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Samuel Bartels, Principal Investigator
Dr. Bartels studies forest dynamics, biodiversity, and silviculture, focusing on how trees, vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens interact to sustain ecosystem resilience. His research examines land use, climate change, and resource extraction, informing adaptive management strategies that balance conservation, sustainability, and long‑term forest health.
Current Opportunities
Hiring new cohorts of PhD, MSc, BSc students (2026 start dates- )
Investigating impacts of climate change—disturbance interactions on forest biodversity dynamics.
Indexing heat and drought tolerance of economically important tree species in B.C.
Assessing the legacy of forest thinning and fertilization treatments across habitat gradients.
Assessing habitat value and biodiversity conservation potential in remenant forests following bark beetle outbreaks.
Past members
2025
Julia Bizon, MSc. NRES. Ecological restoration and ecosystem memory of wildlife forage and understory diversity in a young pine monoculture plantation in central-interior B.C.
Graeme Neto, BSc (Hons). Assessment of growth, quality indicators, and yield predictions of conifer trees at the UNBC Christmas Tree Farm.
Dylan Hebert, BSc. Expanding the role of the British Columbia Fire Service: transition to a broader natural disaster relief agency.
Mike Fillion, BSc. The effects of heat stress and drought on western redcedar (Thuja plicata).
Hayden Leo, BSc. Using carbonization to increase fibre use in British Columbia.
2024
Simran Gill, MSc. NRES . Testing nitrogen and iron based compounds as environmentally safer alternative to control broadleaf weeds in turfgrass.
Mariah Kampman, BSc. Biochar use in forest ecosystems: opportunities for British Columbia's forests.
Cooper Shea, BSc. Assessing the viability of winch-assist harvesting within the Sub-Boreal Spruce zone of British Columbia.
Matthew Cain, BSc. Post-harvest moose retention in an irregular multi-aged shelterwood harvest block versus a conventional clear-cut with reserves.
Lainie Shandro, BSc. A review of management responses to spruce beetle and mountain pine beetle in British Columbia.
2023
Nolan Buchi, BSc. The role of silviculture in mitigating the adverse effects of drought in British Columbia's forests.
2022
Gareth Anderson, BSc. Fire risk potential of different coarse woody debris retention techniques in British Columbia.
Graeme McGuffie, BSc. Ecological benefits of trembling aspen retention in silvicultural brushing operations in British Columbia.
Chiara Chirico, BSc. (Hons.) Interactions among understory forest vegetation layers along a harvesting disturbance gradient in boreal mixedwood forests.
2021
Jennifer Kubos, BSc. The effects of riparian management on ecology of small streams in British Columbia.
Samantha Nuyens, BSc. Live free or grow hard: Is British Columbia’s free growing standard compatible with modern forest values and stewardship principles?
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