Directory of Forestry in Canada

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Below are a series of links , click on them to follow.

Web Site Links

Rating

e-mail address

General Information:

Find an e-mail provided by CFAN

Translation Bureau, Government of Canada

Canadian database: 0.25% of the 417.6 million ha of forest land is harvested annually. Within that harvested area 436.7 thousand ha is replanted and 391.4 thousand ha is tended. Also 6.6 million ha are lost to fire and 12.8 million ha to insects annually

Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM) - the new National Forest Strategy and the new Canada Forest Accord on-line

The Canada Forest Accord

The Maritime Region Initiative of the Forest Stewardship Council (Canada) - certification standards and indicators for best forestry practices

Statistics Canada

Web Site Search

Government and Initiatives:

British Columbia Ministry of Forests

British Columbia - The Forest Practices Code (Act )

Forest Stewardship Council

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Canadian Forest Service

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The Model Forest gopher operated by the Canadian Forest Service contains maps and information on model forests in Canada and other countries

Canadian Forest Service - Pacific Forestry Centre Victoria, BC

Canadian Forest Service - Fire Management Network

Canadian Government - dealing with Ice Storm damage of '98

Ministere des Ressources naturellles - (Quebec)

MNR Lands for Life - Forestry Hearings in Ontario

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources - overview of Ontario’s forest regions and a description of the ecology and species composition

Forest Resources Business Unit, Alberta Research Council, Vegreville

Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) - Rural communities of BC can have an impact on resource use

Forest Education and Research:

NTIC -Foret (a firm in Eastern Quebec) - educational software that enables subscribers to take forestry courses via the Internet.

Canadian Institute of Forestry

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International Development Research Centre (Ottawa) - research grants

International Institute for Sustainable Development - (Winnipeg)

World Forest Institute - (Oregon )

Below are some addresses for Canadian education institutes - or click on the Web Site link

Forestry and forestry related degrees (including Postgraduate courses):

University of Alberta - 1) Forestry 2) Environmental and Conservation Sciences

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University of British Columbia - Faculty of Forestry; BSc;

University of British Columbia - Pulp and Paper Centre

University of British Columbia - Wood Science

Grande Prairie Regional College - Forestry - 4-year bachelor of applied degree

Lakehead University (Thunder Bay, Ontario) - Faculty of Forestry

Universite Laval, Faculte de Foresterie et de geomatique (BSc.)

University of Moncton (L'École de sciences forestières), Edmundston, New Brunswick

University of New Brunswick - 1)Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management -2) Forest Education Site

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The University of Northern British Columbia; BSc;

University of Toronto, Faculty of Forestry

Diploma and equivalent courses:

British Columbia Institute of Technology in Vancouver

College of New Caledonia - CNC (Prince George and the Regional campus) - technical forestry courses with a few classed as university transerable.

Malaspina University-College; tech;

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (technical school) -2 yr program in Forest Technology, search for the program name in on-line calendars

Selkirk College in Castlegar, B.C.

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Sir Sandford Flemming College; tech;

Vocational courses :

Other courses:

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry:

Research etc.:

Northern Forestry Centre / Centre de foresterie du Nord (Canadian Forest Service Forest Ecology and Silviculture) - (Edmonton, AB)

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Research:

Genesis Forest Science Canada Inc., (Québec, G1R 4M8. Tel./fax: 1-418-694-0155)

Organisations:

Applied Sciences Technologists and Technicians of BC - must have relevant education and experience (or RPF) and have Canadian Citizenship or Status etc.

Association of British Columbia Professional Foresters

Find out the facts about clear cutting in Alberta

BCEN - B.C regional affiliate of the Canadian Environmental Network

BC Southern Interior Kiln Association

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CIF/IFC - Canadian Institute of Forestry/Institut Forestier du Canada - Canada's national organisation for forestry professionals

CFAN (Forestry Advisers Network) of CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency)

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CANADIAN FORESTS - Canada's National Forestry Page including a new email directory. Other directories are:
Federal Government **
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Information and Resources **
Services and Supply Companies

Canadian Sustainable Forestry Certification Coalition

CIFAR - the Canadian International Forestry Advisers Roster

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COFI - Council of Forest Industries - represent companies with woodland operations, mostly in western Canada and sometimes act as the equivalent of a national lumberman's association.

