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old growth forest

Characterizing fuel environments in the Interior Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone in Central British Columbia

January 29, 2022

Fuel treatment efficacy: Documenting wildfire/fuel treatment encounters

January 28, 2022

Photo display web

Effectiveness of light stand thinning as a forest fuel treatment in black spruce stands

December 2, 2021

Photo display web

Wildfire/fuel treatment encounter data collection through a mobile app

April 2, 2021

Development of a framework to establish a quick-deploy research team for WUI events

January 24, 2021

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Effectiveness of stand cleaning as a forest fuel treatment in black spruce stands

January 23, 2021

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Hügelkultur as a debris management technique in forest fuel reduction treatments

January 18, 2021

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Research to assess stand conversion

January 17, 2021

Aerial top view of summer green trees

Summary of stand level fuel treatment productivity studies

January 16, 2021

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Development of an in-fire surface fuel consumption logger

December 2, 2020

Oriented pile flammability research summary 2019. Collaborations with Mosaic Forest Management and British Columbia Wildfire Service

September 1, 2020

Forest fuel characterization at the Quesnel airport

Forest fuel characterization at the Quesnel airport (fuel management treatment unit 14A). Collecting forest stand data as inputs to fuel management tools

May 1, 2020

Bridges and Wildfire events

Bridges and wildfire events: identifying information gaps in bridge protection in the context of resistance to wildland fire events

March 12, 2020

Developing tools and techniques to streamline forest fuel sampling

Developing tools and techniques to streamline forest fuel sampling

January 10, 2020

canadian wildfire fuel management panel

Development of the Canadian Wildfire Fuel Management Knowledge Base

January 9, 2020

Evaporation Rates

Evaporation rates – assessing the evaporation rates of water, foam, and water-enhancers

January 8, 2020

Stand level fuel management planning tool

January 5, 2020

Aerial top view of summer green trees

Virtual tour for Northwest Territories

January 3, 2020

Brinding a knowledge gap in wildfire reserch

Virtual tour of the Pelican Mountain FireSmart Fuel Management Research Site

January 2, 2020

Healthy green trees in forest of spruce, fir and pine

Understanding the methods required for underburning in black spruce stands

December 5, 2019

Newly planted spruce seedling

Monitoring Larix seedling survival and growth

December 5, 2019

evaluating a selective harvest

FireSmart vegetation management decision support research

December 5, 2019

evaluating a selective harvest

Evaluating a selective harvest operation as a forest fuel treatment – a case study in a mature Douglas-fir forest in central interior British Columbia

December 5, 2019

Integrating fuel treatment data into the Canadian Wildland Fire Information Framework – a review of Canadian data management systems and requirements

December 5, 2019

Mulching productivity in black sprunce fuel

Mulching productivity in black spruce fuels: productivity as a function of treatment intensity

February 1, 2019

Comparative results of ignition probability and fire behaviour

Comparative results of ignition probability and fire behaviour among landscaping mulch products

December 5, 2018

Evaluating the relative fire hazard of oriented debris piles and constructed burn piles

Evaluating the relative fire hazard of oriented debris piles and constructed burn piles

December 5, 2018

Performance evaluation of siding materials subjected to radiant heat loads

Performance evaluation of siding materials subjected to radiant heat loads

November 5, 2018

firesmart robot

FireSmart Robot – Phase 2: Development of a harvest robot for use in FireSmart and Forest Operations

November 5, 2018

Comparing the seasonal changes in live fuel flammability of Larix spp. and Black Spruce

November 5, 2018

Black spruce fuel amendment treatment

Black spruce fuel amendment treatment

December 5, 2017

retardant effectiveness on mulch fuel

Retardant effectiveness on mulch fuel

December 5, 2017

Debris loading and fire behaviour potential

Debris Loading and Fire Behaviour Potential: A Comparative Analysis of Two Harvesting Methods in the Nazko Region of Central British Columbia

September 5, 2017

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Productivity of manual forest fuel treatment operations

July 5, 2017

Windrow burning

Windrow burning

November 5, 2016

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Wildfire encounters with forest fuel treatments: Rapid response data collection methods to document change in fire behaviour

February 5, 2016

case study fire challenged fuel treatments

Case study: fire challenged fuel treatments in Saskatchewan in 2015

December 6, 2015

an analysis of firebrand collection

An analysis of firebrand collection methodologies for spot fire research

December 6, 2015

Fuel break maintenance requirements: monitoring and evaluating evolving fuel environments

December 5, 2015

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Developing a national fuels management reference database

December 5, 2014

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National forest fuels management workshop

December 5, 2014

Case Study - Fire behaviour of RWF-015-13 (Nordegg, Alberta)

Case Study – Fire behaviour of RWF-015-13 (Nordegg, Alberta)

April 5, 2014

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Productivity of equipment used in fuel treatment operations

March 5, 2014

evaluating a selective harvest

British Columbia Woody Debris Management Program

December 6, 2013

evaluating a selective harvest

Forest fuel typing methods used by Canadian wildfire agencies

December 6, 2013

an analysis of firebrand collection

Database for wildfire behaviour documents

December 6, 2013

evaluating a selective harvest

Developing a database for ESRD’s Wildland Fuels Inventory Program

December 6, 2013

case study fire challenged fuel treatments

Developing a long-term monitoring protocol for fuel treatments

December 6, 2013

an analysis of firebrand collection

Documenting human-caused wildfires

December 6, 2013

designing a second portable smoke detection tower

Protecting railway bridge timbers from wildfire

December 6, 2013

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Evaluating curtain burners for woody debris disposal

