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Visual Resource Conferences
"Conference :: Managing Change on Our Scenic Landscapes"
 This conference has been postponed until the fall of 2009 or spring of 2010.
Drop us a note to let us know if you are interested and we will let you know the new dates as to when the conference will be convened.
"Conference :: Managing Forested Viewscapes"
 Kamloops, BC, April 19 & 20, 2005
The objective of the conference was to share information about visual resource management in a variety of domestic and international jurisdictions. We also wanted to provide practitioners with the latest information on innovative operational approaches, research, results and BC's new visual resource management framework. The web link below provides access to the materials presented during the conference.
Over the course of two days, using a mix of plenary and concurrent sessions, the focus was on take-home messages by presenting information on key issues relevant to both practitioners and researchers. The agenda included: forest and range legislation; public perception research; silvicultural systems and visual quality; visualization tools; visual design concepts and principles; economics; field operations; and the oil and gas sector.
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"Conference :: Looking Beyond the Trees: Visual Stewardship of the Working Forest"
 Kamloops, BC, April 18 & 19, 2001
Visual Resource Management is about managing perceptions by making human made intrusions look as natural as possible, while meeting other forest management objectives. Many jurisdictions around the world manage for aesthetics and have developed procedures, policies and technologies for managing this resource. This conference brought together leading experts and researchers, from around North America and the United Kingdom.
Through a mixture of plenary and break out sessions, speakers proposed technological solutions, answered operational issues and shared research findings on seven subject areas.
In all 27 different papers were presented. These are printed in their entirety or in a shortened form in the following compendium:
View web version (pdfs via website, 6 parts, various file sizes)
View pdf version (pdf, 13.2Mb, 246pgs)
 External Relevant Visual Resource Management Links
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