Forestry & Environmental Management
Message from the Dean
Michelle Gray
Posted: Sep 20, 2022
Dear Alumni & friends Here we are at the start of the 2022-23 academic year and are buzzing with the excitement of having the students back in full force here in Forestry and Environmental Management. COVID-19 is still here but we are all adjusting and pivoting, when need be, and it's a massive benefit to being a faculty of very strong and resilient people. We welcomed nearly 80 new...
Read the full postMaster of Science in Forestry Thesis Defense | Jesse Moura dos Santos
Ed Czerwinski
Posted: Apr 6, 2022
APPLICATION OF A DENDROECOLOGY APPROACH TO RED SPRUCE (PICEA RUBENS) PROVENANCE TRIALS TO STUDY SPECIES AND POPULATION VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE Date: April 20 – 10:00 amLocation: FG Room 202 and MSTeams Abstract: Red spruce (Picea rubens) is a tree species unique to the Acadian Forest, providing numerous ecosystem goods and services, including timber for the forest industry. With...
Read the full postMaster of Science in Forestry Thesis Defense | Clara Schortemeyer
Ed Czerwinski
Posted: Apr 5, 2022
Master of Science in Forestry - Thesis Defense - Clara Schortemeyer MAXIMIZING WHITE SPRUCE (PICEA GLAUCA) PRODUCTIVITY IN A DRYING CLIMATE THROUGH TREE IMPROVEMENT Date: April 20 – 1:00 pm Location: FG Room 202 and MSTeams Abstract: In this thesis, I quantified the genetic variation and drought response of three, 20-year-old white spruce (Picea glauca) varietal test sites in New...
Read the full postDr. Thom Erdle – 2021 New Brunswick Forestry Hall of Fame Recipient
By ForEM/AFRC
Posted: Oct 15, 2021
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...
Read the full postNational Forest Week
Ed Czerwinski
Posted: Sep 15, 2021
September 19 - 25, 2021 National Forest Week is an annual one-week Canadian Institute of Forestry campaign that challenges Canadians to learn more about the forest sector and its significance to Canada, while also supporting a greater recognition of forests as a valuable green resource. This year's theme "Our Forests - Continually Giving”, highlights the link between us and the...
Read the full postForest management impacts on stream integrity at varying intensities and spatial scales: Do biological effects accumulate spatially?
Erdozain M., Kidd K.A., Emilson E.J.S., Capell S.S., Luu T., Kreutzweiser D.P., Gray M.A.
Posted: Apr 8, 2021
Category: Publications , Research
Abstract: The effects of forest harvesting on headwaters are quite well understood, yet our understanding of whether impacts accumulate or dissipate downstream is limited. To address this, we investigated whether several biotic indicators changed from smaller to larger downstream sites (n = 6) within three basins that had intensive, extensive or minimal forest management in New Brunswick...
Read the full postObject and behavior differentiation for improved automated counts of migrating river fish using imaging sonar data
Helminen J., Linnansaari T.
Posted: Apr 8, 2021
Category: Publications , Research
Abstract: Imaging sonars, such as the Adaptive Resolution Imaging Sonar (ARIS; Sound Metrics Corp.) produce continuous stream of sonar video footage, and they are commonly used for counting and sizing migrating fish in rivers. Although automated methods have been developed for processing imaging sonar data, manual analysis of the data is still common in fish population monitoring projects. In...
Read the full postSpruce budworm tree host species distribution and abundance mapping using multi-temporal Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery
Bhattarai R., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran P., Weiskittel A., Meneghini A., MacLean D.A.
Posted: Mar 26, 2021
Category: Publications , Research
Abstract: Spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana; SBW) is the most destructive forest pest of northeastern Canada and United States. SBW occurrence as well as the extent and severity of its damage are highly dependent on the characteristics of the forests and the availability of host species namely, spruce (Picea sp.) and balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.). Remote sensing satellite...
Read the full postEvaluating annual spruce budworm defoliation using change detection of vegetation indices calculated from satellite hyperspectral imagery
Donovan S.D., MacLean D.A., Zhang Y., Lavigne M.B., Kershaw J.A.
Posted: Mar 23, 2021
Category: Publications , Research
Abstract: During spruce budworm (SBW; Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.)) outbreaks, defoliation causes severe tree damage and mortality to spruce-balsam fir (Picea spp.-Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) forests. Annual defoliation thematic maps provide vital information for forest protection planning against outbreaks, but such data are challenging to accurately collect over large areas during a short...
Read the full postInterannual variation in sap flow response in three xeric shrub species to periodic drought
Sundas Iqbal, TIanshan Zha, Xin Jia, Muhammad Hayat, Duo Qian, Charles P. A. Bourque, Yun Tian, Yujie Bai, Peng Liu, Ruizhi Yang, Alamgir Khan
Posted: Mar 15, 2021
Category: Publications , Research
Abstract: Extreme seasonal droughts frequently occur in semiarid and arid areas of the world. They can exert a profound influence on the physiological state of desert plants. Short-term rainfall and long-term water shortages in the Mu Us Desert have differentiated the role of individual species with their distinct ability to resist and recover from drought. This study explores how the scale of...
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