Winter 2025

Cover Story

  • How the BC Bark Beetle Portal, Data Hub and Tools Help Inform Landscape-Level Planning in a Changing Climate | By Jeanne Robert, PhD, RPBio, FIT; Vivek Srivastava, PhD; and Dana Wyzgowski

Opinion

  • Guide Outfitter Module at UNBC Forestry Field School Teaches Students to Think More “Broad” and Less “Board” | By Roy V. Rea, PhD, AFP, RPBio
  • Maximizing the Value of Our Forest Resources: Value-added Wood Manufacturing, Forest Management, and the Role of Forest Professionals | By Rachael Pollard, ASFIT, P.Ag and Amanda Fouty, RPF

Case Study

  • Pressy Lake Pilot Project Models Revitalizing Fire-Impacted Forests | By Joe Webster and Daniel Persson, RPF

Features

  • The Potential and Challenges of Municipal Solid Waste Wood | By Anna Schild, PhD
  • High Resolution Forest Fuels: Informed Decision-making for Forest Management and Wildfire Operations | By Joanna Wand, MSc and Kate Bezooyen, ASFIT

Professional Interest

  • What We Heard: Results of the Registrant Survey on Strategic Issues | By Dean Pelkey
  • The ‘Core Four’ Pillars of Professional Practice | By Mike Hall
  • Professional Competence: We Only See What We Know | By Casey Macaulay, MA, RPF

Columns

  • Board Chair’s Report | Parting Thoughts from the 77th Board Chair | By Kelly Kitsch, RFT
  • CEO’s Report | Reflecting on 2024 | By Christine Gelowitz, RPF
  • The Practice | Bylaw 11 and the Audit Program | By Tara Bergeson, MSc, RPF