Resources North provides financial management support for projects conducted by the following research associates:
Wildlife Infometrics Inc.
Contact: Scott McNay, 250-997-5700
2008 Research Projects:
1. Implications of salvage scale: mountain pine beetle and integrity of woodland caribou winter ranges
2. Establishing a science basis for SFM and recovery planning for woodland caribou in north-central BC
3. Use of adaptive management to mitigate risk of predation for woodland caribou in north central BC.
Websites: www.wildlifeinfometrics.com and www.centalbccaribou.ca
Ministry of Forests and Range
Contact: Dale Seip, 250-565-4125
2008 Research Projects:
1. Determining critical requirements for threatened caribou populations in northern interior forests of BC
2. Wolf movements in relation to natural and industrial landscape features on caribou range on the east slopes of the
Website: www.centalbccaribou.ca
Contact: Stephane Dube, 250-565-4363
Research Projects:
1. 2008: Strategies of wet soils management within the mountain pine beetle infestation of BC
2. 2007: Assessing mountain pine beetle affected forest retention strategies to address hydrological impacts
Website: www.gov.bc.ca/for
Contact: Marten Geertsema, 250-565-6923
2008 Research Project: Landslides and climate change in northern British Columbia
Website: www.gov.bc.ca/for
Contact: John Rex, 250-565-6921
2008 Research Projects:
1. Mountain pine beetle influence on riparian processes and stream temperature
2. The effects of riparian harvesting on fish habitat and ecology of small streams
3. Re-establishing small stream study sites to monitor fish habitat and ecology
Website: www.gov.bc.ca/for
Industrial Forest Service
Contact: Silvia Lac, 250-564-4115
2008 Research Proposals:
1. Carbon sequestration modeling in six Timber Supply Areas across BC
2. Development of user-friendly software to estimate carbon sequestration in BC
3. Literature and extension work to narrow the gap between research and communities regarding carbon sequestration and carbon credits in the Nechako/Lakes area
Website: www.indforserv.bc.ca
Ministry of Environment
Contact: Randy Wright, 250-398-4565
Research Project: 2007 post-calving survey for the Itcha-Ilgachuz caribou herd, Cariboo Region
Website: www.gov.bc.ca/env
Products: Summary of the 2007 Post Calving Survey for the Itcha-Ilgachuz Caribou Herd, Cariboo Region
