Join our experts as we look for areas of consensus on the future of BC’s forests at the 2025 Backman Dialogue, Forestry in Flux: Reimagining BC's Forests.🌲 🗓️ October 8 ⏰ Doors 6 pm, Event 7 pm, Reception 8:30 pm 📍 Hollywood Theatre, 3123 W. Broadway, Vancouver 🔗 forestry.ubc.ca/events/fores...

Join us in congratulating #UBCForestry Professor and Research Chair in Global Change Ecology of Northern Ecosystems, Dr. Isla Myers-Smith, on being named a Member of the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.🍁 forestry.ubc.ca/news/isla-my...

#UBCForestry's Dr. @loridanielsubc.bsky.social is leading research in Jasper to determine how well fire mitigation strategies worked. Previous fire suppression policies in Canada increased the risk of bigger, uncontrollable fires in the future.🔥 🔗 The New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/w...

Join #UBCForestry and @landfood.ubc.ca on September 30 at 1956 Main Mall as we unite for an Intergenerational March to Commemorate Orange Shirt Day. Learn more: bit.ly/osd-2025 #UBC #OrangeShirtDay

"We are too reliant on one partner and one product." The US has more than doubled the duties on softwood lumber from Canada. #UBCForestry's Dr. Harry Nelson explains that this will likely curtail production, impact Canadian facilities and shut down mills. global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202508/22/...

We are proud to announce that #UBCForestry Associate Professor Dr. Melissa McHale is one of two recipients of the 2025 Wall Fellowships, UBC’s highest-value internal research awards.👏 Learn more about Dr. McHale's work and the Wall Fellowships: forestry.ubc.ca/news/2025-wa...

#UBCForestry Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Academy, based at the Alex Fraser Research Forest, has wrapped up its summer 2025 field training! 🪵 🔗 Read more about the technical skills and strategic knowledge participants gained: forestry.ubc.ca/.../turning-...

❗Now recruiting MSc and PhD students for September 2026❗ Come work @forestry.ubc.ca on indirect impacts of the internet on the environment. These are funded, thesis-based positions. Details on the positions and how to apply here: bst.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/0...

It's here! 🗞️🚨 We're thrilled to announce that #Branchlines Vol. 36, "Human Dimensions of Forestry" is available now! 🎉 forestry.ubc.ca/news/branchl...

Excited to share that I successfully defended my PhD dissertation in Remote Sensing (Forestry) at @forestry.ubc.ca. Thank you to all of my fantastic labmates in the @irssubc.bsky.social, as well as my supervisor, Nicholas Coops, and my research committee for all their support.

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

Seeking a PhD in landscape ecology & applied conservation? Funded PhD project at @forestry.ubc.ca w/ Dr. Matthew Mitchell: * Stipend $32k/yr + benefits x 4 yrs * Start Jan or May 2026 * Collaborate w NCC & Metro Vancouver * Open until filled mgemitchell.weebly.com/opportunitie...

Nature via VR or projector can be transformative for hospital patients & LTC residents 🌳🏥 @nurselillian.bsky.social and PhD students Joey and Lily shared this work at @forestry.ubc.ca’s 2nd International Conference on Forest Therapy #ICFT2025

"Smoke knows no political boundaries — and neither does fire," says #UBCForestry Professor and Forest Ecologist Dr. Lori Daniels 🔥 The smoke from large wildfires in Canada is drifting southwards to American cities, impacting the air quality in the US. 🔗 Read: www.aol.com/canadian-wil...

Natural Resources Canada released its annual report called the State of Canada’s Forests.🌳 #UBCForestry Lecturer and MIF Coordinator Peter Wood and Professor Emeritus Gary Bull share their thoughts with @theglobeandmail.com 🔗 Read: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Congratulations, Cissy Zhang, a MSc student in the Department of Forest Resources Management, on being awarded UBC’s Spring 2025 Partnership Recognition and Exploration (PRE) Fund! 🏆 🔗 forestry.ubc.ca/awards/recog...

