Pre-Forum Workshop

 

Integrated Pest Management Program Policy Update​
Emily Carmichael (Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy)

Integrated Pest Management Program Authorizations Update
Chelsea Eby (Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy)

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Compliance & Environmental Enforcement Branch – IPM Team News and Updates
Michael Lapham (Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy)

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Sessions

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Ecosystem Resilience: Getting Beyond the Catchphrase

Don Gayton (M.Sc. P.AG (ret))

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Creatively Enhancing Biodiversity and Climate Benefit Through Collaboration and Innovative Funding Approaches

Tony Harrison (Zanzibar Holdings)

 

Managing Invasive Plants in a Changing Climate
Becky Brown (BC Ministry of Forests)

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Putting Good Fire Out on the Land

Dr. Sonja Leverkus (Shifting Mosaics)

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Feeding the Fire: Drivers and Impacts of the Ventenata dubia Invasion in the Inland Northwest

Dr. Claire Tortorelli (University of California, Davis)

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Climate Change, Vegetation, and Natural Disaster and Their Impacts on Transportation Infrastructure
Grahame Gielens (Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure)

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Fighting Fire With Fire
Morgan Boghean (BC Wildfire Service)

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Challenges in Vegetation Management: Review Current Challenges in the Vegetation Management World Today and Present Solutions Both Old and New

Aaron Foster (Veseris)

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New Products: Rinskor Active

Lisa Jarrett (Corteva Agriscience)

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First Nations Emergency Services Society of British Columbia Fire and Flood Support Overview

Dave Pascal (FNESS)

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Invasive Plant Impacts in the Okanagan

Don Louis (Okanagan Indian Band)

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Indigenous Perspectives and Guardianship for Invasive Plant Management

Dave Walkem (Invasive Species Council of BC)

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Recent Legal Decisions and Treaty Rights in BC

Cliff Proudfoot (Lawson Lundell LLP)

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The Professional Governance Act and Practice Rights Framework
Kate Haines (Office of the Superintendent of Professional Governance)

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Health and Safety Responsibilities of Workplace Parties (Pesticides)

Anna Jean Billingsley (WorkSafeBC)

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IVMA of BC Mini-Workshop to Gather Feedback on Upcoming Updates to the Industrial Vegetation and Noxious Weed Pesticide Applicator Certificate Manual

 

Katana Trials on Scotch Broom and Gorse, Vancouver Island

Cole Schneider (Mosaic Forest Management)

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Aerial Trim Saws and Utility Vegetation Management
Mike Lewis (CN Utility Consulting)

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The Use of Spraying Drones for Vegetation Management: Hydro Quebec’s Experience After 4 Years
Mathieu Demers (Hydro Quebec)

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Updates from the BC Interior Broadleaf Working Group

Neil Hughes (BC Ministry of Forests)

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Glyphosate Residues in Western Canadian Forests: Some New Research from UNBC’s Plant Lab

Dr. Lisa Wood (University of Northern British Columbia)​

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