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Book Review Wildlife & Trees in BC Eds. Fenger, M., T.Manning, J. Cooper, S. Guy, & P. Bradford pp 336. illustr Lone Pine Publishing, 2006. T“This new field guide provides the most recent understanding of how forested ecosystems work and how to manage forests for wildlife species that depend on specific types of trees. A collaboration between biologists and foresters, this guide integrates conservation principles with tree management practices.” Such is the claim on the book’s back cover, and, unlike so many publishers’ blurbs, it is no exaggeration. The guide, profusely illustrated with excellent photographs and clear diagrams, is organized in five parts. Part one discusses wildlife trees and their dependent species; the descriptions of wildlife trees and the processes of decay will be familiar to most forest professionals but the linkages to birds, mammals and bio-diversity will be illuminating. Part two, on wildlife trees and ecosystem management, will be more of an aide memoire than anything else while the short part three, on wildlife trees in urban and Ranking: 5 out of 5 cones rural environments, will have particular relevance for urban forest professionals. This would have been the place to point out that topping to facilitate nest-building may be acceptable in rural settings but it is unwise in built-up areas. Part four, titled Knowing the Trees, should be just a refresher course for forest professionals with a dendrology course under their belts. Part five begins by reconciling BC’s terrestrial ecoprovinces with the more familiar biogeoclimatic regions and one wonders why there have to be two separate and different systems to describe the same landscape. This is followed by detailed descriptions of 19 primary cavity excavators; 20 birds, 11 bats and seven mammals which are secondary cavity users; and nine open nesting birds. All have photos and range maps. There are a couple of appendices, a glossary and an extensive bibliography. Production is well up to Lone Pine’s high standard. Now that the many facets of forestry and forest land management are of universal concern and interest, every forest professional should study this guidebook and it will be of much more use in the pocket of a cruiser’s vest than gathering dust on an office shelf. � Reviewed by Roy Strang, PhD, RPF(Ret) 28 BC FOREST PROFESSIONAL | MAY - JUNE 2007 Member News Erratum Darren DeRosier, RFT, should have been included in the list of new RFTs in the September/October 2006 issue of BC Forest Professional. On the Move Diane R. Medves, RPF, was appointed the director of the Forest Practices Branch for the Ministry of Forests and Range in March 2007. Awarded To recognize members who keep informed in their field of practice and are aware of current issues and developments in forestry (as per Bylaw 11.4.6), the association awards certificates of professional development. The following members completed at least 150 contact hours of continuing education and professional development activity during a five-year period and qualified for a certificate: Rodney John Derouin, RPF; Craig E. Mistal, RPF; George O. Zorn, RPF. Applicants who personally bore the majority of the costs to obtain a certificate are eligible to win one of two annual $250 Meloche Monnex Continuing Education Awards. Find more information online (www.abcfp.ca). New RPFs Shannon Burbee, RPF; Mona Desgroseilliers, RPF; Lee Evans, RPF; Peter Forbes, RPF; Tera Devlyn Grady, RPF; Jonathan Rowe, RPF. New RFTs Helen Theodora Eggen, RFT; Jill Ann Macaulay, RFT; Shauna Rae Norman, RFT; George Ryan, RFT; Shane Eugene Sexsmith, RFT; Shane Rene Simard, RFT. New Special Permits Jamie Beaulne, Transferring Professional Forester; Sean Mastervick, Transferring Professional Forester.
New Enrolled Members Ian Bradley Becker, FIT; Wolfgang Erwin Beck, FIT; Darren MacDonald Cowan, FIT; Lindsay Cunningham, FIT; Justin Brian Dexter, TFT; Joe Dolling, FIT; Ian Wade Grindle, FIT; Stephanie Nadine Haight, FIT; Saerd Jonsson, FIT; Ian Michael Johnson, FIT; Bhupendra Khadka, FIT; Eric Michael Kishkan, FIT; Seyed Hossein Abedinzadeh Kivi, FIT; Kiera Frances McLellan, TFT; Sarah Jean Mukai, FIT; Craig Robert Nitschke, FIT; Maria Carolina Silva Olguin, FIT; Matthew Pilszek, TFT; Michael Joseph Pitre, FIT; Tammy Sue Marie Rancourt, FIT; Kyle Douglas Runzer, FIT; Sally Marlene Ann Sellars, FIT; Kristofer David Sigalet, FIT; Nancy Stairs, FIT; Karl Robert Steinicke, TFT; Colin Gerald Vandergaag, FIT; Ira Wyton, TFT; Patrick Wylie, FIT. Reinstatements James Fulton Blake, RPF; Michael David Francis, RPF; Leo Paul Fauchon, RFT; Stacy Galbraith, FIT; Adam Giesbrecht, RFT; Gerald McVeigh, RPF(Ret); Wayne Murdock, RFT; Harriet Elizabeth Pollock, RFT; James L. Smith, RFT; Barry Soderstrom, RFT; Miguel Viveiros, FIT. The following people are no longer entitled to practise professional forestry in British Columbia Removals Harry Julius Anderson; Darrell Francis Ball; Daniel A.J Bélisle; John Magnus Cromarty; Maurice Wayne Davidson; Michael Joseph Doiron; William Thomas Donnelly; Christopher Kim Egolf; Dale Feltrin; Ronald David Fuhr; Stacy Lynn Galbraith; John Harry Hallstrom; Robert Stephen Harrison; Kyle Garth Henry; Thomas Martin Kafer; Christopher Ward Larsen; Chad Johannes Louwe; Bruce Alen McMahon; Wayne A. Murdock; Peter Robert Nickerson; Peggy Lea Norman; Harriet Elizabeth Pollock; Maurice Albert Potesta; Ole R Quam; Derek Jason Smith; Barry Gerald Soderstrom; Michel Loree Woodman. Resignations Alan Wayne Bradley; Paul Brett; Kenneth Allan Collingwood; Albert Coombs; Alison Mary Drennan; Robert Roland Ellis; Ian Emery; Charles Bruce Hopper; Pierre Le Bouder; Dana McPherson; Jules Edward Newbery; Yukio Ozawa; Robert Charles Robertson; Kendall Wesley Scott; Chad Seigel; Victor Brock Simons; Thomas A. Szauer; Ross Tozer; Marguerite Grace Veenstra; Deanna Lynn Dent-Wilson. Special Permit Cancellation Kim Arthur Mann has retired from his position and his special permit is no longer required. Leaves of Absence Robert Samuel Anderson; Michel David Arsenault; Richard Mark Beecroft; Vicky Bosse; Peter Buck; Deirdre Bruce; Robert D. Copithorne; Bruce Colpitts; Nathan Paul Davis; Heather Mary Davis; John R. Doucette; Jennifer May Eckford; Monika Fern Eriksen; Robert Frederick Friberg; Stacey D.L Grozelle; Richard Henry Heath; Wendy Elizabeth Hutchison; John Kogel; Genevieve Lachance; Ivan Listar; Tracy Leone MacDonald; MAY - JUNE 2007 | BC FOREST PROFESSIONAL Member News Eric Todd Manning; Linda Anne Martin; Yurgen Menninga; John Alfred Neumann; Doran Wayne Osterhold; Aaron E. Pederson; Peter Ross; Mark H. Schoenberger; Jeremy J. Shelford; Therese Martina Steiner; Michael H. Steeves; Nicholson; Gordon Thorp; Claire Trethewey; Allan Willcocks. 29
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