December 6, 2012

Fire behaviour in mulch fuelbeds along linear corridors

Fire behaviour in mulch fuelbeds along linear corridors

December 6, 2012

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Health impact of smoke exposure in wildland-urban interface fires: a literature review

March 6, 2012

Aerial top view of summer green trees in forest in rural Finland. Drone photography

National wildland fuels management survey

January 6, 2012

Fuelbreak effectiveness in Canada boreal forest

Effectiveness of stand-cleaning as a forest fuel treatment in pine fuels

December 7, 2011

monitoring microclimate

Developing an ignition-probability model for mulch fuelbeds

December 6, 2011

designing a second portable smoke detection tower

Comparing understory burning and mechanical site preparation to regenerate Lodgepole Pine stands

December 6, 2011

fire behaviour and initial-attack crew capabilities in burninh hervest debris

Database for wildfire behaviour documents

December 6, 2011

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Effectiveness of mulching as a forest fuel treatment

December 6, 2010

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Effectiveness of light stand-thinning as a forest fuel treatment in pine stands

December 6, 2010

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Determining the optimum conditions for underburning in pine fuels

December 6, 2010

Fire behaviour in thinner Jack Pine

Fire behaviour in thinned Jack Pine: Case studies of FireSmart treatments in Canada’s Northwest Territories

October 6, 2010

Identifying less flammable native vegetation for use in linear corridor

Identifying less flammable native vegetation for use in linear corridors

October 6, 2010

Trip Reports 2010

April 6, 2010

Fuelbreak effectiveness in Canada boreal forest

Fuelbreak effectiveness in Canada’s boreal forests: a synthesis of current knowledge

March 6, 2010

assessing moisture content of piled woody debris

Assessing moisture content of piled woody debris and the implications for burning

December 9, 2009

best practices guide for protecting log yards from fire

Best practices guide for protecting log yards from fire

December 8, 2009

grass fuel loads on linear disturbances in Alberta

Grass fuel loads on linear disturbances in Alberta

December 8, 2009

fire behaviour in simulated mpb

Fire behaviour in simulated Mountain Pine Beetle-attacked stands

December 8, 2009

review of fire behaviour across a power transmission line

Review of fire behaviour across a power transmission line

December 8, 2009

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Analysis of the occurrence and cause of fires in slash fuels in Alberta

December 8, 2008

deep penetration mulcher

Preliminary evaluation of mulcher-built firelines

December 8, 2008

Evaluating the fire ignition potential of an exhaust insulator for all-terrain vehicles

December 8, 2008

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Solar radiation driven differences in fne fuel moisture on north and south slopes

December 8, 2008

Fuelbreak effectiveness in Canada boreal forest

Ignition potential of portable propane campfires

December 8, 2008

Mowing during fall 2006 near slave lake

Effectiveness of mowing grass to reduce potential fire behaviour in corridors

May 8, 2008

Hitachi Zaxis 200

Mulching trials on harvest debris piles

March 8, 2008

Removal of tree crowns under winter conditions using a terra torch

Removal of tree crowns under winter conditions using a terra torch

March 8, 2008

Assessing the effectiveness of prescribed fire to create bison pasture

February 8, 2008

priotity zone infograph

Evaluating the effectiveness of FireSmart priority zones for structure protection

December 9, 2007

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Managing forest fuels for community protection in the British Columbia Interior: productivity and cost of thinning from below

December 9, 2007

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Temperature profiles above burning woody debris piles

December 9, 2007

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Modelling ignition probability of thinned Lodgepole Pine stands

December 9, 2006

Aerial top view of summer green trees in forest in rural Finland. Drone photography

Considerations for mitigating windthrow due to forest fuel treatments

March 9, 2006

Effectiveness of Alberta’s presuppression preparedness planning system

December 9, 2004

the boom set timberjack CF510 arm

Management of harvesting debris in Alberta

May 9, 2004

Muskeg fuel complexes

Evaluating the fire ignition potential of all-terrain vehicles in Alberta forests

April 9, 2004

Effects of stand thinning on fuel parameters in the Fairholme prescribed burn (Banff National Park)

December 9, 2003

Forest Fuels Management Workshop 2003

October 9, 2003

Protection of wooden power poles from wildfire

May 9, 2003

AWIS image of the House River Fire

Issues arising from fire in Aspen cutblocks during the House River Fire

April 9, 2003

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All-terrain vehicles as a cause of fire ignition in Alberta forests

October 9, 2002

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Prescribed burn data collection – Hutton Creek, Alberta

June 9, 2002

the locations of the 3224 fires

Analysis of the occurrence and cause of fires in slash fuels in Alberta between 1961-2000

June 9, 2002

a case study of an excursion from top-piles

Case study of an excursion from top-piles

January 9, 2002

Determining Moisture Content of Burned Trees with Time Domain Reflectometry

Determining the moisture content of burned trees with time domain reflectometry

July 9, 2001