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LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND THE FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY

• Life Cycle Assessment
  Kirsten Vice, NCASI 
   
• Life Cycle Assessment and the Forest Products Industry
  Dr. Caroline Gaudreault and Kirsten Vice, NCASI  

MILL ENVIRONMENT SESSION

• Introduction & Overview of NCASI’s Current Program
  Kirsten Vice, NCASI 
   
• Overview of Environment Canada’s Wood Products Sector Activities      [Abstract]
  My Chau Thai, Environment Canada 
   
• Forest Carbon in North America: Storage and Emissions from British Columbia’s Harvest     [Abstract]
  Caren Dymond, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations 
   
• Alliance for Water Stewardship North America Regional Initiative      [Abstract]
  Lisa Downes and Alexis Morgan, Alliance for Water Stewardship 
   
• Water Sustainability in the Pulp and Paper Industry - The CGLI Water Footprinting Project     [Abstract]
  Dr. Barry Malmberg, NCASI 
   
• Best Management Practices for Spent Pulping Liquor & Inter-connections with the Receiving Environment   [Abstract]
  Kirsten Vice and Camille Flinders, NCASI 
   
• Summary of the Literature on LCA and Paper Recycling     [Abstract]
  Dr. Caroline Gaudreault and Kirsten Vice, NCASI 

• Characterization, Measurement, and Reporting of Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted from Southern Pine Wood Products Sources - NCASI Technical Bulletin - 991     [Abstract]
  Ric Law and Dr. David Word, NCASI 
   
• Progress in Identifying the Interconnections between Wood Panel Drying Operating Conditions and VOC Emissions    [Abstract]
  Dr. David Word, Dr. Ilich Lama and Ric Law, NCASI 
   
• Beneficial Use of Woody Biomass     [Abstract]
  Dr. Ilich Lama, NCASI 
   
• Strategies for Optimizing On-Site Landfill Management     [Abstract]   
  Van Maltby, NCASI 
   
• Detection and Quantitation Limits of Current Air Emission Test Methods     [Abstract]   
  Ashok Jain, NCASI 
   
• Characterization of N₂O and CH₄ Emissions from Pulp and Paper Mill Biomass Combustion Sources     [Abstract]   
  Derek Sain, NCASI  

FORESTRY SESSION

• Introduction & Overview of NCASI’s Current Program
  Kirsten Vice and Dr. Darren Sleep, NCASI
   
• Implementation of the Species at Risk Act on Forested Lands     [Abstract]
  Blair Hammond, Environment Canada (Canadian Wildlife Service) 
   
• Caribou Management in British Columbia: An Overview and Recent Developments     [Abstract]
  Chris Pasztor, BC Ministry of Environment 
   
• Forage Quality and Quantity in the Canadian Boreal Forest: Evidence of Summer Nutritional Inadequacy for Woodland Caribou?     [Abstract]
  Dr. John Cook and Dr. Darren Sleep, NCASI 
   
• Long-Term Owl Monitoring across Alberta's Foothills     [Abstract] 
  Chuck Priestley, STRIX Ecological 
   
• Review of the History and Scientific Basis for Species at Risk Listings in Canada: Challenges and Opportunities    [Abstract]
  Dr. Darren Sleep, NCASI 
   
• Harvesting-induced stream temperature changes and bioenergetic consequences for cutthroat trout   [Abstract] 
  Jason Leach, University of British Columbia 
   
• Re-visiting the Pacific Northwest Alsea Watershed Study 40 Years Later – Effects of Contemporary Forest Management Practices on Water Quality and Fish     [Abstract] 
  Dr. George Ice, NCASI 
   
• Availability of Wood Residue in Canada and its Beneficial Use     [Abstract] 
  Dr. Ilich Lama, NCASI 
   
• Smoke Management Framework and the Modernization of the Open Burning Smoke Control Regulation (OBSCR)    [Abstract]
  Warren McCormick, BC Ministry of Environment 
   
• Environmental Impacts of Harvest Residue Removal – A Canadian Overview     [Abstract]
  Dr. Brian Titus, Natural Resources Canada 
   
• Relationships between Intensive Biomass Production and Biodiversity in North American Forests – A Literature Review     [Abstract]
  Dr. Jake Verschuyl and Dr. Ben Wigley, NCASI