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Forest resources must be protected and managed using the best available science of the time. In order to hold forest practitioners to that commitment, and accountable to the public, a regulatory body was formed. The Association of Alberta Forest Management Professionals is a newly formed regulatory body made of two previously independent ones. Ryan and I discussed the importance of accountable for...

Conservation is the sustainability of all species and habitat over time. This means we have to manage our forest ecosystems to ensure everything remains as sustainable as possible, not only select charismatic species. The Alberta Conservation Association helps with that. They provide a wide range of conservation services that help keep our province's natural resources around for generations.

Climate change has begun to demonstrate its impact on our lives and our planet. One such impact is on wildfire activity. Longer seasons mean higher probability of catastrophic fires. These fires have a drastic effect on our water quality. As more frequent and larger fires occur, our water resources are put at risk. Francois and I discuss his research into this problem.

Caribou again... another perspective on the caribou range plan to complete your understanding, or at least enhance your understanding. Tara is from CPAWS and she has some insight into the plan that may help us grasp the issue.

Caribou management is a controversial subject and we need to make sure anything we do will work. Ray and I discuss where the current caribou range plan draft may fall short.

The importance of historical resources can sometimes be forgotten. Kurtis and I discuss the importance of finding, recording and protecting archaeological finds before human disturbance takes place.

Question and Answer time. Derrick has a list of questions he was asked through the internet a few years back and we go through them trying to give relevant answers. Questions from how do we decide what to cut, whether or not cutblocks are hard on the ecosystem, Pine Beetle, all the way to have we seen a bear shit in the woods. Good stuff.

Caribou management is a touchy subject. Everyone has an opinion and no one knows for sure what the right thing to do is. Gilbert is a wildlife biologist with a lifetime of experience in studying many animals, including caribou. We go through the options of management around caribou and try to get to the bottom of it.

Wood products seem to be the same as they were 100 years ago, lumber, paper, etc. Same old, same old. NOT TRUE! The wood engineering industry is alive and strong and has new and interesting innovations regularly. Dalibor schools me in the many different ways wood fiber can be utilized.

There is a lot of misinformation out there on the internet for people o get caught up in regarding environmental management. Derrick and I discuss many things we see come up time and again that are just plain not true.

Brett and I go deeper into the topic of wildfire discusing the history of how and why we fight them as well as some of the policy envolved.

Biochar is a new tech that allows for prolonged sequestration of carbon as well as a great deal of other industrial uses that make it a fascinating new enterprise that has the potential to help change our world for the better.

The forest industry is historically a quiet one. People working in the industry tend to stay away from drama, and as a result no one knows anything about it. Work Wild is working towards changing that.

Colin and I discuss the basics around forest fires. The nature of wildfires and the management thereof.

Very truthful and honest perspective on indigenous culture and the hardships they have faced and how it affects the forest industry today.

Discussion around the most environmentally friendly building materials, air quality, green spaces, hunting, trapping, aboriginal use, biological diversity and charismatic megafauna.

More in depth discussion regarding some of the values that forest managers are planning for. Ecological as well as species biodiversity, soil and water protection, multiple use values, etc.

Introducing the idea of publicly owned forests and the basics behind sustainable forest management.