@jasedwar

Director of Climate Change and Forest Research @NRCan, Northern Forestry Centre • Forest Aficionado • Father • All views here are my own.

 Edmonton
Joined January 2012
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As an #actuallivingpublicservant @NRCan #CFS, I play at the nexus of science, practice and policy for adapting sustainable forest management to #climatechange. Rarely a dull day in the world of knowledge integration and collaboration building!
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Our groundbreaking tree-ring study, just published in @NatureComms, uncovers compelling evidence of decreasing tree growth rates across Canadian forests from 1951-2018, linked to rising summer temperatures @cflscf @NRCan #ClimateChange #Drought #TreeRing rdcu.be/dpMXZ
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We are hiring! CFS is looking for new forestry officers across Canada. Apply into the pool by November 10th to be considered. #forestry #ForestryJobs More details here: nrcan-rncan.hiringplatform.c…
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Mike Wulder@mikewulder27 Oct 2023
Need a forest age map or ideas how to make one? 🧐Paper also reviews estimation of forest age with #remotesensing. @James_Maltman_1 et al. Estimating and mapping forest age across Canada's forested ecosystems. #Landsat Paper: sciencedirect.com/science/ar… Data: opendata.nfis.org/mapserver/…
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@NRCan26 Oct 2023
Forests are part of a living system where carbon is continually captured from and emitted into the atmosphere. Learn how Canada calculates forest carbon, and check out our #ForestCarbon101 information here: ow.ly/bGTw50Q0CAJ
“Forest Carbon 101, How Canada calculates forest carbon” written over a forest skyline graphic.

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DYK that the national equations used in Canada to estimate the aboveground biomass of individual trees are biased in the case of small black spruce from peatlands, by far the most common trees in Canada? In this new paper we fix that. See this thread 1/9 cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/1…

New aboveground biomass equations by components for small black spruce in peatland ecosystems of...

Black spruce is the most common tree species in Canada, dominating treed peatlands where they are usually stunted. We used 495 destructively sampled trees from 56 plots to develop allometric models...

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@NRCan19 Oct 2023
The #2BillionTrees program is accepting applications from Indigenous governments, organizations and communities for tree-planting and capacity-building projects. Apply here: ow.ly/tgMp50PYLkK
Photo of person walking with a child on their shoulders with the text: “2 Billion Trees Planting today for a better tomorrow”

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Application deadline: This Friday | Date limite : Ce vendredi xitter.cf/CFS_CAT/status/1709256…
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Tara Moriarty@MoriartyLab16 Oct 2023
Canadian COVID Forecast : Oct 7-20, 2023 SEVERE: CAN, BC, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, ON, QC, SK VERY HIGH: AB, PEI HIGH: none ELEVATED: none MODERATE: none LOW: none About 1 in 25 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
This image shows a series of gauges with the Oct 7 - Oct 20, 2023 Hazard Index scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. Read from left to right: Canada: 12.5 - SEVERE Alberta: 7.9 - VERY HIGH British Columbia: 13.3 - SEVERE Manitoba: 11.7 - SEVERE New Brunswick: 10.0 - SEVERE Newfoundland and Labrador: 11.5 - SEVERE North: 11.0 - SEVERE Nova Scotia: 18.4 - SEVERE Ontario: 9.0 - SEVERE Prince Edward Island: 6.4 - VERY HIGH Quebec: 13.3 - SEVERE Saskatchewan: 10.8 - SEVERE All Hazard Index input data and sources are available here (https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index/) Hazard index scores are grouped into 6 ranges: LOW (<1, blue), MODERATE (1 to <2, white), ELEVATED (2 to <4, yellow), HIGH (4 to <6, light orange), VERY HIGH (6 to <8, dark orange), SEVERE (>8 red)." To access the past scores table, please visit https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index/

