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Silviculture magazine was considered to be a practical and high quality magazine and apositive addition to membership value during the past three years.The <strong>Canadian</strong> Wood Fibre CentreThe <strong>Canadian</strong> Wood Fibre Centre continued to provide much in-kind and monetarysupport to various CIF/IFC projects, particularly the national electronic lecture series.Many <strong>Canadian</strong> Forest Service scientists and researchers from across Canada have beenregular speakers in the Institute’s National Electronic Lecture Series. In 2008, the<strong>Canadian</strong> Wood Fibre Centre was again featured in a popular and well-subscribed themedlecture series focusing on their ef<strong>for</strong>ts to improve the optimize the value chain inCanada’s wood fibre production and use.The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR)The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) continued to provide directmonetary sponsorship of the National Electronic Lecture Series. A number of OMNRscientists have been featured as electronic lecture series speakers as well. The SustainableForest Management (SFM) NetworkThe Sustainable Forest Management NetworkThe Sustainable Forest Management Network continued to provide sponsorship toward anumber of Institute projects. The Network partnered with the Institute to deliver a seriesof three lectures, including one in French during the fall of 2008. SFM Network productsand outputs continue to be featured regularly in the Forestry Chronicle and in theInstitute’s e-newsletters. The Network is a major sponsor of the 101 st AGM andconference in Nanaimo.Forum <strong>for</strong> Research and Extension in Natural Resources (FORREX)British Columbia’s FORREX partnered with the Institute to deliver three electroniclecture series during 2008–2009. These lectures featured scientists and researchersaffiliated with FORREX and had a distinctly western <strong>Canadian</strong> theme. The three seriesfocused on <strong>for</strong>est watershed management, <strong>for</strong>est management dynamics, and <strong>for</strong>est socialsciences. All electronic lectures in the series were well subscribed in British Columbiaand from sites across Canada as well. FORREX also provided generous support toCIF/IFC national to attend their business meeting and <strong>vision</strong>ing session in Vancouver infall 2008.Alberta Sustainable Resource DevelopmentAlberta Sustainable Resource Development provided direct sponsorship and support ofthe Institute’s national electronic lecture series during 2008–2009.British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range- 83 -

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