NEW PAPER 📣 Challenges in teaching silviculture in Canada: the path forward doi.org/10.1139/cjfr... ✍️: Wotherspoon (@dr-spoon.bsky.social), Moreau, Morin-Bernard, Achim (@alexisachim.bsky.social), Coops, Villemaire-Côté, Irwin & Hagerman @forestry.ubc.ca

Vancouver recently increased its urban forest strategy to aim for 30% tree coverage by 2050.🌳 #UBCForestry Master of Urban Forestry Leadership Program Director, Sara Barron, explains that "trees take time to grow, but they can still benefit cities in the long term,"🌱 globalnews.ca/news/1129225...

Clear-cutting can make severe floods 18 times more frequent! #UBCForestry Professor Younes Alila and PhD student Henry Pham were a part of a research team analyzing two adjacent watersheds on how clearcutting exacerbates flooding.💧 🔗 Read: news.ubc.ca/2025/07/clea...

The provincial government estimates that almost a third of forests in BC's northeast could burn by the end of the year.🔥 #UBCForestry Professor @loridanielsubc.bsky.social says, "the area has been in a multi-year drought lasting six or seven years now." 🔗 www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/21/o...

#UBCForestry's Dr. @loridanielsubc.bsky.social spoke to Global News about the current state of wildfires in Canada. The interview focuses on the greatest causes of the wildfires, forest management and possible mitigation strategies. 🔥 🔗 Watch: globalnews.ca/video/112864...

#UBCForestry is hiring a researcher in Natural Resources Governance who is eligible for nomination for a Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC). Learn more about the position and apply here: forestry.ubc.ca/career-oppor...

@forestry.ubc.ca prof Lori Daniels matched fire scars on tree rings with Indigenous oral history, finding between 65% and 85% of the trees that we see in the B.C. forest today came in when Indigenous fire stewardship stopped, via TIME:

📢 I am delighted to share that I started a new position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Forestry & Conservation Sciences at the University of British Columbia. I feel incredibly fortunate to grow my research and form new relationships in beautiful BC and beyond! 🌲💡🌊 🌎 @forestry.ubc.ca

The intensity and frequency of heat waves continue to increase in Canada. ☀️ #UBCForestry's Dr. Lorien Nesbitt and Dr. Sara Barron share their expertise on how urban planning can be revaluated to support communities during these times better. 🔗 Read: news.ubc.ca/2025/06/how-...

NEW PAPER 📣 Estimating 3D individual tree crown growth using multi-temporal #LiDAR #OpenAccess🔓 doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2025.2511196 ✍️ James McGlade (@jamesmcglade.bsky.social) & Nicholas Coops 📓in @tandfresearch.bsky.social Highlight & data availability in 🧵 @forestry.ubc.ca #remotesensing

I simply stood on the shoulders of giants. I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunity to be doing what I love. I could not have asked for a better supervisor @sallyaitken.bsky.social, lab mates, faculty @forestry.ubc.ca, and university! This journey has been amazing! Thank you, Sally!

More conferences should have walking tours! We enjoyed stretching our legs at UBC farm yesterday between great talks and posters at the international cereal rusts and powdery mildew conference @forestry.ubc.ca

Dr. Younes Alila (@forestry.ubc.ca‬) investigates the upstream impacts of clear-cut #logging in the Kettle River watershed in the new film Trouble in the Headwaters, presented by @thenarwhal.ca‬ thenarwhal.ca/trouble-in-t...

Got to do my favourite thing again yesterday: spread the word about the health benefits of nature prescribing + #PaRx! Loved spending time speaking, connecting and taking in spectacular dining views with international forest therapy colleagues + trainees @forestry.ubc.ca. foresttherapyhub.com

Took a quick break from field season to attend my PhD graduation @forestry.ubc.ca. Many thanks to all those who supported me on this journey!

#UBCForestry's Elizabeth Wolkovich highlights the importance of the summer solstice in shaping plant growth strategies. The research shows that although warmer temperatures result in longer growing seasons, many species remain constrained by the early seasonal cues they rely on🌲 shorturl.at/WKAO2

#UBCForestry Associate Professor Sarah Benson-Amram shares that by monitoring and understanding coyote behaviour, “we want to improve outcomes for people, their pets and for coyotes,”👥 🔗 Read via @vancouversun.bsky.social: vancouversun.com/news/stanley...

The impact of wildfires and smoke in Canada can be felt southward in the United States.🔥 #UBCForestry Professor Dr. @loridanielsubc.bsky.social discusses how the start of fire season can have cross-border effects on ecosystems and communities. 🔗 Read via @npr.org: www.npr.org/2025/06/06/n...

