ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!
GLOBAL to LOCAL: Ecological Land Classification
AUGUST 15-17, 1994
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Ecological Land Classification (ELC) is a prerequisite for many
ecologically-oriented management or planning applications,
providing an essential framework for the identification and
description of ecosystem elements and landscapes. This three day
conference and workshop will include plenary, break-out, and
poster sessions organized to reflect the broad spectrum of
considerations related to ELC. Optional field tours,
highlighting vegetation, soil, geological and GIS based
terrestrial science studies, will allow participants to
investigate applied ELC concepts in Northwestern Ontario.
Over 90 oral and poster sessions offering many different
perspectives on ELC oriented issues will be delivered by land
classification researchers and practitioners from North America
and around the world.
The objectives are to: bring together and stimulate interaction
among researchers and users of ELC systems; inform scientists,
technicians and managers about the different ELC approaches used
in Canada and elsewhere; explore new applications for ELC in the
areas of ecosystem dynamics inventory and modelling; emphasize
linkages between ELC (and related technologies), and for
integrated forest resource management, identify areas requiring
research and further development.
The conference / workshop is hosted by Canadian Forest Service
(with support from the Green Plan) and the Ontario Ministry of
Natural Resources, in association with IUFRO Working Group
S1.02.06 (Site Classification and Evaluation).
Registration costs: non-field tour option (ie, all Monday and
Tuesday oral/poster sessions) - $300. CDN; full registration
(includes Wednesday field tour, $340. CDN.; student registration
$40 /day; any one of the four Thursday field tours - $40. In
addition, Monday banquet ($25 ea), Tuesday boat tour ($12.50 ea).
Payable by cheque, in Canadian funds, to "Global to Local:
Ecological Land Classification".
For additional information, contact:
Global to Local c/o
Canadian Forest Service - Ontario Region
PO Box 490, 1219 Queen Street East
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 5M7
ph: 705-949-9461 ext. 2195/ fax: 705-759-5700
email: elc@fcor.glfc.forestry.ca
OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1994
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM REGISTRATION DESK / INFORMATION CENTRE
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM ICEBREAKER RECEPTION
MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1994
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM REGISTRATION DESK / INFORMATION CENTRE
8:30 - 10:30 AM OPENING PLENARY
10:30 - 11:00 AM COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:00 AM CONCURRENT SESSION 1A: Global Case
Studies: Developing National ELCs
CONCURRENT SESSION 1B: Local Case
Studies I: Applying Ecological Site
Classifications for Resource Management
12:00 - 2:00 PM LUNCH & POSTER SESSION A
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CONCURRENT SESSION 2A: Disturbed Forest
Ecosystems within an ELC Framework
CONCURRENT SESSION 2B: Soil Moisture
Relations and Forests at the Ecosite
Level
CONCURRENT SESSION 2C: Developing and
Using Ecological Databases I
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM COFFEE BREAK
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM CONCURRENT SESSION 3A: ELCs and Forest
Fire Ecology
CONCURRENT SESSION 3B: Local Case
Studies II: Applying Ecological Site
Classifications for Resource Management
CONCURRENT SESSION 3C: Developing and
Using Ecological Databases II
6:15 PM BUS DEPARTURES TO OLD FORT WILLIAM FOR
BANQUET AND ENTERTAINMENT
9:30 PM onward BUSES RETURN TO HOTEL (continuing to
11:00 PM)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1994
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM REGISTRATION DESK / INFORMATION CENTRE
8:30 - 10:30 AM CONCURRENT SESSION 4A: Global Case
Studies II: Validating / Testing
Databases for Integrative ELC Mapping
CONCURRENT SESSION 4B: ELC
Contributions Towards Ecosystem-Based
Resource Management within the Lake
Superior Basin
10:30 - 11:00 AM COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:00 AM CONCURRENT SESSION 5A: Spatial Patterns
and the Development of ELCs
CONCURRENT SESSION 5B: Spatial Scales
and the Development of ELCs
12:00 - 2:00 PM LUNCH & POSTER SESSION B
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CONCURRENT SESSION 6A: GIS and Remote
Sensing Technologies to Identify,
Evaluate and Map ELC Units
CONCURRENT SESSION 6B: Vegetation
Ecology and the Development of ELCs
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM COFFEE BREAK
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM CLOSING PLENARY
6:50 PM BUSES DEPART FOR WATERFRONT BOAT TOUR
10:00 PM BUSES RETURN TO HOTEL
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1994
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM and
4:30 - 6:30 PM REGISTRATION DESK / INFORMATION CENTRE
7:30 AM BUSES DEPART FOR ELC FIELD TOUR (RINKER
LAKE AREA) (box lunches provided)
5:30 PM (approx.) BUSES RETURN TO HOTEL
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1994
7:30 and 8:00 AM BUSES DEPART FOR 4 OPTIONAL POST-
CONFERENCE FIELD TOURS (box lunches
provided)
5:00 to 6:30 PM BUSES RETURN TO HOTEL
***EXAMPLE LIST OF PRESENTATIONS AT THE GLOBAL TO LOCAL:
ECOLOGICAL LAND CLASSIFICATION CONFERENCE, AUG. 15-17, 1994.
