Department of Renewable Resources
The knowledge of nature
The University of Alberta’s Department of Renewable Resources is focused on
understanding and managing landscapes and the associated resources. We are
unique in the range and depth of our interdisciplinary interests and skills. We
have strong connections with land and natural resource managers, and are active
partners in numerous research networks and organizations. Field work is
essential to our teaching, research, and community service activities. We
regularly work at established off-campus University and Department research
facilities, industrial locations and remote field sites. The department offers
BSc programs in Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Forestry, and Forest
Business Management. Check out our website for information on our research and
graduate program. 
Spider spin doctor says arachnids getting bad rap
Halloween is a time when people don't seem to mind decorating their doorways with spider webs. But during the rest of the year, eight-legged creatures are on the wrong end of some bad press, according to one University of Alberta graduate student and Sessional Lecturer in the Department of Renewable Resources. "I'm not sure I totally understand ar ...Full story.
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Agroforestry-Back to the Future
Dr. Dick Fisher, next week's Forest Industry Lecture Series speaker will give a guest lecture in the Agroforestry class. The lecture will be in the Wyatt Lecture Room, 236 Earth Sciences Building at 5:30 p.m. on 7 November 2006 (Tuesday). All are welcome. ...Full story.
Thoughtful Intensive Silviculture: An Application of Statistical Process Control to Growing Trees
Dr. R.F. (Dick) Fisher, Professor Emeritus, Silviculture, Forest Science, Texas A & M University, will present the 56th Forest Industry Lecture Series on 9 November 2006 at 3:00 p.m. in the Myer Horowitz Theatre, University of Alberta campus. Abstract: Industrial forest managers need reliable information on site productivity and on site responsive ...Full story.
Dynamics of aspen and Calamagrostis competition and its implications to white spruce survival and growth
Dr. Phil Comeau, Professor, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, will present a seminar on 23 November 2006 at 12:30 p.m. in the Wyatt Lecture Room (236 Earth Sciences Building), University of Alberta Campus. Abstract: In western boreal forests, trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides), bluejoint reedgrass (Calamagrostis canadens ...Full story.
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