NEW PAPER 📣 Estimation of #ForestStructure & fuel change across #MountainPineBeetle attacked forests using mobile- & RPAS-based #lidar #OpenAccess🔓 doi.org/10.1080/0703... ✍️ Gerbrecht (@evangerbs.bsky.social), Coops, Carroll, Bater & Buechner Highlights in 🧵 @forestry.ubc.ca #remotesensing

The adventure begins!🌲 From June 7-30, visit the #UBCForestry Malcolm Knapp Research Forest for a Scavenger Hunt to win great prizes!🔎🗺️ Follow the Explorer map to various locations to answer questions and learn about the forest along the way.🌱 forestry.ubc.ca/events/malco...

#UBCForestry students Halle Smith, Rosalia Jaffray, and Shaojie Huang recently visited the BC Legislative Assembly to discuss the future of BC’s forests with the Minister of Forests, Ravi Parmar. Thank you to our students and the minister for continuing these important conversations!🌲👏

“The atmosphere doesn’t differentiate between international borders." Prof Lori Daniels (@forestry.ubc.ca‬) discusses the plumes of smoke from more than 200 Canadian wildfires that have traveled across North America. via @washingtonpost.com‬ buff.ly/8047WYL

We’re hiring a Research Technician 2 in the Dept of #ForestConservationSciences at @forestry.ubc.ca!! 📣📣 The applicant will work with Isla Myers-Smith #TeamShrub, the Cardinal-McTeague lab, and some department services. Posted until August 10th 2025 ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcsta...

Looking for a fun forest thing to do in the #Vancouver area? Our @forestry.ubc.ca Malcolm Knapp Research Forest is having a Scavenger Hunt this month. Check it out: #MetroVancouver #Forest #ForestFun

After 3 years of trying to get into a program, I can finally say that I'll be starting a PhD at @forestry.ubc.ca this September! It'll be hard to leave the Arctic behind (although I'll always stay connected in some way), but I'm so excited to be working within my home province of BC.

@loridanielsubc.bsky.social, professor and researcher at the @forestry.ubc.ca, said the emergency #wildfire situation in the province is the result of an emergency global #climate situation. @usask.bsky.social #SKwx #SKfires www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...

“The goal ultimately is to coexist,” said Dr. Sarah Benson-Amram, head of UBC’s urban wildlife project. @zoology.ubc.ca @forestry.ubc.ca theprovince.com/news/stanley...

This week, we had the pleasure of showing UBC President Benoit-Antoine Bacon a glimpse into some of the incredible work happening here at #UBCForestry!🌲 He met our senior management team and visited several labs, learning about forest therapy, bio-based materials, wildfire co-existence and more!🌱

Join us on Saturday, May 31, at the #UBCForestry Malcolm Knapp Research Forest for a unique hands-on beading workshop with Cheyenne Cunningham, a talented artist from the Katzie First Nation. 🌿 🔗 Learn more about the event and register here: forestry.ubc.ca/events/fish-...

Join us from August 9-11th for the 2nd International Conference on Forest Therapy - Healing with Nature. 🌎🌱 Learn more about the health benefits of forest therapy, its integration into policy and public health, and the emerging use of technology in the field. forestry.ubc.ca/event-highli...

Congratulations to Brook Tessema, Vivekan Jeyagaran, and Eden Hardcastle on being named the 2025 recipients of the Binkley Family Graduate Scholarship.🎉 Your outstanding achievement, leadership, and dedication reflect the highest standards of MGEM, MIF, and MSFM.🌲 forestry.ubc.ca/news/binkley...

Watch out for greenwashing! 🚨 UBCForestry's @profhvdv.bsky.social warns that many companies make vague, unverified claims about being eco-friendly. He advises looking for third-party certifications and being cautious of broad terms like "eco-friendly" without clear proof. 🌿 🔗 Read: bit.ly/434q97v

#UBCForestry's Phil Evans and grad student Sadegh Mazloomi are rethinking baseball bat design by shifting weight to match real hitting zones.⚾ Their research, mentioned in The New York Times, could lead to more powerful, affordable bats, potentially revolutionizing the sport. 🔗 nyti.ms/4jSU08r

New work with the formidable Viola Provost on how TikTok misrepresents marine conservation issues. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....