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Planners in British Columbia must adapt to climate change by preparing for expected and unexpected changes in their communities. The results of survey and workshop research conducted at the Planning Institute of BC conference indicate that planners do not have a high level of knowledge of climate change adaptation. Planners feel that the impacts that will affect BC the most in 50 years will be related to forests, agriculture, river flooding, transportation and water. Different regions in the province will be affected in different ways, and adaptation strategies must be created for the specific needs and attributes of a community. Open-structured workshops are a good method to educate planners about climate change...
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Purpose This project explores how public input was conceptualised and incorporated into the Bulkley Land and Resource Management Plan (Bulkley LRMP) process with the purpose to analyse the level of input that was achieved. Research Objectives This purpose will be realised through: 1 Identifying past public participation in resource management processes in the Bulkley Valley and contrasting their level of input with the Bulkley Valley Community Resources Board (BVCRB; the Board); 2 Illustrating how the BVCRB was established; 3 Determining how the members of the Board were selected and whether they represent the public of the Bulkley Forest District (BFD); 4 Explaining the role the Board played in developing the Bulkley...
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Tree characteristics were compared between successfully attacked, unsuccessfully attacked, and unattacked trees. Percent of the bole covered with constant crown, crown volume, recent radial growth, and age were significantly different between successfully attacked and unattacked trees. Successfully attacked trees produced less induced resinosis than unsuccessfully attacked trees. Fast- and slow-growing subalpine fir were pheromone baited to induce attack. Although all baited trees were attacked, slow-growing trees were more likely to be successfully attacked than fast-growing trees. Fast- and slow-growing subalpine fir were inoculated with a blue-stain fungus. Lesion length was significantly greater in fast-growing...
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To conserve woodland caribou, resource managers and biologists must understand the processes governing movements and distribution of those animals. I employed a scale-explicit approach to understand some of the mechanisms influencing caribou behaviour. I trailed caribou in forested and alpine habitats and recorded attributes of feeding sites and patches. At larger scales, I used GPS collars to record the movements of caribou. At the scale of the feeding site, caribou cratered at locations with lower snow depths and greater amounts of a variety of terrestrial lichen species. Following increases in snow depth, hardness, and density, caribou in the forest fed more frequently at trees with abundant arboreal lichens....
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Purpose This project explores how public input was conceptualised and incorporated into the Bulkley Land and Resource Management Plan (Bulkley LRMP) process with the purpose to analyse the level of input that was achieved. Research Objectives This purpose will be realised through: 1 Identifying past public participation in resource management processes in the Bulkley Valley and contrasting their level of input with the Bulkley Valley Community Resources Board (BVCRB; the Board); 2 Illustrating how the BVCRB was established; 3 Determining how the members of the Board were selected and whether they represent the public of the Bulkley Forest District (BFD); 4 Explaining the role the Board played in developing the Bulkley...
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