Workshop: Forest Representation Targets for the Central and North Coast of British Columbia
February 27th and 28th, 2007 - Vancouver Fairmont (Airport) Hotel, Canvasback Room

Co-sponsored by Ecosystem Based Management Working Group (EBMWG) and FORREX.

Background Documents

1. Workshop summary, including consensus recommendations
2. Workshop Agenda in PDF format
3. Workshop Synthesis paper
4. Context for workshop discussions (project history)
5. Final report to EBMWG

Workshop Goal:
By the end of the workshop, the participants and experts will have created a list of recommendations on coarse filter biodiversity representation, specifically:

1. ecological risk thresholds, by ecosystem group if possible, based on best available scientific information, and
2. guidance for implementation with an emphasis on reserve design during the transition to EBM Handbook target implementation.

These recommendations will be forwarded to the Ecosystem Based Management Working Group for consideration and recommendations to Government-to-Government decision-makers. A summary of workshop proceedings will also be published in LINK. The draft paper will be revised and submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.

Expert Panel Members
Del Meidinger, Research Ecologist, BC Ministry of Forests and Range in Victoria, BC Pam Dykstra, Biome Ecological Consultants in Nelson, BC Carmen Wong, Senlin Ecological Consulting and PhD student, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Ken Lertzman, Professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Andy MacKinnon, Research ecologist, BC Ministry of Forests and Range in the Coast Forest Region Glen Dunsworth, Glen Dunsworth Ecological Consulting, Lanzville, BC Allan Banner, Ecologist, BC Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers, BC Glenn Sutherland, Cortex consultants, Vancouver, BC Diane Srivastava, Professor of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Paul Alaback, Professor at University of Montana, Missoula, MT Karen Price, Consultant Laurie Kremsater, UBC applied Conservation Biology Centre and Consultant, Vancouver, BC Rachel Holt, Veridian Ecologcial Consulting, Nelson, BC
Ecosystem Based Management Working Group - Participants
Michael Folkema, BC Timber Sales Warren Warttig, Interfor Marty Locker, Turning Point First Nations Sari Saunders, BC Ministry of Forests and Range Melissa Todd, BC Ministry of Forest and Range Ken Dunsworth, BC Ministry of Environment Steven Gordon, BC Ministry of Environment Wally Eamer, KNT First Nations
Other Participants and Workshop Organizers
Carolyn Whittaker, FORREX Shawn Morford, Benchmark Consulting Shannon Janzen, Western Forest Products Jody Holmes, Rainforest Solutions Project Audrey Roburn, Rainforest Solutions Project Chuck Rumsey, Round River Canada Bill Beese, Western Forest Products