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A review of engineered wood products in Canada
(2018)
Engineered wood products, such as Glulam, Laminated Veneer Lumber, Oriented Strand lumber and Cross Laminated Timber, are increasingly being utilized for construction purposes both domestically and abroad. Mass timber ...
Effects of mechanical site preparation on the growth of Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana)
(2018)
The boreal forest in Canada provides a large volume of timber for Canadians and other countries year after year and effective silviculture is the key to sustainable harvesting. Site preparation can be a critical step in ...
Using controlled water treatment on understory plant species to determine the effects of climate change on the boreal forest
(2018)
Climate change poses a big threat to boreal forest managers. We have set out to test how different precipitation levels will affect a number of boreal understory species across the three forest types commonly found in the ...
An economic analysis of an American ginseng growing operation in a woodlot in Janetville, Ontario
(2018)
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) has been valued for centuries as a medicine, particularly in Asian cultures. It is highly valuable, and as a result it has been poached to endangered levels throughout much of its ...
eFRI and Growth & Yield in Ontario: A Literature Review
(2018)
The forests of Ontario are a vast resource owned by the Crown that has been subjected to many methods of forest management since the beginning of Ontario as a province. The forest resource was thought of as inexhaustible ...
Cut-to-length operation business plan for Algonquin Park and Ottawa Valley forests
(2018)
This undergraduate thesis is a business plan for cut-to-length operations in the Ottawa Valley and Algonquin Park forests. The purpose of the thesis is to construct a business plan with the necessary costing models that ...
Comparison of policy and legislation to protect nature reserves in Canada and China
(2018)
Many animals and plants are extinct because of human activities. The nature
reserve is the most effective way to protect natural resources and wildlife. In this
paper, I reviewed policies to protect nature reserves in ...
Economic risk analysis of the emerald ash borer on the Thunder Bay campus of Lakehead University
(2018)
In addition to their beauty, these trees contribute valuable ecosystem services. As of June 2016 the emerald ash borer, an invasive beetle from Asia, has been found in Thunder Bay and has the potential to kill every ash ...
Assessment of black spruce portfolio trial survival and growth and implications for reforestation under climate change
(2018)
The purpose of this study is to assess the performance of black spruce seedlings
at a genetic trial designed to select seed sources adapted to several climate change
scenarios. Height variability among trees is attributed ...
Cost analysis of Weyerhaeuser’s Pembina Timberlands log haul
(2018)
This thesis compares the log truck configurations currently used to haul roundwood on the Pembina Forest Management Area located in west central Alberta. Weyerhaeuser is the licensee and employs six stump to dump contractors ...