards on campus.  Selective tree removals  for the inner campus  will take place …

A Swedish Invasion!

Twenty-two graduate students and instructors from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) visited ALRF on October 9th as part of a two-week intensive field course. Coordinated in partnership between SLU and the UBC Alex Fraser Research Forest, the group traveled through BC’s lower mainland and the Interior to speak with various forest practitioners and …

Not Just Any Field School

Doctors learn in teaching hospitals… natural resource managers learn in the woods. Last week, ALRF hosted nine UNBC students enrolled in the Field Applications in  Resource Management course taught annually  by Roy Rea, Senior  Lab  Instructor,  UNBC Ecosystem Science and Management Program. This is by no means  your basic  field skills training.  It is an …