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FGC Strategic Plan 2009 / 2014
Strategic Plan 2009 / 2014 introductory letter from the provincial Chief Forester
FGC Strategic Plan 2004 / 2008

FGC Annual Report 2011 / 2012
FGC Annual Report 2010 / 2011
FGC Annual Report 2009 / 2010
FGC Annual Report 2008 / 2009
FGC Annual Report 2007 / 2008
FGC Annual Report 2006 / 2007
FGC Annual Report 2005 / 2006
FGC Annual Report 2004 / 2005
FGC Annual Report 2003 / 2004
FGC Annual Report 2002 / 2003
FGC Annual Report 2001 / 2002

FGC Business Plan 2012 / 2013
FGC Business Plan 2011 / 2012
FGC Business Plan 2010 / 2011
FGC Business Plan 2009 / 2010
FGC Business Plan 2008 / 2009
FGC Business Plan 2007 / 2008
FGC Business Plan 2006 / 2007
FGC Business Plan 2005 / 2006
FGC Business Plan 2004 / 2005
FGC Business Plan 2003 / 2004

Seed Planning Units (SPU) and Species Plans
Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Tree Improvement Branch

Cone induction and hormone metabolomics of lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir
May 2006 – March 2010
Patrick von Aderkas (Pl), Lisheng Kong, Suzanne Abrams, Irina Zaharia, Stacey Owens

Adaptation, migration or extirpation: climate change outcomes for tree populations
Sally N. Aitken, Sam Yeaman, Jason A. Holliday, Tongli Wang, and Sierra Curtis-McLane Evolutionary Applications 1(1):95-111

Genetics of cold hardiness in whitebark pine
Bower, A.D. and S.N. Aitken. 2006. Can. J. For. Res. 36: 1842-1850.

Genetic Diversity and Geographic Differentiation in Quantitative Traits, and Seed Transfer Guidelines for Pinus albicaulis (Pinaceae)
Bower, A.D. and S.N. Aitken. 2008. Am. J. Bot. 95: 66-76.

Cataloguing in situ protection of genetic resources for major commercial forest trees in British Columbia
A. Hamanna, S. N. Aitken, A. D. Yanchuk

Tree Improvement Program Project Report 2011 / 2012 (large file: 11.8 Mb .pdf)
Tree Improvement Program Project Report 2010 / 2011 (large file: 14.3 Mb .pdf)
Tree Improvement Program Project Report 2009 / 2010 (rev. 03-Nov-2011)
Tree Improvement Program Project Report 2008 / 2009
Tree Improvement Program Project Report 2007 / 2008
Tree Improvement Program Project Report 2006 / 2007
Tree Improvement Program Project Report 2005 / 2006
Tree Improvement Program Project Report 2004 / 2005
Tree Improvement Program Project Report 2003 / 2004
Tree Improvement Program Project Report 2002 / 2003
Tree Improvement Program Project Report 2001 / 2002
Tree Improvement Program Project Report 2000 / 2001
Tree Improvement Program Project Report 1999 / 2000
Tree Improvement Program Project Report 1998 / 1999
Tree Improvement Program Project Report 1997 / 1998

Limber Pine in British Columbia
April 2013. Don Pigott / Randy Moody

Assisted Migration Bulletin. Issue #2. January 2013
Forest Genetics Council of BC /
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Tree Improvement Branch

Report on 2010 Crop Statistics for Interior Lodgepole Pine Seed Orchards
Final Report OTIP 0722. Prepared for Michael Carlson by Joe Webber

Assessment of Off-Site Tree Plantations in the Northwest Interior of British Columbia -
Project Summary (2011) (Large file: 6.9 Mb .pdf)
Forest Genetics Council of BC (Genecology and Seed Transfer Program)

Factsheet 2:
Seedlot Genetic Worth Values Verified for Coastal Douglas-fir at Age 12 (2011)
Jack Woods and Michael Stoehr

Factsheet 1: Whitebark Pine in British Columbia (2011)
Don Pigott, Yellow Point Propagation Ltd.

Plant Growth Regulators and Cone Induction in Pinaceae (2007)

Poster: Tree Improvement Cycle (2006)

Summary of Seed and Seed Orchard Need Analysis for Seed Planning Units Impacted by Mountain Pine Beetle (2006

Tree Improvement in British Columbia - Brochure 2005

Glossary of Forest Genetics Terms

Breeding Values of Parental Trees, Genetic Worth of Seed Orchard Seedlots and Yields of Improved Stocks in B.C.

Cone and Seed Updates B.C.
Ministry of Forests and Range, Tree Improvement Branch

Southeastern U.S. Tree Improvement Tour
J. Woods - 2000

FGC Extension Advisory Committee Continuous Improvement Report and Recommendations for Program Evaluation
Kathie Swift, FORREX, March, 2009

Genecology and Seed Transfer Committee Report
September 12, 2008

Report of the Breeding Subprogram Review Committee
May 27, 2008

Indigenous-Tree Genetic Conservation in British Columbia
September 17, 2007

Coastal Broadleaf Status Report (2008)
Interior Broadleaf Status Report (2008)

Final Report of the Pli Seed Set Task Force
February 2002

External Evaluation of Somatic Embryogenesis for Enhancing Genetic Gains from British Columbia's Tree Breeding Programs
D.T. Lester and W.J. Libby, October 1998

Genetic conservation program poster (.pdf 1133 KB)

Genetic resource management poster (.pdf 1266 KB)

GRM issues poster for western redcedar (.pdf 1189 KB)

GRM issues poster for western larch (.pdf 4237 KB)

GRM issues poster for white pine (.pdf 1167 KB)

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