CPA (Composite Panel Association) represents PB and MDF producers in Canada and the US.

Compendium of Canadian Forestry Statistics

FERIC (Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada) harvesting etc.

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Forest Alliance of B.C.

Forest Communities Project - There is a crisis occurring in the Slocan Valley of British Columbia and the future of local forest-dependent communities is at stake!

Forest Industry Online Inc (Lantzville, B.C.)- directories

Forest Stewardship Council - Canadian Initiative:

Forest Gene Conservation Association (FGCA), Ontario

Forest Net

Forest Smart Network Vancouver, BC

Great Lakes Forest Alliance

Green Spirit - excellent global links

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International Model Forest Network

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Manitoba Forestry Association

Manitoba Model Forest is described

National Aboriginal Forestry Association (Ottawa)

The Canadian Chapter of the Commonwealth Forestry Association

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Western Boreal Aspen Cooperative, Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd. Postal Bag 2200 Peace River, Alberta T8S 1Y4

Wildlands League (a chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society) - series of ten fact sheets on forest economics in Ontario, forest ecology and community employment and diversification issues.

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Fact Sheets

Companies and Individuals:

Canadian Forest Exchange Ltd. 135 Bank Street, Ottawa Ont. K1P 5N7

Patrick Moore, Greenspirit Vancouver, B.C.

Forest Management

Ecoforest Management - ecoforestry and urban

Forestry Corp. - forest management/forest inventory consulting company (Edmonton, Alberta.)

Hugh Hamilton Limited (Vancouver B.C.) - Integrated Resource Consultants

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J D Irving - Irving Forest Discovery Network - schools

John Roper - CANADIAN FORESTS - good links to consultants etc

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J.S. Thrower and Assoc. Ltd. (Vancouver, BC)Canada

Next Generation Reforestation Ltd (Goodfare Alberta)

Thompson Forest Management (Summerland BC) - Consultant

UNB Forestry -Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada

Inventory

R&B Cormier Inc. - Forest Inventory Contractor (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario).

Kim Iles & Associates, Nanaimo, BC - Practical Forest Inventory Teaching : Forest Biometrics, Statistics, Cruise Design and Inventory

Timber Harvesting and Marketing

Domtar forest products (QC)

Interfor: "Selective Harvesting. Variable-retension selective logging involves selecting and cutting individual trees or groups of trees.

MacMillan Bloedel Limited

Tolko Industries Ltd. PO Box 39 Vernon, BC V1T 6M1 Fax: (250) 545-4783

Weyerhaeuser Canada - Input to 20 year plan in saskatchewan

Forest Products

Papiers Domtar

Forestry/IT

Linnet Geomatics International Inc. (Winnipeg)

Wildlife management

Eastern Outdoor Adventures Inc. , New Brunswick

Suppliers:

Plant protection:

Kania Traps against rats, grey squirrels and other small pests. (British Columbia)

Machinery:

Fandrich Cone Harvesters manufacturers equipment for aerially collecting cones from the tops of trees.

Point2 Heavy Equipment Systems

VH Mulcher - excavator base machine for spot ground preparation

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Supply Line - Heavy Equipment Newspaper

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Field Data Acquisition

Butler Survey Supplies - Ashtec

Linnet Geomatics - G.I.S. Based Management software (Winnipeg)

Tima Scientific, Inc. New Brunswick

Sawmilling and Woodprocessing Equipment:

Eldeco Industries Ltd Vancouver - equipment using Microwaves to measure lumber defects such as knots, rot and also measure slope of grain

Other links:

Canada's Forest Network