New research from the UBC-based Mother Tree Project is shedding light on how forests respond to harvesting and climate stress, including practices aimed at reducing wildfire risk.
New research from the UBC-based Mother Tree Project is shedding light on how forests respond to harvesting and climate stress, including practices aimed at reducing wildfire risk.
Dr. Suzanne Simard, a forest ecologist who leads the project, has spent more than a decade studying how Douglas fir forests recover after disturbance. The Mother Tree Project has produced multiple peer-reviewed studies, with more findings to come as the long-term research continues. Dr. Simard’s new book, When the Forest Breathes, builds on those findings and outlines a different approach to forest stewardship.
In this Q&A, she discusses what the research shows, what may need to change in B.C.’s forests, and the ideas behind her new book, which she will launch at a public Earth Day event April 22 at UBC’s Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.
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Dr. Suzanne Simard (Photo Credit: UBC)
