The SISCO Executives have been instrumental in organizing workshops to showcase research in various ecological fields. Themes for the workshops are carefully decided on each year depending on the prevailing research interests. Additionally, field tours are orchestrated in order to demonstrate research on the ground. These events are a great way to meet people involved in silviculture and perhaps make beneficial connections lasting into the future.
Winter Workshops
| Date | Location | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| January 30 – February 1, 2017 | Kamloops | How We Can Apply Today’s Most Up-To-Date Knowledge to Improve Forest Stewardship |
| February 23 – 24, 2016 | Kamloops | Forestry Opportunities For Positive Results on the Landscape |
| February 9 – 11, 2015 | Kamloops | Placing BC in a Global Forest Management Context – How Do We Measure Up? Index of presentations |
| February 24 – 26, 2014 | Kamloops | Deliberating Key Forest Management Issues, Old Saws and New Buzzes |
| 2013 | Kamloops |
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| 2012 | Salmon Arm | Management Strategies for Post Mountain Pine Beetle Forests |
| 2011 | Naramata | Forest Stewardship in the Context of the Forest and Range Practices Act and Professional Reliance: Moving Forward with New Dynamics and New Directions |
| 2010 | Naramata | Searching for Sustainability in Forest Management: Is Good Siliviculture the Key? |
| 2009 | Naramata | Picking Up the Pieces: How Forestry Communities Plan to Make it Through the Next ‘Few’ Years (and Beyond): Strategies, Innovations, and Visions |
| 2008 | Penticton | The Resilient Forest: defining it, designing it, planning for it |
| 2007 | Naramata | Managing Our Growing Stock in the Midst of Massive Change: Current Options for Optimizing Today’s Harvest and Ensuring Tomorrow’s Crop |
| 2006 | Penticton | Silviculture Interventions for High Profile Issues in Forestry Today |
| 2005 | Penticton | $ilviculture: Effective and Efficient Practice: A Focus on Costs |
| 1998 – 2004 | Hiatus | |
| 1997 | Penticton | Commercial Thinning: Miracle or Myth? |
| 1996 | Penticton | What is Good Silviculture? |
| 1995 | Penticton | New Directions in Silviculture |
| 1994 | Penticton | Towards a Healthy Forest |
| 1993 | Penticton | Opps for Shelterwood & Selection Systems in Southern BC Forests |
| 1992 | Penticton | Life After Free-Growing |
| 1991 | Kelowna | Integrating Silviculture Practices w Non-Timber Values |
| 1990 | Vernon | Forest Management Strategies for the Interior Cedar Hemlock Zone |
| 1989 | Kelowna | |
| 1988 | Vernon |
Summer Events/Fall Field Tours
| Date | Location | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| October 16 – 18, 2017 | West Kootenays | Silviculture in Arrow and Kootenay Lake Forests; Diverse Species (the “Kootenay Mix”), Complex Terrain, and Multi-Use Landscapes |
| September 26 – 28, 2016 | Summerland | “Back to the Future”: Looking at Previously Harvested Stands to Help Predict What Current Harvesting Practices Might Bring in the Future |
| September 15 – 16, 2015 | Kamloops | Managing Root Disease – the Costs and Benefits |
| September 9 – 11, 2014 | Williams Lake | Dealing with Complexity – Managing For Diversity |
| September 17 – 18, 2013 | Kamloops | Forest Management and Silviculture in the IDF: A discussion on approaches to managing complex stands for multiple use objectives. |
| 2012 | Boundary | Forest Management and Silviculture in the IDF |
| 1998 – 2011 | Hiatus | |
| 1997 | Salmon Arm | New Directions in Silviculture Systems |
| 1996 | Invermere | The Fires of 1985: Opps for Rehabilitation of the New Forest |
| 1995 | Merritt | Forest Health |
| 1994 | Merritt | Forest Health |
| 1993 | Grand Forks | Opps for Shelterwood & Selection Systems in Southern BC & North Washington |
| 1992 | Kamloops | Life After Free-Growing |
| 1991 | Cranbrook | IRM |
| 1990 | Salmon Arm & Vernon | |
| 1989 | Merritt | Range |