Forest Pest and Disease Workshop 2012
Feb. 15, 2012
Fredericton, NB
Research indicates another spruce budworm outbreak is imminent in New Brunswick. Updates were presented on the status of the spruce budworm, balsam woolly adelgid, brown spruce long horn beetle and emerald ash bore among other pests, along with the latest research on potential treatments, forecasting tools and monitoring methods and results for the insects causing the greatest concern. Several of the presentations are available as video casts by clicking on the titles below. For continuing education credits, please contact the Association of Registered Professional Foresters of New Brunswick or the Canadian Institute of Forstery (Maritimes).
This workshop was presented by Fundy Model Forest.
The Next Spruce Budworm Outbreak in New Brunswick: Anticipatory, reactive, or crisis management?
Balsalm Woolly Adelgid in New Brunswick
Balsam Woolly Adelgid Gouting Interferes with the Performance and Preference of Subsequent Defoliators
Implications of Intensive Silviculture and Mixedwood Dynamics on Forest Management Videos
Implications of Intensive Silviculture and Mixedwood Dynamics on Forest Management Workshop
Jan. 28, 2010
K.C. Irving Theatre, Hugh John Flemming Forestry Centre, Fredericton, N.B.
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Sponsored by: Sustainable Forest Management Network, Fundy Model Forest and J.D. Irving, Limited
This Workshop presented results of 10 graduate student projects at University of New Brunswick and Université de Moncton, in partnership with the above workshop sponsors, addressing dynamics of mixedwood stands and relationship of stand composition and structure to habitat in silviculturally treated stands (plantations and pre-commercially thinned stands). This large project took place in two study areas about 300 km apart, in northern N.B. (Black Brook District) and southern N.B. (Fundy Model Forest). The Black Brook District is among the most intensively managed landscapes in Canada, and silviculture since 1957 provides a wealth of sites for study. Fundy Model Forest is a 400,000ha mix of ownerships (Crown, large industrial, private woodlots, and Fundy National Park) and forest types in southern N.B, which is less intensively managed than the Black Brook District. Both areas contain a mix of softwood and shade-tolerant hardwood forests.
The full workshop agenda is available here.
To view a video, click on the title.
Forest Biomass Feedstock Workshop
Fredericton, N.B.
The potential of forest biomass as a source of renewable energy has resulted in increased demand for this material which can include tops and branches of trees left after timber harvests, poor quality trees, trees removed during land clearing operations, and wood residues produced by sawmills.
Feb. 24, 2009 Fundy Model Forest hosted a workshop to examine issues related to the sustainable supply of biomass from New Brunswick forests. The workshop provided information, described tools to predict the availability of sustainable supplies of biomass feedstock and identified gaps in knowledge that need to be investigated.
The presentations given by the six speakers are available here in video format. Continuing education credits have been assigned to these videos by the Association of Registered Professional Foresters of NB and the Canadian Institute of Forestry (New Brunswick). For information regarding these credits, please visit www.arpfnb.ca or contact the association at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The presentations are also available on the DVD, “Forest Biomass Workshop”, by request from the Fundy Model Forest by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by filling out the order form on this site.
The full workshop agenda is available here.
To view a video, click on the title.
Shaping Our Future Videos
Tour and advisory session
Jan. 12, 2010
Taymouth, N.B.
In the midst of the uncertainty and worry about the future of the forest industry over the last few years, several organizations in New Brunswick took steps to change how they operate in order to create new economic opportunities to shape their futures.
With a pressing need for new markets, woodlot owners in the Fredericton/Nashwaak Valley area decided to move into the processing sector. York-Sunbury-Carleton Wood Marketing Board bought a sawmill, while a group of woodlot owners in the Nashwaak River valley came together, formed a co-operative and built a pellet plant which is now in operation and SNB Wood Co-op is offering innovative services to its members.
On Jan. 12, 2010, representatives from the woodlot sector around N.B. gathered in Taymouth for Shaping Our Futures, a tour and advisory forum organized by Fundy Model Forest. (Agenda)
To view a video, click on the title.