The Forest Genetics Council of British Columbia:
Genetic Resource Management and Tree Improvement

FGC is appointed by B.C.'s chief forester to guide the full range of forest genetic resource management activities, including tree improvement (tree breeding and seed orchards), genetic conservation, genecology, climate-based seed transfer, and seed-use policy in the province. The Council provides a forum for stakeholder representatives to set goals and objectives, and to oversee the development and delivery of business plans to fulfill them.

The next Council meetings are scheduled for:

- Wednesday, March 21, 2012
- Wednesday, June 13, 2012
- Wednesday, Sept 19, 2012
- Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012

Members Areas

All areas are password protected except Pest Management TAC

• FGC Members • Interior TAC
• Genetic Conservation TAC • Extension TAC
• Coastal TAC • Pest Management TAC
• Seed Transfer TAC • Decision Support TAC 

Cone and Seed Pest Management Information

Recent Publications            (view all publications)

• FGC Annual Report 2010 / 2011
• Tree Improvement Program Project Report 2010 / 2011
(large file: 14.3 Mb .pdf)
• 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)
• Assisted Migration Bulletin. Issue #1. July 2011
FGC / Tree Improvement Branch
• Factsheet 2: Seedlot Genetic Worth Values Verified for Coastal Douglas-fir at Age 12 (2011)
2011 • Jack Woods and Michael Stoehr
• FGC Business Plan 2010 / 2011
• TICtalk September 2010 (Issue #10)
• Cone induction and hormone metabolomics of lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir
May 2006 – March 2010  •  von Aderkas (Pl), Kong, Abrams, Zaharia, Owens
• Factsheet 1: Whitebark Pine in British Columbia
Don Pigott, Yellow Point Propagation Ltd.
• FGC Strategic Plan 2009 / 2014
• Strategic Plan 2009 / 2014 introductory letter from the provincial Chief Forester
• FGC Extension Advisory Committee Continuous Improvement Report and Recommendations for Program Evaluation
Kathie Swift, FORREX, March, 2009

 

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