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Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Trail Daily Times
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Scientists sample lakes to tell forests’ history flourishing landscape, and is also useful for designing wildfire response plans that include things like fuel hazard mitigation.� The Carleton University team uses lake sediment cores to interpret how forests and forest fire regimes have evolved since the end of the last Ice Age, Mustaphi said. “Lakes act as an archive of the landscape, collecting sediments and organic matter throughout time and, by coring it, we can reconstruct the composition of the forest and when past wildfires occurred by looking at the pollen and charcoal preserved within cores.� Meanwhile, tree rings can provide lots of clues about wildfire activity over the past 400 years. “For example, trees that were damaged during a wildfire but managed to survive form a telltale ‘fire scar’ that can be used to determine the years that fire burned. We can also assess how
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Scientists are asking Cranbrook residents who know a bit about forestry history to get in touch for a research project. A team of scientists from across Canada is collaborating to piece together hundreds of years of history for forests around Cranbrook. The Paleocology Laboratory at Carleton University in Ottawa is analyzing lake sediment cores in four lakes around Cranbrook, while the University of British Columbia’s Tree Ring Laboratory and the University of Guelph’s Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics Research Laboratory are studying tree rings. “Together, by analyzing tree rings and lake sediments, a detailed and long-term record of ecosystem change can be developed,� explained Colin Courtney Mustaphi of Carleton University. In the summers of 2009 and
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Colin Courtney Mustaphi (right) of Carleton University and Dr. Michael Pisaric of Brock University collect sediment cores from Pyatts Lake off Hidden Valley Road near Cranbrook. 2010, Mustaphi’s team took sediment samples from four lakes near Cranbrook, including Pyatts Lake off Hidden Valley Road. Meanwhile, the UBC team has collected 700 tree cores in the Cranbrook region since 2007. The research will be combined and used to inform things like wildfire response plans, said Mustaphi. “My research into the forests and wildfire history in the
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Kootenay region was brought about by the need to understand how these forests have evolved in response to climate change and disturbances like mountain pine beetle outbreaks, fires and logging activities,� he said. “Knowing how forests respond to these factors is extremely important for sustainable management by the many stakeholder groups who all have a mutual interest in seeing a healthy and
severe past fires were using tree ring cores. By cross-referencing tree ring samples and fire scars we can increase the precision of the data,� said Mustaphi. The recent history of Cranbrook’s forests will also help the scientists piece together how the woods have evolved over time. “We are seeking information about the history of logging and sawmilling activities, farming, and road and housing construction and development near Pyatts Lake on Hidden Valley Road. “Part of the natural history of this lake includes human land use changes and how those have impacted and changed the lake system,� said Mustaphi, adding that photographs of logging activity near the lake would be particularly useful. To get in touch with Mustaphi at Carleton University, you can email ccmustap@connect.carleton.ca or at www.carleton.ca/~mpisaric.
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