ReducingOurEnvironmentalFootprint
BarryWhite,PhDRPF1,2,3
1ForestManagementBranch,AgricultureandForestry2FacultyofForestry&EnvironmentalManagement,UniversityofNewBrunswick
3FacultyofAgriculture,LifeandEnvironmentalScience,UniversityofAlberta
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Alberta’sForestManagementBranch:
Wewillbeleadersinforestmanagement,ensuringforestvaluesforallAlbertans
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Why seek excellence in data quality?
Stewardship
Industry Competiveness
Regulatory Efficiency
Innovation
First Nations
Public Engagement
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WetsoilsHigh
resolutionDEMs
Lidarderivedstreamlayer
Virtualwatersheds
Enhancedforest
inventories
Habitatandbiodiversity
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Basefeaturesstreams–11,137km
Basefeaturesstreams
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Wetareasmappingpredictedstreams–63,332km
Wetareasmappingpredictedstreams
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LargepermanentSmallpermanent
Transitional
Intermittent,Ephemeral
Streamclasses–29,527kmexcludingintermittentandephemeral15
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Only a fraction of road segments (10-20%) deliver sediment to streams
Almost 100% of roads produce sediment
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ForestStructureHabitatIndex
Coops,N.C.,Tompaski,P.,Nijland,W.,Rickbeil,G.J.M.,Nielsen,S.E.,Bater,C.W.,andStadt,J.J.(2016).Aforeststructurehabitatindexbasedonairbornelaserscanningdata.EcologicalIndicators67,346–357.
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Barber,Q.E.,Bater,C.W.,Braid,A.C.R.,Coops,N.C.,Tompalski,P.,andNielsen,S.E.(2016).Airbornelaserscanningformodellingunderstoryshrubabundanceandproductivity.ForestEcologyandManagement377,46–54.
Modellingunderstoryshrubabundanceandproductivity
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22CourtesyofMichaelWagner
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Acknowledgements: Graduate Students !!!