Regions: Dehcho Region, South Slave Region
Tags: physical sciences, biology, prediction models, forest fire, boreal forests, landscape model, tree regeneration
| Principal Investigator: | Gal, Ruth A.C. (1) |
| Licence Number: | 13877 |
| Organization: | Aurora College |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2005
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| Issued: | Jul 19, 2005 |
| Project Team: | Ross Wein (Supervisor, University of Albert) |
Project Description: The objective of this study is to develop a landscape model capable of predicting regeneration after fire in the Northern Boreal Forest. Data has been collected in the past from Porter Lake (near Lutsel K'e), Big Fish Lake, Alberta, and Wood Buffalo National Park, between Pine Lake and Peace Point. Data has also been collected from the International Crown Fire Modeling Experiment near Fort Providence. This season, the research team will revisit these sites in order to take visual observations (both written and by camera) as well as GPS coordinates. The majority of the work will be completed via computer and as literature searches at Thebacha Campus and Wood Buffalo National Park. GIS exercises and skits will be developed from the research, which will be used in the effected communities to explain the findings. The study will be conducted along highway 5 at locations of recent burns and the Crown Fire Modeling plots north of Fort Providence, from July 19 to December 31, 2005.
