On behalf of the 2026 IBFRA Conference Organizing Committee, we are excited to announce the CALL FOR ABSTRACTS is now open! IBFRA2026 📅 August 24 - 27, 2026 📍 Québec City, Canada Click here for submission details 👉 www.ibfra2026.org/callforabstr... #IBFRA2026 #BorealForestResearch #BorealForests

We’re halfway through Movember and Evan (@muise.bsky.social) is halfway to his fundraising goal. Be sure to go donate to support men’s health 🕺 movember.com/m/14757115?m...

Congrats to #Silva21 MSc student, Spencer Shields on his newest publication in the Science of #RemoteSensing! Spencer explored all the ways #PlanetScope #CubeSats are used for forest monitoring & has summarized his findings in this comprehensive review! 👏 @forestry.ubc.ca @alexisachim.bsky.social

Reminder: We have a call for papers for a new Special Issue with @silvilaser2025.bsky.social SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management ⏰ Submission deadline: 30th November 2025 More information here👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...

An exciting first day at #2025CIF in Thunder Bay! Always excited to share some #Silva21 research, talk to foresters, catch up with grad students and spontaneously do an interview with CBC! 🙈 Excited for more fun tomorrow! #RootedInCIF #CanadianForestry

From Silvilaser in Quebec, straight through to CIF AGM in Thunder Bay, Ontario! 🌳 Looking forward to these great topics and speaking tomorrow morning! Come say hi if you’ll be there too! #2025CIF #CanadianForestry #ClimateChange #Silviculture

I hope everyone is enjoying #Silvilaser2025! @silvilaser2025.bsky.social @metafor-ulaval.bsky.social @irssubc.bsky.social @alexisachim.bsky.social @ulaval.ca @forestry.ubc.ca

Excited to be organizing and attending #Silvilaser2025 in Québec City this week! 🙌 A big coordinated effort by @metafor-ulaval.bsky.social and @irssubc.bsky.social! Be sure to come say hi! 👋

Félicitations @alexisachim.bsky.social ! Bien mérité pour tous tes travaux! Hâte de voir les résultats des prochaines années de recherche!

We have a call for papers for a new Special Issue with @silvilaser2025.bsky.social SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management ⏰ Submission deadline: 30th November 2025 More information here👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...

How can we operationalize forest #AssistedMigration on a national scale without adequate data, seed supply, infrastructure, policy & risk management? We discuss these challenges & the path forward to meet climate change adaptation goals in our latest publication: doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2024-0325

New #Silva21 email blast has just gone out showcasing FOUR new publications! 🔗 mailchi.mp/00866fb7d1b1/feb_publications-10981800 4 articles, 4 HQP lead authors, 3 research themes, 3 different journals! Each highlighted in the thread below 👇 Not on our email list yet? Sign up 👉www.silva21.com

After almost 5 years, #Silva21 publications are ramping up! Check out our @litmaps.com to track our peer-reviewed articles! Colour coded by our research themes: 🔵=Observe 🟡=Anticipate 🔴=Adapt app.litmaps.com/shared/3348e... Other publications like research bulletins & posters are on our website!

Congrats Florian & thank you FESBC for recognizing his hard work!👏 We couldn't agree more that Florian is dedicated to advancing & improving forestry in BC. He is involved with several #Silva21 research projects & we are excited for our continued & growing collabs with him & Nazko First Nations!🫶

New #Silva21 publication! 🪵A study of 1990-2023 North America #WoodProduct prices shows macro factors & disruptions affect products differently, guiding harvest & #silviculture decisions beyond general price indices 💸 ✍️ Helin Dura, M Fortin, A Achim 🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjfr... #ForestEconomy

Were you at our 4th AGM this past spring? Couldn't make it and want to see what you missed? Or maybe just live vicariously through our summary reports & event photos?! It's all here on the updated webpage! 📰 Summary reports (FR & EN) ✍️ Feedback survey 📸 Event photos www.silva21.com/agm2025

I am excited to share that I am a Guest Editor for this Special Issue of Forestry @forestryoup.bsky.social for #Silvilaser2025! Be sure to get your submissions in and feel free to DM me if you have any questions. 👋 Please share to let your colleagues know about this great publishing opportunity!

