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New York Times: Parts of Canada’s Boreal Forest Are Burning Faster Than They Can Regrow

Posted on August 12, 2024 By Emily Bowyer

The New York Times joined Dr. Baltzer and the Forest Ecology Research Group in the Northwest Territories during the 2024 field research campaign to understand the aftermath of the record-breaking 2023 fire season. The article highlights how repeated wildfires are reshaping boreal forests, disrupting...

Nia stands in front of a projector with the title slide of her thesis

Nia Perron successfully defends PhD thesis

Posted on February 23, 2024 By Emily Bowyer

Congratulations to Nia Perron who successfully defended her PhD thesis “Variability in tree-water relations from tree-line to tree-line in Canada’s western boreal forest.” Nia was co-supervised by Dr. Jennifer Baltzer and Dr. Oliver Sonnentag. See some photos from Nia’s field...

Field researchers in an area burned by 2014 wildfires

FERG is hiring Research Assistants for summer 2024 fieldwork!

Posted on February 16, 2024 By Emily Bowyer

FERG is hiring research assistants for two exciting research projects with fieldwork in the Northwest Territories and the Yukon. These research projects will investigate the impacts of disturbances such as wildfire, permafrost thaw and aspen running canker on the structure and function of the boreal...

Research Technician Opportunity

Posted on December 5, 2023 By Emily Bowyer

There is a one-year research technician position available in the Forest Ecology Research Group. We are looking for a motivated, energetic individual to contribute to ongoing research projects in sub-arctic forests in Northern Ontario, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon. The technician would s...

four researchers stand in a snowy forest

Frost probing campaign 2023

Posted on November 13, 2023 By Emily Bowyer

Researchers from FERG recently completed a successful fall fieldwork campaign, measuring active layer depths at approximately 70 sites across the southern NWT. The active layer depth is the depth between the surface of the soil and the permafrost and is measured at its maximum in the fall. Trained r...

July Field Campaign: Impacts of Permafrost Thaw

Posted on July 28, 2023 By Emily Bowyer

A team of FERG researchers completed a successful fieldwork campaign based in Inuvik in July, looking at tree, vegetation, soil and water properties adjacent to boreholes which record long-term permafrost data. The samples and measurements collected as part of this field campaign will be used to inv...

Nine scientists pose in front of some trees

ABoVE Team Fieldwork

Posted on June 30, 2023 By Emily Bowyer

In June, a collaborative team of researchers from the Forest Ecology Research Group along with the Walker Lab (studying Disturbance and Ecosystem Ecology) and Mack Lab (Plant and Ecosystem Ecology) from Northern Arizona University carried out surveys of recovery and regeneration post-fire in areas b...

CBC News: Is this the new normal for wildfire activity in Canada?

Posted on June 2, 2023 By Emily Bowyer

Dr. Jennifer Baltzer recently discussed the future of wildfires in Canada with David Cochrane on CBC News Power & Politics. Watch the full interview →...

Jocelyn Biro awarded Irving Fox Memorial Scholarship

Posted on March 28, 2023 By Emily Bowyer

FERG PhD student Jocelyn Biro has been awarded the BVRC Irving Fox Memorial Scholarship for Natural and Cultural Resources Research and Management. Learn more about the award here. Want to learn more about Jocelyn and her research? Jocelyn is also a 2022 Wildlife Conservation Society Canada Weston F...

Post-doc opportunity in forest ecosystem responses to climate warming in the Yukon

Posted on March 6, 2023 By Emily Bowyer

The Forest Ecology Research Group is seeking an ecologist to lead the expansion of a large, long-term collaborative project on measuring and forecasting warming-induced vegetation changes in northwestern Canada. This would be a 3-year position, starting as soon as possible, with fieldwork commencing...