Knowledge Transfer Session a Success

The second annual Morice & Lakes IFPA Knowledge Transfer Session, held in Granisle, was well attended again this year by resource managers from around the region.

Some 75 people packed the conference centre located at the Lakeside Lodge to hear 13 presentations on innovative projects undertaken during the past year in the Morice and Lakes Timber Supply Areas. Representatives from licensees, government ministries, First Nations and forestry consulting firms attended the event.

Presentations were made in the core program areas of sustainable forest management planning, ecosystem management and forest productivity. Consultants making the presentations have worked locally over the past year on a variety of resource management projects, from mountain goat collaring to problem forest type management. An update on the sustainable forest management (SFM) planning process in the IFPA was also provided.

“The session is important because it gives us the opportunity to share results from the IFPA to a wider audience,” said Jim Burbee, IFPA manager. According to Burbee, it’s also an excellent chance to incubate dialogue around forest management issues. “As well as transferring knowledge from recent projects there were some great ideas coming from participants, particularly around creating effective partnerships.”