Products
Here you will find compilations of information available on compact disques, videos, brochures or other materials produced as the result of current and past projects. To obtain a copy of any of these CDs or other material not available throughout download, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or simply fill out our online order form.
Upper Miramichi Community Forest Partnership Brochure and Survey April 2012
Valuation of Ecological Goods and Services – CD
This CD contains presentations given at Valuation of Ecological Goods and Services workshop held in February, 2007. Topics include how a value can be determined for ecological goods and services provided by woodlots, a payment system in place in Costa Rica, and a pilot project underway in PEI.
The workshop was the first in a series presented across Canada by the Canadian Model Forest Network, through the Private Woodlot Strategic Initiative, and the Canadian Federation of Woodlot Owners. Fundy Model Forest and Nova Forest Alliance co-hosted the Maritime event. (Available in English only)
Balsalm Woolly Adelgid
Balsam Woolly Adelgid Brochure: Helps woodlot owners and Christmas tree growers recognize and prevent the spread of balsam woolly adelgid, an insect that is causing extensive damage to fir trees in Atlantic Canada. (Available in French also)
Balsam Woolly Adelgid Poster (Bilingual)
Balsam Woolly Adelgid Hazard Ratings
Information Sheets for Private Woodlot Owners
This series of information sheets was prepared by The Private Woodlot Strategic Initiative, a collaboration between the Canadian Model Forest Network and the Canadian Federation of Woodlot Owners. Complete sets in English or French are available free on request.
The following four are available for download:
Taxation and the Managed Woodlot Keeping it in the Family
Value of a Management Plan
Species at Risk and Your Woodlot
Working Woodlot Conservation Easements
Recognition and Detection of Forest Pests CD (English/French)
Pest monitoring is important in the sustainable management of our forest resource as harmful pests can have adverse impacts. This CD-Rom was created with particular emphasis on the recognition of pest problems common to the Fundy Model Forest and the Acadian Forest Region.
The main features of the CD-ROM are as follows:
Forestry Best Management Practices for Water Quality
This 30-minute video deals with best forestry management practices and water quality and is applicable to both a large and small woodlot. Topics discussed in the video include: planning, road and trail construction; tree harvesting; silviculture; as well as, fuel, chemical use and storage. Examples of New Brunswick forestry and water quality guidelines are given, however the information will have value for forest operations elsewhere. (Also available in French)
5 Completed Projects (2007 - 2014)
Here you will find a sampling of completed projects. Complete lists of our projects can be found in our annual reports in the publications section/administrative documents.
Upper Miramichi Community Forest Partnership
To celebrate the International Year of Forests, Fundy Model Forest held a youth art competition in conjunction with the Association of Registered Professional Foresters of New Burnswick. The artists were asked to express the wonder of the forests. Winning entries can be viewed here:
May 15 -16, 2007, Fredericton, N.B.
Affiliation: Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service
Description: FMF helped sponsor this two-day workshop, which brought together experts from across federal and provincial governments, industry, and academia to discuss the forest sector’s vulnerability to climate change in Atlantic Canada.
It has been summarized in the following documents: The first is a two-page overview that summarizes the knowledge gaps and required actions identified during the first day of the workshop. The other is a compilation of the discussions of the second facilitated workshop during which researchers and industry leaders attempted to set the direction for research addressing climate change in the Acadian forest.
Summary of Workshop Overview
Forest Management Planning in the Face of Climate Change-Summary_2
Contact: Dean Toole, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
August 2007
Affiliation: UNB Fredericton
Description: The economic, cultural, political, and environmental issues that are evolving in our world require professionals who have a global view and a multicultural understanding. This project seeks to create intercontinental learning bridges between prominent and respected European and Canadian learning institutions with model forest ecosystems as the learning laboratories.
In order to learn about forests, students will learn in forests, so that the forests will become the classrooms through cooperation with Research Forests and the Canadian Model Forest Network. This was the third year that Fundy Model Forest organized the New Brunswick leg of the tour and provided funding.
Objective: To increase student and teacher exchange and understanding related to improving sustainable forest management (SFM) practices.
For more information:http://www.transfor.rr.ualberta.ca
Completed: September, 2007
Affiliation: University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Department of Biology, Bryophyte Lab
This project, supported by FMF, is a one stage of a long term study looking at how forest management operations affect the biodiversity of plants on the forest floor. For more than a decade, a team of ecologists led by Drs. Kate Frego and Mark Roberts have been working on this project funded by FMF and J.D. Irving, Limited. Dr. Frego concentrates on bryophytes (mosses and liverworts) while Dr. Roberts has been examining herbaceous and vascular plants.
