SIB Tech Rept Template - Canadian Institute of Forestry

NESI: our PEOPLE, going PLACES & doing THINGS
Ken Lennon, Forest Productivity Specialist - Growth & Yield, has been a guest
presenter for the CIF e-Lecture series on the Forest Co-op Growth & Yield Science
Unit Permanent Growth Plot Program, has given Forest Management Planning
training on Silvicultural Ground Rules for 2011 FMPs in the Northeast Region and
recently helped organize a Vegetation Management Workshop in Kapuskasing for
the Forest Research Partnership.
Charles Hendry, Aquatic Biologist, is currently collaborating with several First Nations
to document aboriginal traditional knowledge of lake sturgeon in their traditional
areas. The information generated from this project would improve MNR’s knowledge
of the distribution of lake sturgeon in the lowlands. Charles also recently organized a
successful bathymetry survey and mapping workshop during June where 23 people
from across the NER attended.
David Shaw has been the Acting Science Coordinator for NESI since January
2010. Welcome Dave! He had the opportunity to present at the Aboriginal Youth
and Climate Change Workshop that took place last summer at Cedar Meadows
alongside NESI’s Terrestrial Ecologist, Rachelle Lalonde.
Stephen Mills, Forest Wildlife Habitat Specialist, supported Kirkland Lake District
MNR at the International Plowing Match in September by providing fish and
wildlife information to the public, has attended and presented at numerous
Trapper and Fur Council Meetings including in Restoule, Cochrane and Chapleau
speaking about the American Marten, represented MNR with a booth at the Fur
Harvesters Annual Convention in North Bay on the American Marten and has
assisted the Timmins, Hearst and Kapuskasing MNR offices with various support
and extension on Moose Population Objectives and habitat modeling.
Stan Vasiliauskas, Project Forester, attended the Fluxnet Conference in Montreal
and has recently co-authored the Standard Forest Units for Northeastern Ontario
Boreal Forests, NESI Tech Note #21. He is currently involved in a cedar project and
with plot remeasurements in the National Forest Inventory and Growth and Yield
Programs.
Lyle Walton, Wildlife Population Specialist, has transferred information and
results from the Far North Caribou project, the Caribou Research project and the
Northeast Region Moose Pregnancy Rate Study to the Northeast Regional Fish and
Wildlife Forum and other internal clients. He has also presented results to several
NER trapping councils on provincial wolf research and monitoring projects. He is
the lead on the NER Moose pregnancy study, is on the Caribou Conservation Plan
implementation team and one of the team players delivering the Far North Caribou
Project as well as providing support to the Ecosystem Status and Trends Report for
the Hudson Plains Ecozone.