Forestry & Environmental Management
Dr. Thom Erdle – 2021 New Brunswick Forestry Hall of Fame Recipient
By ForEM/AFRC
Posted: October 15, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Dr. Thom Erdle – 2021 New Brunswick Forestry Hall of Fame Recipient The NB Forestry Hall of Fame, located at the Woodmen’s Museum in Boiestown, NB recognizes people for their “prominence and distinction in any field of forestry,” and for being a major contributor to the field in the province. In their release, the Association of Registered Professional Foresters of New Brunswick (ARPFNB) cited reasons for the selection of Dr. Erdle: • his active participation in...
University 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 environmental management. A scholar in aquatic ecology and ecohydrology, his research interests include...
UNB 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 collection by sampling tree species across 400,000 plots of provincial woodland. Continue reading in UNB...
Professor Brigitte Leblon elected president of the Canadian Remote Sensing Society-FR
UNB Newsroom
Posted: June 29, 2018 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Awards
Professor Brigitte Leblon, from the UNB Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, has been elected president of the Canadian Remote Sensing Society at its Annual General Meeting held on June 21, 2018 in Saskatoon. The Canadian Remote Sensing Society was created in 1974 as a bilingual, fully independent not-for-profit professional society to provide a focal point for leadership and excellence to advance the remote sensing field. The Society maintains partnerships with other...
3 Students win awards at Atlantic Society of Fish and Wildlife Biologist meeting
Aaron McDevitt
Posted: June 8, 2017 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Awards
Graduate students Kelly McLean, Douglas Munn, and Delaney Brooks, working with Dr. Joe Nocera, recently presented at a Meeting of Atlantic Society of Fish and Wildlife Biologists. All three students received awards, taking first, second and third place respectively. Kelly McLean wins first place and a $200 award for her presentation on Researching the effects of forestry on American black ducks and specifically the role wetland buffer width in maintaining American black duck populations in NB...
Forest Watershed Research Centre win CIF Award
Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Management
Posted: June 8, 2017 12:00:00 AM ADT
Longtime UNB Forestry & Environmental Management professor Dr. Paul Arp, and his research team at the Forest Watershed Research Centre, were recently awarded the Canadian Institute of Forestry’s (CIF-IFC) 2017 Canadian Forest Management Group Achievement Award. The award was handed out at the 109th annual CIF-IFC AGM and Conference in Ottawa and recognizes the outstanding achievements by teams or groups of managers, and scientists in the field of natural resource management in...