Related Publications: You will find many reports related to this work in publications/biodiversity
Contact: Dr. Kate Frego, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
We seek science-based solutions that will provide opportunities for the forest sector and the communities it supports. Among the new technologies that we will explore are bio-fuels and energy co-generation and their economic potential for communities.
Projects receiving FMF funding at the present time:
Expanding on the Foundation of Radial Growth Forecasting: Future Response to Three Fundamental Tree Species
Affiliation: Mount Allison University Dendrochronology Lab
Description: This project is the continuation of one that began in 2006 to predict how climate change will affect the growth of six native coniferous tree species. During the summer of 2007, the MAD Lab collected a large amount of samples and prepared them for measuring and analysis. This phase of the project allows the Lab to prepare three more forecasts.
Outcome: To expand the results of radial growth rate forecasting to deciduous tree species giving more insight into the future response of locally dominant species.
Long term objective: To move forward with local climate change research that addresses the coming needs of various stakeholders working in various forest related tasks.
Contact: Dr. Colin Laroque, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Related Publications: The first six forecasts are available in the report: Future Radical Growth Forecast for Six Conifer Species in southeasten New Brunswick. (Hotlink) or pdf
Development of Hazard Ratings for the Balsalm Woolly Adelgid
Affiliation: University of New Brunswick, Dept. of Forestry and Environmental Management
Canadian Forest Service, Atlantic Forestry Centre
Description: Drs. Dan Quiring, UNB Fredericton, and Don Ostaff, Atlantic Forestry Centre, are working to develop hazard warnings for this pest which is causing extensive damage to the Balsam fir the Maritimes.
Balsam woolly adelgid, which is native to Europe, was introduced to North America in the early 1900s and is now found throughout eastern and western Canada and United States. It can attack the stem and/or the crown of the tree. Stem attacks can reduce tree growth by more than 50 per cent and in severe cases kill a large tree in three years. Affected trees are unsuitable for lumber as uneven shrinkage can cause warping and splitting and pulp quality is inferior to that of normal wood. Chronic crown infestations can cause a tree to succumb in 10 to 20 years and also predisposes it to root rot.
This project is in its second year.
Current Objective: There is no commercially viable tactic for dealing with the pest and the scientists are now working to produce hazard ratings that will predict the probability of damage by the balsam woolly adelgid for different stand conditions. The forest industry, provincial forest managers and woodlot owners, will be able to use the rating system to make decisions regarding what tree species to favour in their stands and to decide whether they should harvest stands that are beginning to show symptoms of damage.
Contacts: Dr. Dan Quiring, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Dr. Don Ostaff, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Related Publications: Development of Hazard Ratings for the Balsam Woolly Adelgid –Year end report 2006-2007 (pdf)
Balsam Woolly Adelgid Brochure
Balsam Woolly Adelgid Poster
The expansion of the International Model Forest Network provides many opportunities to transfer knowledge and experiences gained with other countries. We are building partnerships with international organizations to develop mutually beneficial projects.
Fundy Model Forest helps develop and deliver outdoor ecological programs for schools to provide students with opportunities to experience the forest as they learn about this valuable resource. The programs also help the students, many of whom come from urban areas, understand how the forest is connected to their daily lives. We believe it is important to increase their ecology understanding as they are tomorrow’s decision-makers.
Programs now receiving funding support:
Awareness of Forest and Stream Ecology
Affiliation: Canaan-Washademoak Watershed Association
Description: This is a multi-year project to develop and deliver this experiential education program to students in the Canaan-Washademoak watershed (Cambridge-Narrows, Cole’s Island and Havelock schools) and eventually beyond the watershed. Five teaching modules (Forest, Stream, Watershed Characteristics, Wetlands and Water Quality and Stewardship of Local Waterways) have been developed and presented with great success during the year 2006-2007.
This phase of the project involves development and delivery of two additional modules: Food Webs: Terrestrial and Aquatic and Winter Ecology in Forests and Streams.
Long term Objective: To increase ecological literacy and foster a stewardship ethic regarding our valuable natural resources.
Contact: Shawn Dalton, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Related Publication: Awareness of Stream Ecology, Year End report 2007 (pdf)
Outdoor Education: The Forest in Winter
Affiliation: Elmhurst Outdoors
Description: Students are bused to Elmhurst Outdoors, an outdoor education and recreation centre, where they are broken into two groups. One is introduced to the sport of snowshoeing and participates in an interpretative hike through a stand of Acadian forest. The other is given an introductory lesson in cross-country skiing and ski groomed trails throughout the forest of Elmhurst Outdoors. The equipment is provided.
Objective: To introduce students to the forest ecosystem in winter and to introduce them to outdoor winter recreational activities.
Contact: Gig Keirstead, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.