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SUMMARY:Towards Resilient Woodlots: Risk Assessment and Mitigation - Webina
 r #3 – Wind / Pests and Diseases
DESCRIPTION:By&nbsp\;New Brunswick Federation of Woodlot OwnersTalk 1:WindC
 limate change effects on wind disturbance and strategies to reduce damage 
 and improve forest resilienceSpeaker:Dr. Anthony R. Taylor\, RPFAssociate 
 Professor of Forest Ecology and ManagementFaculty of Forestry and Environm
 ental ManagementUniversity of New Brunswick\, FrederictonResearch Lab Webs
 ite: www.unbformanlab.caDr. Taylor is an Associate Professor of Forest Eco
 logy and Management at the University of New Brunswick (UNB). He holds a B
 Sc. in Environmental Science from Memorial University of Newfoundland and 
 a MSc. and PhD. in Forest Ecology from Lakehead University\, Thunder Bay\,
  Ontario.Before joining UNB in 2021\, Dr. Taylor worked for ten years as a
  Federal Research Scientist for Natural Resources Canada\, studying the ef
 fects of climate change on Canada’s forests. Today\, Dr. Taylor operates
  a large and productive research laboratory at UNB that focuses on ‘Clim
 ate-Focused Forest Management‘ — that is how forest management plannin
 g may be used to mitigate and adapt to climate change.Talk 2:Pests and Dis
 easesPests and diseases in the Wabanaki–Acadian forest and strategies to
  protect forest healthSpeaker:Sarah WeatherbyNegotiator with the Departmen
 t of Indigenous AffairsOwner of Livewood (Forest Health business)Sarah Wea
 therby is a formally trained horticulturist and forest technician\, with a
  diploma from the Maritime College of Forest Technology (Ranger School) an
 d a degree from Dalhousie University. She has over 15 years of experience 
 in the natural resources sector\, including work with the Department of Na
 tural Resources. For 11 years\, Sarah served as an instructor and college 
 administrator at the Ranger School\, sharing her expertise with the next g
 eneration of forest professionals. She is also the owner of a forest healt
 h consulting business specializing in supporting small woodlot owners in s
 ustainable forest management.
LOCATION:Internet
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ORGANIZER;CN=New Brunswick Environmental Network:MAILTO:nben@nben.ca
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