Webinar: Managing Alberta’s Forests to Achieve Undisturbed Habitat Conditions

Federal recovery strategies for woodland caribou do not provide guidance on when suitable caribou habitat, after being disturbed by anthropogenic activities, should again be considered “undisturbed.” In the absence of federal guidance, Alberta has adopted a stand age of 40 years as a threshold, but the adequacy of this metric is not fully known. Steve Wilson of EcoLogic Research reviewed the work of other jurisdictions and relevant literature to develop proposed objectives and possible strategies for Alberta’s forest sector to manage for undisturbed habitat and further contribute positively to caribou recovery.