Forestry & Environmental Management
Message from the Dean
Van Lantz
Posted: December 4, 2019 2:30:00 PM AST
Category: Faculty
Dear colleagues, alumni and friends: It is with pleasure that I write to you today to provide an update on the 2019-20 academic year here in UNB’s faculty of forestry and environmental management. We’re making great strides in a number of areas and have numerous initiatives on the go to help us achieve our mission of inspiring and preparing tomorrow’s forestry and...
Read the full postA Student Perspective: Coming Together, Learning Together
Logan Keoughan, MEM student
Posted: December 4, 2019 1:30:00 PM AST
Category: Students, Faculty
"Coming Together, Learning Together" was an important step in Indigenizing the Forestry and Environmental Management (ForEM) faculty. We hosted the workshop with the help of Indigenous elders, professionals, knowledge keepers and practitioners from the east coast of Turtle Island. Our guests led and guided presentations and discussions on Indigenous knowledge, practices and ways of knowing....
Read the full postUniversity of New Brunswick Award for Excellence in Research
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 31, 2019 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Awards
R. Allen Curry University of New Brunswick Award for Excellence in Research R. Allen Curry of the faculties of science and forestry and environmental management will receive the University of New Brunswick Award for Excellence in Research at UNB’s 65th Convocation. Dr. Curry joined the University of New Brunswick in 1995 and is currently a professor of biology and forestry and...
Read the full postAcadian Forest Modelling Tool
Chris Morris
Posted: September 30, 2019 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research
A new software program to model the Acadian Forest, developed by New Brunswick researcher Dr. Chris Hennigar, soon may be able to tell as much about the future of our forests as it does about the historic growth rates of trees. Hennigar, an honorary research associate with the Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management at the University of New Brunswick, and a provincial forester and...
Read the full postGhost moose concern NB scientists
Christine Morris
Posted: September 30, 2019 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research
The presence of “ghost moose” haunting the woodlands of northeastern North America has raised concern about the future of the iconic animal, including in southern New Brunswick where there has been a noticeable decline in population. Dr. Joe Nocera, assistant professor of wildlife management with UNB’s Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, is leading the New...
Read the full postBig picture on budworm interventions
AFRC
Posted: June 28, 2019 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research
AFRC researchers are studying infestation cycles, natural enemies, and the climate and environmental impact of the spruce budworm to paint the whole picture of how this species interacts with our environment. Research to understand the whole story around the spruce budworm The spruce budworm early intervention strategy is about much more than monitoring and suppressing insect populations - it...
Read the full postClimate change and NB forests
AFRC
Posted: June 28, 2019 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research
With approximately 83 per cent of its land covered by forests, few provinces are as vulnerable as New Brunswick to the effects of global warming and the changes it is expected to produce in terms of tree species, growth and productivity. Funded by Natural Resources Canada under its climate change adaptation program, the $300,000 project is being led by Dr. Van Lantz, dean of the Faculty of...
Read the full postWet Areas Mapping (WAM) Technology
Dr. Paul Arp
Posted: May 27, 2019 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research
People in the Maritime provinces are well-acquainted with the periodic flooding and other natural phenomena associated with a variable climate, from spring freshets to the occasional hurricane. With such grave threats posed to our ecosystems and communities, what measures are in place that allow for the planning and understanding of water and soils? Soil maps that capture physical and chemical...
Read the full postUNB professor’s study on how Eastern Canada’s forests will adapt to climate change named one of top 10 discoveries of 2018
UNB Newsroom
Posted: March 4, 2019 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Awards
A UNB forestry professor’s research has been selected as one of 10 Discoveries of the Year 2018 by Québec Science magazine. Dr. Loïc D’Orangeville and his team studied the effects climate change will have on Eastern Canada’s boreal forest. In recent decades, field technicians from the Québec government have compiled an impressive tree ring...
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