Speakers

Bryan J. Jakubec, RPF is currently a Woodlands Operations Supervisor with Tolko Industries Ltd. He has over 23 years of consulting and industry experience as a practicing Forester throughout the interior of British Columbia including Price George, Fort St. James, Houston and Williams Lake, B.C. During this time, he has held a range of roles…

Landscape Ecologist, Land Use Planning and Cumulative Effects Division, BC Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Doug Lewis is a landscape Ecologist with the Cumulative Effects Section of BC Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship. Doug’s main role is evaluating the combined effects of land use and natural disturbances on forest ecosystems and…

Evan Dean has a diverse background in Fire/Protective Services and Local Government administration. He has over a decade of experience in local government, and a demonstrated history of providing tactful guidance through education and collaboration. His experience includes skilled Operational Support Management, Conflict Resolution, Critical Thinking, Diplomacy, and Discretion. His broad educational background includes a…

Francis Johnson Jr is a member of the Esk’etemc (People of the White Earth), formally Alkali Lake First Nation, and is part of the Secwepemc Nation. He is married with 6 children and currently resides in the village of Esk’et (Place of the White Earth). Francis graduated from Thompson Rivers University in 2006 with the…

Hayley Clement FIT has spent most of her life in Williams Lake and graduated from the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) in 2020 with a degree in Forest Ecology and Management, along with a minor in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). During her post-secondary education, she spent her summers working for BCTS in silviculture until…

I have been a Registered Professional Forester since 1981 after graduating from UBC in the class of ’79.  I have lived and worked in Kelowna, Vancouver, Port Alberni, Smithers, Prince George, Duncan, and Victoria.  I graduated with an MSc from University of Georgia in 1988 with a focus on tree physiology and then again from…

Dr. Jodi Axelson (P.Ag) is a Research Leader in Silviculture in the Office of the Chief Forester (Forest Science, Planning and Practices Branch (FSPPB)) where she leads a research team focused on stand development, mixedwood management, forest nutrition and fertilization, decision support tools and management of long-term trials. Jodi is an adjunct professor in Department…

RPF, Stewardship Forester, Williams Lake First Nation John is originally from Nova Scotia and graduated from UNB in 1996. He worked in Terrace doing silviculture surveys as a summer student and moved to BC upon graduation. He has lived in Williams Lake for 28 years and worked as a consultant until 2019. During this time…

KDay Forestry Ltd. Ken Day RPF is a consulting forester in Williams Lake, B.C. where his practice is largely focused on silviculture in dry Douglas-fir forests.  In 2018, he retired from his position of Manager of the UBC Alex Fraser Research Forest after 31 years.  Prior to his time at UBC, Ken worked for various…

Ken Zielke has over forty years of experience in resource managementthroughout British Columbia, the US and Australia. He taught silvicultureand forest ecology at Selkirk College from 1985-90. Since 1990, Ken workedas a consultant, to help clients improve understanding and application ofcomplex partial-cut silvicultural and harvesting systems for a variety ofobjectives. During that time he worked…

Dr. Lori Daniels is the inaugural Koerner Chair of the Centre for Wildfire Coexistence in the Faculty of Forestry at UBC-Vancouver.  I study the impacts of natural and human disturbances and climate change on forests. With my diverse research team, our on-going projects investigate wildfires, forest dynamics, and social-ecological resilience across British Columbia. Our collaborative…

Mauro is a Professional Forester and Biologist with 30 years of experience.  Mauro’s first experience in forestry came as a heli-attack firefighter with BC Wildfire while attending university.  He started with West Fraser Mills Ltd. in 1996 as a harvesting supervisor after graduating with a BSc in Biology and a BSF from UBC.  He became…

I am an Indigenous Registered Professional Forester, with over twenty years of experience practicing silviculture in the Cariboo Region.   I was always interested in pursuing a degree in natural resources, especially since many of my family are involved in the forest industry.  I was born and raised in Salmon Arm, BC.  My father is a…

Recently joined the team at AFRF after stints with Forestry Consultants in Terrace and North Vancouver and with BCTS in Vanderhoof. Trained in Natural Resource Sciences at Thompson Rivers University and in Forest Business Management at the University of Alberta. Ryen has worked extensively in stand development in a variety of BEC zones and Silvicultural Systems. Enjoys…

Steven Kiiskila, RPF, PAg is the Crop Manager at Arbutus Grove Nursery. Each year his team grows 20 million container forestry seedlings composed of up to 25 species, from Fort St. John to southern Oregon, and all places in between. For the past 25 years he has worked in various positions in the reforestation industry…

Tom Sullivan is professor emeritus of wildlife ecology and conservation in the Dept of Conservation and Forest Sciences, UBC, Vancouver, and Director of the Applied Mammal Research Institute, Summerland, BC.  He has worked some 35+ years on wildlife-forestry interactions and, in addition to woody debris habitat creation, and vole pest management, is monitoring several long-term…