Having a great time at the #IRSSlab retreat 2025 @ Cowichan Lake!🫶 Thanks to all who demo’d the Outdoors Tips & Tricks!🔨 @la-stack.bsky.social with the #Trimble, @jamesmcglade.bsky.social with the the #GeoSlam & Liam with PostEx👏 @irssubc.bsky.social @forestry.ubc.ca @metafor-ulaval.bsky.social

Happy to share my latest publication which was a huge project with amazing #Silva21 collaborators! 🤩 It's also special as its my first publication relating to #highereducation & #pedagogy Challenges in teaching #silviculture in Canada: the path forward 🔗 doi.org/10.1139/cjfr... @forestry.ubc.ca

MESc project 📣 Using Forest Composition, Structure & Disturbance Database to define contemporary successional pathways for specific forest regions 🚩 Nipissing University, #OMNR and collaborations in ON, QC, & NB with PI Yan Boucher 💰 $18,000/yr Contact Jeff Dech [email protected] #NipissingU

Spread the word! Only a few more weeks of early bird registration!

Thank you to all who came out to #Silva21’s 4th AGM in Sherbrooke, QC 🌲 Big thanks to the HQPs, #SFI and #Domtar for making this event possible! See you all next year for our final event! @alexisachim.bsky.social @irssubc.bsky.social

Day ✌️ of the Ontario Professional Foresters Association annual meeting! Happy to be here and catch up with my home forests! 🌳 #OPFA #OPFA2025 #OntarioForesters #OntarioForests

Congratulations Nelson! 🥳

‪🚨FINAL CALL for abstracts!🚨 Deadline: Mar 16 @ midnight (yes, you can submit over the weekend!) #Silvilaser2025 Details: 📅Sep 29-Oct 3, 2025 🚩 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada 🙏PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORKS! Guidelines & submissions: silvilaser2025.com #lidar #remotesensing #ALS #drones #forestry

New #Silva21 paper! (and first by MSc student @lukasolson.bsky.social!) The assessment of individual tree canopies using #drone based intra-canopy #photogrammetry ✍️ Olson, Coops, Moreau, Hamelin & Achim 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.co... Read the highlights in 🧵 @forestry.ubc.ca #remotesensing #3D

📣LAST CALL for abstracts! Due Feb 28th! 📣 Don't miss this chance to speak at #Silvilaser2025, an amazing event to present innovative research, foster collaborations & explore the latest in #LaserScanning & technologies for #ForestManagement 📍Quebec City, Canada 📅Sep 29-Oct 3 2025 Guidelines in 🧵

La série de conférences en ligne «Tire-toi une bûche, v’là de la science!» est de retour avec les présentations des projets menés à la Forêt Montmorency! Collaborateur de #Silva21, A. Morin-Bernard présent le 24 avril avec «La nouvelle ère des inventaires forestiers à la Forêt Montmorency» EN in 🧵

#Silva21 is hiring! 📣 A great opportunity to work w/ Dominik Roeser & the many partners & collaborators across Silva21! 📍 @forestry.ubc.ca 📅 Available immediately for 1-2 years. Open until filled 💰 $60-65K + benefits 🖥️ More info + who to email in the link below 🤲 Please share with your networks!

Check out #Silva21's latest email blast highlighting our most recent publications 📜 4 new scientific publications from the Observe and Anticipate research themes 📜 1 research bulletin showing climate projections for Quebec Find the links in the 🧵 @alexisachim.bsky.social @irssubc.bsky.social

Allez voir cette supère vidéo par @universitelaval.bsky.social qui présent le projet de #Silva21, y compris les objectifs, les thèmes de recherche et - un de nos hub de recherche le plus impressionnant - la forêt de Montmorency! Avec @alexisachim.bsky.social 🌲 👉 www.linkedin.com/posts/ffgg-u...

A new #Silva21 Snapshot! 📸 Checkout 2071-2100 #ClimateProjections for the province of Quebec under a regional rivalry (SSP3-7.0)🌡️ 🔗 www.silva21.com/extensionnotes ⚜️ Aussi disponible en français: Le climat à la fin du siècle au Québec selon un scénario de rivalité régionale

New #Silva21 paper! 📃 Mapping mortality rates in #BorealMixedwood forest using #AirborneLaserScanning and permanent plot data 📖 ✍️ @josegriofrio.bsky.social @irssubc.bsky.social Ashiq, MW @alexisachim.bsky.social 🙏 Silva21 🔗https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpaf002

Be sure to follow #Silvilaser2025’s BlueSky page for the latest details for this years conference taking place in Quebec City in the fall! I’m on the organizing committee so I’m here to help answer your questions! (and also encourage you to submit abstracts! 😉)

Hey @bsky.app! Check out one of my latest collaborative papers, published last year in @naturecomms.bsky.social: 🔥 Wildfires are spreading fast in Canada - we must strengthen forests for the future 🔗 go.nature.com/4dTqbCo ✍️ Mulverhill et al (2024) @forestry.ubc.ca #wildfires #Canada #forestry