-Global change and wildland fire activity
- Data acquisition - permanent sample plot network
- Decision support systems for allowable cut effect
- Development of a jack pine budworm decision support system for Ontario
- Aquatic ecotoxicology - Neem
- Aquatic responses to forestry practices
- Environmental chemistry - research, assessment and modeling
- Forest regeneration assessment using high-resolution CIR digital camera imaging
- Knowledge benchmarking and meta-Analysis for Allowable Cut Effect (ACE)
- Investigation of forest fire behavior and impacts
- The physical processes of surface and crown fire behavior
- Remote sensing and fire effects
- Ice storm recovery of privately owned managed forest lands
- Impact of acid deposition on the biogeochemistry of jack pine forests
- Monitoring forest health - Ontairo
- Canadian Ecology Centre Forestry Research Partnership
- Forest succession studies under natural and anthropogenic disturbance regimes
- Physiology and environmental fitness
- Red crossbills as landscape indicators of old
forest ecosystems
- Effects of herbaceous and woody competition on white pine growth and quality
- Effects of vegetation management practices on aspen wood quality
- Vegetation management alternatives
- Vegetation management strategies
- Infrastructure management: The Black Sturgeon Boreal Mixedwood Research Project
- Ontario Model Forest Network
- Technology transfer of Forestry Research Partnership results
- Biodiversity of old growth white pine
- Biodiversity issues in southern Ontario forests
- Effects of inten0sive forest management on biodiversity at multiple scales
- Marten (Martes americana) as indicators and umbrella species in eastern boreal forests
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Principal Collaborators: |
OMNR, CFS |
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Lead Investigator: |
Ron Evers |
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Address: |
Kemptville District |
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Phone: |
(613) 258-8204 |
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Location of Project Activities: |
Kemptville District |
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Timelines: |
September 1998 to 31 March 2001 |
Abstract :
The Ice Storm of 1998 caused damage to over 600,000 hectares of forested
area in eastern Ontario. A program to aid landowners of managed forests
was developed between the federal and provincial government. Under Annex
C of the Canada-Ontario Agreement (on) Ice Storm Economic Recovery Assistance
(COA), the $3.5 million program was cost-shared between the two parties
and implemented by the province. Cooperative development of the program,
developing appropriate briefings and submissions to amend the Agreement
and implementing the provisions to the Annex as the Forest Recovery Assistance
Program (FRAP) preceded implementation of the program. OMNR took the lead
in implementing FRAP with the CFS providing federal funding and monitoring
the activities.
Objectives:
To provide financial assistance to managed woodlot owners whose properties
were adversely affected by the Ice Storm of January 1998. Under Annex
A of the COA, EOMF implemented a research program into ice storm damage
and recovery.
Key Deliverables:
Salvage assistance- 6 949 ha; clean-up of destroyed plantations- 2 432
ha; basic forest clean-up 9 108 ha. Funding also provided for wood marketing,
rental of a portable sawmill and splitter, and information dissemination.
Expected Benefits:
Economic recovery of natural stands and plantations affected by the Ice
Storm through financial assistance to landowners. The work approved was
based on an assessment of needs.
Sources of Funding:
Canada-Ontario Agreement (on) Ice Storm Economic Recovery Assistance
Other Collaborators:
Eastern Ontario Model Forest, Domtar, Ontario Woodlot Association, Boise
Est, Ontario Landowner Resource Centre, individual landowners.
Nature of Other Collaborators' Involvement:
Management of the Ice Storm Research Program, Information production and
distribution, training, web site, fieldwork.
Links to Internet Sites:
http://www.ont-woodlot-assoc.org/
http://isfratt.eomf.on.ca/
