The Petawawa Research Forest Leverages 100-year Legacy to Meet the Needs of 21 st Century Forest Management Katalijn MacAfee 1 and John Pineau 2 1 Canadian Forest Service; 2 FPInnovations and Friends of the PRF September 17, 2018
2 PRF Overview § Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Region § Boreal transition zone § 10,000ha
3 The Beginning 1918 § Forestry Canada asked to manage forest for Petawawa Military Reserve § Petawawa Forest Experiment Station (PFES) § Start of the Research Program with $6,000 § Establishment of PSP 1 § One of the first looks at sustainable management
4 The PRF’s 100 Year Journey Centennial celebrations and looking forward to forests MRSA study new possibilities! Developing unsustainably shows the effects CFFDRS – a managed of crown spacing system to rate Permanent and site the risk of Sample Plots preparation on 1900’s forest fires 2018 regeneration 1930’s Multi-spectral LiDAR flight to Tree LiDAR flight to PRF contribute to improvement contribute to established, Enhanced Forest and genetic installation of species prediction Inventory trials efforts PSP1
5 PRF: Forest Capital of Canada 2017-2019 § Celebrates a community or region for its connectivity to the forest § Focuses on socio- economic and environmental health of our communities § Past, Present, Future
6 Long-Term Research: Inventories § Varied topics, including: § Forest Resource Inventories § Permanent Sample Plots § Soils mapping § Wetlands mapping
7 Long-Term Research: Silviculture § Adaptive priorities through the years § “High yield” Silviculture § Thinning, pruning, spacing trials § Weevil control § Harvesting studies (e.g. Shelterwood and Biomass)
8 Long-Term Research: Weather and Fire § 1953: Year-round weather recording began § 1960’s: Fire effects, fire ecology and prescribed burns § Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System (CFFDRS)
9 Long-Term Research: Genetics § Studies for the purpose of: § Tree breeding success § Increased performance and adaptation § Pest and drought resistance § Carbon sequestration § Climate change
10 Building on the Past Multi- MRSA Temporal Understorey LiDAR PSP1 and PSP2 CLSA Meridian Rd MGRP Bridge LiDAR-Based Dbh, Species EFI & LiDAR/IPC Avian/SAR Habitat Adaptation PSP’s to Climate Change Ground LiDAR
11 2018 & Beyond: Biomass § Ensuring sustainable harvesting practices while utilizing forest biomass within a mixed wood condition. § Providing industry with “real world” answers to forest biomass utilization and economic realities § Preparing foresters with silvicultural solutions which can meet the demands of the supplying the bioeconomy
12 2018 & Beyond: Enhanced Forest Inventory § Many ongoing & new projects § AWARE projects § species § predictor metrics § Mobile LiDAR § Rapid collection ground LiDAR testing § Single photon LiDAR flight summer 2018 § Higher efficiency § Greater detail (underwater too) § Soils mapping
13 2018 & Beyond: Climate Change § Planning for Climate Change: § Operating under Climate Change: A vulnerability assessment for Adaptive Silviculture for Climate § § climate change at the PRF Change § Edwards, J.E., Pearce, C., Ogden, A.E., and Williamson, § Nagel, L.M., et al. 2017. Adaptive silviculture for T.B. 2015. Climate change and sustainable forest climate change: A national experiment in manger- management in Canada: a guidebook for assessing scientist partnership to apply an adaptation vulnerability and mainstreaming adaptation into decision framework. Journal of Forestry, Volume making. Canadian Council of Forest Ministers, Ottawa, 115, Number 3, 9 May 2017, pp. 167-178(12) Ontario. 160 p. GUIDANCE INFORMATION ACTION
14 Special Project: PRF Centennial Bridge § Engineered wood in a logging road bridge § Case study comparison vs. traditional materials § Much interest in Ontario and across Canada
15 Knowledge Exchange & Extension 2018 so far
16 PRF Partners
17 Collaborate with Us! Research projects Tours of all kinds Technology transfer Much more!
18 Thank you! For more information, please contact us! Peter Arbour PRF Operations Manager peter.arbour@canada.ca ••• Jeff Fera Forest Research Officer jeff.fera@canada.ca
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