Ecosystems and Land. J. Stan Rowe, University of SasKtchewan,
Canada.
Ecological Regionalizations. Robert G. Bailey, Colorado, USA.
Balancing Demands for the Land: A Triad Approach to Land Use.
Malcolm L. Hunter, Jr.University of Maine, Wildlife Department,
College of Forest Resources, Orono, MN, USA.
Ecological Classification and Application in Alberta. James H.
Archibald, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Landform-Forest Community Relationships on the Mid-Cumberland
Plateau in Tennessee, USA. David H. Arnold, Sewanee, Tennessee,
USA.
National Hierarchical Framework of Ecological Units: U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Peter E. Avers,
Washington, DC., USA.
Countryside Survey 1990: An Approach to Rural Inventory and
Monitoring. C.J. Barr, Grange over Sands, United Kingdom.
Ecosystem Mapping Methodology for British Columbia. Allen
Banner, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Development of an Ecological Classification Database System for
the Micro-computer Environment. Greg Britton, Victoria, B.C.,
Canada.
The ITE Land Classification: Providing an Environmental
Stratification of Great Britain. R.G.H. Bunce, Grange Over
Sands, United Kingdom.
Forest Site-Quality Estimation Using Forest Ecosystem
Classification (FEC) in Northwestern Ontario. Willard H.
Carmean, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
A Forest Ecosystem Guide for Abitibi, Qu‚bec: A Forest Management
Approach. Pierre Cartier, Rouyn-Noranda, Qu‚bec, Canada.
A Community Classification System for Forest Evaluation:
Development, Validation, and Extrapolation. Wayne K.
Clatterbuck, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Spatial Analysis of Wildlife Movement in a Disturbed Landscape.
Cynthia J. Davey, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada.
Repr‚sentation spatiale de l'h‚t‚rog‚n‚it‚ d'un paysage. Concepts
et m‚thodes. Philippe Delcros, Saint Martin D'H‚res, France.
Macroclimatic Signals in Tree Rings of Old-Growth Forest Trees
near Vancouver, British Columbia. J. Dobry, Vancouver, B.C.,
Canada.
Development of an Integrated Soil-Vegetation Classification
System for Riparian Zones in northwestern Ontario Lakes.
Margaret Donnely, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Vegetation Dynamics Modelling Under a Natural Fire Cycle: Tool to
Define Natural Biodiversity Baselines for Forest Management.
Sylvie Gauthier, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada.
Linking Satellite and Field Survey: Use of GIS Within Countryside
Survey 1990. Morna K. Gillespie, Grange-Over-Sands, Cumbria, UK.
Structural Characteristics of Post-Wildfire and Clearcut
Landscapes. Michael J. Gluck, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Development of a Multilevel Ecological Classification System for
the state of Minnesota. Bryan C. Hargrave, Brainerd, Minnesota,
USA.
Comparison of Two Methods for Developing Ecologically and
Silviculturally Significant Units: A Case Study from the Abitibi
Region of Northwestern Qu‚bec. Brian D. Harvey, Rouyn-Noranda,
Qu‚bec, Canada.
A National Ecosystems Framework for Reporting on Environmental
Sustainability. Ian B. Marshall, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Warren Reservoir Catchment Studies: A Soil site evaluation index
for Pinus radiata. I.D. Hollingsworth, Adelaide, Australia.
Eco-regionalization of Ontario: Why, What and How? Ajith H.
Perera, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
Spatial Cluster Plots for Forest Land Modelling. Donald H.
Prettyman, Duluth, Minnesota, USA.
Bioclimatic, Floristic and Edaphic Differentiation in Temperate
Atlantic Forests of Quercus Robur in the NW of the Iberian
Peninsula. Francisco J. Silva-Pando, Pontevedra, Spain.
