Professor (Ret.) and Hon. Research Associate
Vancouver Island University
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Before joining the VIU Forestry faculty in 2010, Bill spent over 30 years on the BC coast as a Forest Ecologist in research and policy development for several forest companies. He is a Registered Professional Forester with a master’s degree in Forest Ecology from UBC. Bill has an international reputation for practical implementation of innovative forestry. His research includes silvicultural systems, prescribed burning, forest regeneration and biodiversity. He coordinated the multi-disciplinary Montane Alternative Silvicultural Systems (MASS) study. He helped lead the phase-in of variable retention harvesting as part of Weyerhaeuser’s Coast Forest Strategy—a team effort that received the Ecological Society of America’s Corporate Award for 2001. He has served on numerous advisory committees on research, old growth forests and ecosystem-based management including an international science panel for Forestry Tasmania. He is a co-author of three book chapters and numerous research papers, including global overviews of retention forestry. In 2020, Bill received the Canadian Forestry Scientific Achievement Award from the Canadian Institute of Forestry.
SYMP 10-2 - Ecological silviculture in the wet forest domain
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
3:50 PM – 4:10 PM PDT