Canfor is one of the world’s largest producers of sustainable lumber, pulp and paper. Canfor’s Western Canadian operations source wood fibre primarily through long-term replaceable tenure agreements on publicly-owned land. They operate throughout BC and in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
LanduseKN.ca is Alberta's hub for land use information.
Woodland caribou are a cultural and ecological icon of Alberta’s forests. However, they are also a threatened species and represent a significant conservation challenge.
The fRI Research Caribou Program carries out applied research, in partnership with industry and the Government of Alberta, to help maintain caribou herds in Alberta into the future.
Its mission comprises three activities: forecasting and monitoring responses to silvicultural treatments, facilitating the scientific development and validation of yield forecasts used by members in managing their tenures; and promoting knowledge, shared responsibility, and cost-effective coopera
The Forest History Program chronicles the natural and management history of the foothills forest.
The GIS program provides an exceptional level of GIS and data management support services for fRI Research.
The fRI Research Grizzly Bear Program provides knowledge and planning tools to ensure the long-term conservation of grizzly bears in Alberta.
The program, formerly known as the Natural Disturbance Program, looks at landscape change at a huge scale: Canada's boreal forest.
The program carries out focused research on infestations of mountain pine beetle in Alberta.
In April of 2012, Tree Improvement Alberta became a consortium of industry and government representatives under fRI Research. The initial project the Tree Species Adaptation Risk Management project funded by Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation.
In 2011, the Fish and Watersheds Program refocused on hydrology and became the Water Program. In 2021, it became the Water and Fish Program.
WESBOGY has been operating since 1987 and is now housed at the University of Alberta under the direction of its chair, Dr. Phil Comeau. WESBOGY became a project team of FGrOW on January 1, 2015.
How will a stand respond after MPB infestation, and what can the forestry industry do to help it regenerate?
What will happen to stands after mountain pine beetle infestations?
An FGrOW initiative.
A long-term collaboration.
As a result of significant in-flights of mountain pine beetles coming from British Columbia in 2006 and 2009, as well as subsequent local production, there are widely distributed pine dominated stands throughout Alberta that have been significantly affected by MPB-caused mortality.
Better models by sharing data between companies and government.
The Cutblock Inventory Classification Subcommittee was initiated in January 2015 to continue the work of the AFGO Strata Subcommittee.
This project develops population recovery targets based on habitat, and non-invasive techniques for monitoring grizzly bear reproductive performance.
Locating habitat and prioritizing restoration in west-central Alberta.
This project will evaluate and mitigate industrial impacts on west-central Alberta Caribou herds.
Do caribou avoid well sites? Does activity at well sites affect caribou survival?
This project will determine how MPB-killed stands are impacting caribou and grizzly bear habitat.
This project on riparian mapping aims to improve management and operational efficiency by capitalizing on the high quality remote sensing data available in Alberta.
A research project and tool that uses spatial simulation modelling to generate the historical range of landscape conditions across western boreal Canada.
Beginning in 2018, this project will investigate how cutblock design can be less favourable for deer, moose, and elk.
Caribou Program fieldwork is nonstop fun and glamor. #fieldworkfriday https://t.co/eZjLKoUN46