Ecoregions of Saskatchewan. G.A. Padbury, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Canada.
A Co-Operative Integrated Project Using Soil Chemical - Physical
And Forest Mensuration Data To Classify Forest Site In
Newfoundland, Canada. B. A. Roberts, St. John's, Newfoundland,
Canada.
AND OVER 50 OTHER PRESENTATIONS.....
FIELD TOURS:
Field Tour Information: Field tours will be offered on
Wednesday, August 17 and Thursday, August 18 in conjunction with
the Global to Local: Ecological Land Classification conference
and workshop. The Wednesday field tour constitutes the
(optional) third day of the main conference program. On
Thursday, four post-conference field tour choices are available.
Field tour selections must be indicated, along with other
registration information, on the detachable Reply Card of the
Registration Brochure. Cost of each field tour is CDN$40.00.
All of the post-conference field tours are subject to
cancellation if minimum registration numbers are not met, and to
restrictions if registration numbers exceed available capacity --
please register early.
Each field tour will occupy a full day. Anyone participating in
a field tour on August 17 or 18 who intends to depart Thunder Bay
later on that date should allow a good margin of time when making
travel arrangements. Buses for all field tours will depart from
and return to the conference centre (all return times listed
below are approximate). Box lunches will be provided for all
tours. Comfortable outdoor clothing, rainwear and sturdy shoes
or boots are recommended.
Wednesday August 17, 1994
Rinker Lake Ecological Study Area
Departure 07:30 hr. / Return Approximately 17:30 hr.
Comprehensive scientific information is urgently needed about the
interrelationships among ecological components within boreal
forest ecosystems. Moreover, for effective ecologically-based
resource management, this information is required at a variety of
spatial and temporal scales. This field tour to the Rinker Lake
Ecological Study Area, approximately 100 km north of Thunder Bay,
will highlight multi-scale studies on ecosystem and site
description / classification, wildlife dynamics, forest ecology
and effects of current forest management practices. Scientists
and forest managers will be available at each stop for
explanations and discussion, focussing on ongoing
multidisciplinary research and forest management activities.
Thursday August 18, 1994
Black Sturgeon Boreal Mixedwood Research Area
Departure 07:30 hr. / Return Approximately 17:30 hr.
Boreal mixedwoods are a major focus of current forest management
research in Canada. This tour offers a variety of perspectives
on the management of boreal mixedwoods within an ecosystem
context. Participants will visit the Black Sturgeon Boreal
Mixedwood Research Area, site of a joint federal / provincial
research project involving a number of harvest / regeneration
treatments within a long-term multidisciplinary research
framework. Researchers directly involved in the project will be
on hand at each of the stops to describe their activities. A
side trip to scenic Ouimet Canyon will round out the day.
Thursday August 18, 1994
Northern Minnesota - Superior National Forest Ecological
Classification System
Departure 07:30 hr. / Return Approximately 18:30 hr.
This full-day excursion into northern Minnesota, USA will feature
multiple field stops supporting the practical and theoretical
development of the U.S. Forest Service's Ecological
Classification and Inventory System. Participants will visit the
Gunflint (near Grand Marais) and Tofte (north of Duluth) Ranger
Districts. At selected locations, representatives of the U.S.
Forest Service will demonstrate the application of the system in
a variety of contexts. [Note: This field tour will cross the
international border between Canada and the United States. It is
important that all registrants for this tour have appropriate
personal documentation for international travel into the United
States. Passports, travel visas, birth certificates, and/or
other documents may be required at the Canada / U.S. border
crossing. Additional health insurance may be required for travel
in the United States.]
Thursday August 18, 1994
Site and Productivity
Departure 08:00 hr. / Return Approximately 17:00 hr.
Forest productivity may be correlated with site/soil/landform
conditions. Participants on this field tour will be introduced
to soil, landform, and crop tree productivity research at a
number of locations in the Thunder Bay area. Stops will include
Kakabeka Falls, the Dog Lake Moraine, the Lakehead University
Managed Woodlot, selected locations on the Silver Falls Road, and
the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources' Thunder Bay Spacing
Trial / Demonstration Forest. This tour will emphasize linkages
between site productivity, ecological classification and local
forest inventory methodologies. Forest researchers from Lakehead
University and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources will
lead the tour. A lunch stop is scheduled at the Dog Lake
Moraine.
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