Petawawa Research Forest Post-Conference Field Tour

Update: Registration for the post-conference field tour to Petawawa Research Forest on May 30, 2025 will be shared to registrants in early April. 

The Petawawa Research Forest (PRF) is located in Chalk River, Ontario in the Ottawa Valley, approximately 175 km northwest of Ottawa. As a living laboratory, the PRF has a long legacy of providing scientific data that informs researchers, scientists, and industry about long-term trends to help address forestry issues now and in the future.

Highlights of the tour will include visits to several active research installations and on-going scientific studies, including: Permanent Sample Plots (PSP) 1 and 2, the first PSPs established in Canada (1918); the adaptive silviculture for climate change sites, fire behaviour and ecology studies; the forest biomass study; and white pine regeneration and competition management.

Those registered to attend the International Model Forest Network (IMFN) Global Forum or the 32nd Annual Woodlot Tour and Conference will be given priority to register and attend. 

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