Principal Investigator:Cox, Amelia Licensed Year(s):
2024
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5970.
1) To assess the impact of recent 2023 wildfires on the aquatic ecosystem in small ponds in the Dehcho and South Slave area.
2) To assess whether small ponds impacted by the 2014 wildfire season had recovered to pre-fire conditions.
3) To assess whether there were cumulative impacts of repeated wildfires on small ...
Principal Investigator:Baltzer, Jennifer L Licensed Year(s):2024
2023
2022202120202019 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5543.
This projects two main objectives are to monitor the recovery of NWT forests following wildfire to better understand post-fire changes on forest composition and ground vegetation and to develop baseline information about proposed forest management areas to support assessment of harvesting impacts on these areas.
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Principal Investigator:Pisaric, Michael FJ Licensed Year(s):
2019
201820172016 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4564.
The objectives of this research are to examine the frequency and severity of past wildfire and drought (drought-like) conditions in the southern Northwest Territories. Specifically, the research team will examine the following questions: 1) how frequent and severe have fires been in the; 2) are fires becoming more fre...
Principal Investigator:Chasmer, Laura E Licensed Year(s):
2019
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4527.
The objectives are to:
1) Compare the distribution of tree and shrub biomass within accessible areas in the Taiga Shield and Taiga Plains landscapes using lidar remote sensing, and by developing tree and shrub vegetation biomass models from field data;
2) Characterize and compare non fire-disturbed patterns of veget...
Principal Investigator:Howard, Courtney G Licensed Year(s):
2016
2015 Summary:
The overall objective for this research is to better understand people's experiences of the "summer of Smoke" in the North Slave region. This project will use digital storytelling methods to understand people's experiences during the summer of 2014 and data about respiratory health collected from health clinics, the ER, and pharmacies over the same time period. This community-based, participatory ...