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"Recognizing that each additional disturbance in a region can represent a high marginal cost to the environment, there is an increasing awareness of the need to better assess and manage cumulative environmental effects. Yet, cumulative effects…

"There is a great demand for the inclusion of berry-producing plants, such as wild blueberries or huckleberries (Vaccinium species), in forest restoration and post-industrial reclamation efforts, due to their value to wildlife and traditional…

This article highlights contributions that can be made to the public health field by incorporating “ecosystem approaches to health” to tackle future environmental and health challenges at a regional level. This qualitative research reviews attitudes…

"Prescribed fire is used as a management tool to enhance ungulate habitats. In northeastern British Columbia, up to 7,800 ha are burned annually. Yet relatively few studies have quantified the role of fire on plant and animal response, and…

"As part of an industry/academic/Canadian Wildlife Service partnership to assess the effects of wind energy development on avian movement patterns and collision risk, we used visual observations and radars to track the avian migrants at the…

"Although nutrient deficiencies are not uncommon in forests across the north, little is known about these limitations in the Yukon, and even less about how these limitations have been and/or will be affected by climate. To address existing…

"A pilot study at the Aleza Lake Research Forest (ALRF) in east-central interior British Columbia (BC) examined the timing of peatland initiation using accelerator radiocarbon dating of peat deposits. At the ALRF, Sphagnum bogs occupy numerous…

"Heliskiing activity has increased in many areas of mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) range, particularly in British Columbia (B.C.). Current B.C. guidelines recommend that heliskiing activity remains ≥1500 m from mountain goat winter range…

"A major question for Kyoto signatory nations such as Canada is what role our forests might play in meeting our greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments. The most important greenhouse gas affected by human activity is carbon dioxide (CO…

"Bioenergy, or energy derived from biomass, was the predominant energy source for humans from prehistory to the mid-19th century. With on-going energy security issues, rising greenhouse-gas (GHG) levels driven by fossil fuel energy consumption…