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REGENERATION of FIRE- and MPB-KILLED STANDS in the NORTHERN and SOUTHERN INTERIOR FOREST REGIONS

Agenda for April 27, 2006

Location: The Ministry of Transportation's District boardroom. The District Highways office is 441 Columbia Street, which is behind the Kamloops Court House (south of the courthouse parking lot). The Kamloops court house is West of the Regional MOF office (SIFR). Attendees can go to SIFR reception if they can't find the district office.

8:00 - 8:30	Coffee/Tea and Muffins
8:30- 8:35	Setting the Stage - Mission of the meeting Nigel Fletcher - Forest Practice Branch - FFT
8:35- 8:50	Introduction Mike Madill - Southern Interior Forest Region - FFT
8:55 - 9:35	Small Mammals and Protection of Plantations Tom Sullivan - Forest Sciences UBC
9:35 - 9:55	Grass Seeding on Burned Forestland Frances Njenga - Range Branch MoF- Kamloops
9:55 - 10:35	Grass Seeding Considerations after Wildfires / Effects of Grass Seeding on Native Plant Communities Andre Arsenault and Walt Klenner - MoF- Kamloops
10:35-10:50	Coffee Break
10:50-11:20	Snowshoe Hares and Forest Stands - Interior BC Tom Sullivan - Forest Sciences UBC
11:20 - 12:05	Forest Landscape and Stand Perspectives on Snowshoe Hares Frank Doyle - Consultant - Telkwa
12:05-1:20	Lunch
1:20-1:50	Silviculture Strategies for Fire Rehabilitation: Initial Results from the McLure Fire Darius Bucher - Integral Forest Management - Barriere
1:50-2:10	Options for Silvicultural Treatments Rocky Chan - Southern Interior Forest Region - FFT
2:10-2:30	Strategies for Regeneration of 2003 Fires Walt Klenner MoF- Kamloops
2:30-3:00	Discussion of Strategies
3:00-3:15	Coffee
3:15-4:30	Discussion continued - Goal: Advise for FFT foresters to make decisions on the direction to take