ReducingOurEnvironmentalFootprint

BarryWhite,PhDRPF1,2,3

1ForestManagementBranch,AgricultureandForestry2FacultyofForestry&EnvironmentalManagement,UniversityofNewBrunswick

3FacultyofAgriculture,LifeandEnvironmentalScience,UniversityofAlberta

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Alberta’sForestManagementBranch:

Wewillbeleadersinforestmanagement,ensuringforestvaluesforallAlbertans

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Why seek excellence in data quality?

Stewardship

Industry Competiveness

Regulatory Efficiency

Innovation

First Nations

Public Engagement

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WetsoilsHigh

resolutionDEMs

Lidarderivedstreamlayer

Virtualwatersheds

Enhancedforest

inventories

Habitatandbiodiversity

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Basefeaturesstreams–11,137km

Basefeaturesstreams

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Wetareasmappingpredictedstreams–63,332km

Wetareasmappingpredictedstreams

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LargepermanentSmallpermanent

Transitional

Intermittent,Ephemeral

Streamclasses–29,527kmexcludingintermittentandephemeral15

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Only a fraction of road segments (10-20%) deliver sediment to streams

Almost 100% of roads produce sediment

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ForestStructureHabitatIndex

Coops,N.C.,Tompaski,P.,Nijland,W.,Rickbeil,G.J.M.,Nielsen,S.E.,Bater,C.W.,andStadt,J.J.(2016).Aforeststructurehabitatindexbasedonairbornelaserscanningdata.EcologicalIndicators67,346–357.

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Barber,Q.E.,Bater,C.W.,Braid,A.C.R.,Coops,N.C.,Tompalski,P.,andNielsen,S.E.(2016).Airbornelaserscanningformodellingunderstoryshrubabundanceandproductivity.ForestEcologyandManagement377,46–54.

Modellingunderstoryshrubabundanceandproductivity

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22CourtesyofMichaelWagner

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Acknowledgements: Graduate Students !!!