ALT This image shows a series of gauges with the Oct 7 - Oct 20, 2023 Hazard Index scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. Read from left to right: Canada: 12.5 - SEVERE Alberta: 7.9 - VERY HIGH British Columbia: 13.3 - SEVERE Manitoba: 11.7 - SEVERE New Brunswick: 10.0 - SEVERE Newfoundland and Labrador: 11.5 - SEVERE North: 11.0 - SEVERE Nova Scotia: 18.4 - SEVERE Ontario: 9.0 - SEVERE Prince Edward Island: 6.4 - VERY HIGH Quebec: 13.3 - SEVERE Saskatchewan: 10.8 - SEVERE All Hazard Index input data and sources are available here (https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index/) Hazard index scores are grouped into 6 ranges: LOW (<1, blue), MODERATE (1 to <2, white), ELEVATED (2 to <4, yellow), HIGH (4 to <6, light orange), VERY HIGH (6 to <8, dark orange), SEVERE (>8 red)." To access the past scores table, please visit https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index/

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Join us for the Laurier Northern Webinar Series on Wildfire in the North: Impacts and Adaptions. @GWF 📅 Date: Oct 17, 2023 🕒 Time: 3:00 PM EST / 1:00 PM MST Email [email protected] for the registration link.
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We are seeking graduate students at the Dynamic Carbon and Ecosystems (DYCE) lab at the University of Utah for Fall 2024! We use remote sensing to study wildfire, vegetation, and carbon in terrestrial ecosystems. Learn more: dycelab.net
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We've recently published a new article in our special issue with @FACETSJournal: Indigenous protected and conserved areas (IPCAs): Canada's new path forward for biological & cultural conservation and Indigenous well-being 🌿 Read Here: facetsjournal.com/doi/full/1…

Indigenous protected and conserved areas (IPCAs): Canada's new path forward for biological and...

Wilderness and national parks play a fundamental role in defining Canadian identity, yet Indigenous Peoples have historically been excluded from conservation decisions, resulting in systematic...

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People saying Wab’s speech didn’t sound ‘NDP’ might not know that to a lot of Indigenous folks it’s less about the political party and more of a search for the closest connection to the community values many Indigenous folks know and understand based on their cultural teachings.
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BAM Project@borealbirds2 Oct 2023
We are hiring! @borealbirds based @UAlberta is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to develop spatial models of bird abundance to inform environmental impact assessment and conservation planning. Learn more 👉 borealbirds.ca/impact-assess… #Ecology #conservation
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Unrolled thread about our recent field trip to Northwest Territories threadreaderapp.com/thread/1…

Thread by @castillaCFS on Thread Reader App

@castillaCFS: Today we finally made it to the NWT after having postponed twice our #drone fuel mapping due to the #wildfires. Took the risk to cross an active fire in BC Hwy77 only to learn the...

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New 📄 from the Ărramăt collection 🌲 Indigenous protected and conserved areas (IPCAs): Canada's new path forward for biological and cultural conservation and Indigenous well-being. Read it ➡️ buff.ly/3ETNITR More 📄 from the Collection ➡️ buff.ly/3Q8pEjY
The multifaceted dimensions of an IPCA. *The text in italic is from Indigenous Circle of Experts (2018). Image from facets-2022-0118

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An excellent initiative that funds Indigenous-led projects in #forestry. The Canadian Forest Service Indigenous Forestry Initiative helps empower and enliven the forest sector with traditional knowledge and innovative, sustainable solutions. Share widely! natural-resources.canada.ca/…
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@NRCan21 Sep 2023
We just launched a call for expressions of interest for the Indigenous Forestry Initiative to support Indigenous-identified priorities, awareness, influence, inclusion and leadership in the #ForestSector. 🌳🌲 Info: ow.ly/VMCp50POr1Q #NationalForestWeek
Photo of forest with text: “Indigenous Forestry Initiative Funding Opportunity - Open”

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Upcoming webinar: Alberta School of Forest Science & Management - Troy Stuart will present Effects of Indigenous Peoples on the forest landscape Oct 5th. ualberta.ca/renewable-resour…
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Listen to #Laurier forest ecologist Jennifer Baltzer on CBC's Quirks and Quarks 🎧 cbc.ca/radio/quirks/quirks-s… Baltzer says more frequent and intense #wildfires are changing the makeup of our boreal forests and may even result in a loss of forest cover altogether. @forestecogrp
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Replying to @sciencesUQAM
Anyone interested in joining a dynamic group working on carbon in peatlands : - 2 years postdoctoral fellowship - 1 PhD project on mapping peatlands C stocks in Canada - 1 PhD project on mapping C in wetlands in Quebec. Visit Geotop Web site for more info !
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Western Canada m3 hotspots…. On September 23 😳
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