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Cooperator Participation

The provincial forest genetic resource management program involves cooperators in the forest industry, two levels of government, universities, private research companies, and individual contractors. Many of these groups participate in the work of the Forest Genetics Council, its TACs, and Species Committees.

The MFR is primarily responsible for tree breeding; the forest industry cooperates in identifying sites for progeny testing and with controlled matings. Private industry leads the operational production of reforestation materials—seven forest products companies, two private companies, and the provincial government own and operate seed orchards.

The CFS, MFR Research Branch, and universities undertake research supporting tree improvement, some of which is funded through the Science Council of B.C. and the Forest Investor Account Tree Improvement Project.

Private institutions focus on applied research related to operational production, including pest control methods, pheromone monitoring, refining breeding zones and seed transfer guidelines, improving vegetative reproduction methods, understanding orchard pollination dynamics, and realized-gain trials.

The University of British Columbia (UBC) leads genetic conservation activities, with input from all cooperators.

Cooperator participation in provincial forest genetic resource management programs

Name

Orchard

Breed-
ing

Re-
search

Tech.
Support

Policy

Plan-
ning

Genetic
Conserv.

Exten-
sion

Edu-
cation

Government                   

BC Ministry of Forests and Range

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*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Canadian Forest Services  

*

*

           
Universities                   

Simon Fraser University

   

*

*

       

*

University of British Columbia    

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

University of Northern BC    

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

University of Victoria    

*

*

   

*

*

*

Societies                   

FORREX (Forest Research Extension Partnership

             

*

 
Private Companies                   
Ainsworth Forest Products Ltd          * *      
BC Research      * *          
Canadian Forest Products

*

*

 

*

 

*

 

*

*

CellFor    

*

           
Cortex Consultants Inc.              

*

 
Glenviron Consulting              

*

 
Isabella Point Forestry      

*

 

*

 

*

 
Pacific Regeneration Technologies

*

 

*

*

 

*

 

*

 
Pope and Talbot Ltd.        

*

       
Riverside Forest Product

*

*

 

*

*

*

 

*

*

Seastar Biotech    

*

*

         
Timberwest Forest Corp.

*

*

 

*

 

*

 

*

*

Vernon Seed Orchard Company

*

*

 

*

 

*

 

*

*

Western Forest Products

*

*

 

*

 

*

 

*

*

Weyerhaeuser Canada

*

*

 

*

 

*

 

*

*

Yellow Point Propagation

*

*

 

*

 

*

 

*

*

Contractors

   

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*

         


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Cooperators include
the forest industry,
two levels of
government,
universities,
private research
companies, and individual
contractors