We use this important contextual information to offer key considerations for policymakers developing solutions to the identified challenges. These are complemented by perspectives, insights, and personal experiences with water rates, bills, and utility management, gleaned from conversations with frontline community groups, water utilities, and state agency personnel. The report presents quantitative analyses that are drawn from public source data. This assessment examines the current state of affordability of water services (drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater) across the state of Michigan. Excess water from flooding can cause extensive direct and indirect harms. People must have access to safe drinking water to survive and access to sanitation to prevent disease. Public health begins and ends with clean and available water. Water infrastructure is essential for meeting and managing basic human needs. However, the research team has published a literature review, Caribou, fire and forestry, and presented findings in an ARCKP webinar.All Michiganders need available and affordable, safe, and sustainable drinking water and sanitation services. This three-year study being conducted by the fRI Research Caribou Program is scheduled to be complete in 2023. Study to advance harvest systems and silviculture practices for improved woodland caribou and fibre outcomes The first deliverable of this multi-year study was a critical review of research advances on lichen transplantation and seeding technologies, and an interpretation of these results for application in caribou habitat restoration.Ī review of lichen transplant studies and methods Collated draft recommendations for cross-industry ILM approaches for improved woodland caribou habitat outcomes and tested these in a one-day stakeholder workshop to help inform the final recommendations included in the final report.Įvaluation of the feasibility of terrestrial lichen seeding and/or transplantations.Provided a review of Alberta’s ILM policy potential and identify useful cross-sector communication/collaboration techniques.Conducted a thorough literature review and structured interviews to synthesize ILM practices in Alberta and review and analyze ILM practices used in other comparable jurisdictions.Review of Alberta’s Integrated Land Management Policies, Practices and LegislationĪwarded to the Foothills Landscape Management Forum, this review was completed in May 2021. Summary report (11 pages of key findings and recommendations)
#PROJECT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS REPORT PLUS#
This report is available in three formats:įull Report (101 pages plus reference list and appendices) Describe and assess each potential system in terms of their resulting vegetation dynamics, how this relates to use by caribou and other ungulates, and in terms of potential trade-offs for implementing these systems (e.g., economic implications, access, etc.).Identify alternative harvesting and silvicultural systems applicable to Alberta’s forests and investigate them through the lens of caribou biology and habitat requirements.Findings were informed by an extensive literature review and subject matter expert interviews to: This project was completed by FORCORP Solutions in January 2022. Develop a methodology to test how the scale of aggregation affects outcomes.Īlternative Silvicultural Systems and Harvesting Techniques for Caribou Habitat.Provide an assessment of the impact of the tested scenarios on caribou habitat and a wide range of other species and values and socio-economic metrics.Test a range of different aggregated harvest scenarios against business as usual (BAU) approaches (existing Spatial Harvest Sequences) to compare different harvest levels, spatial layouts, and re-entry rules.Assist in answering the questions “In different regions of the province, will aggregated harvest approaches work to improve caribou habitat outcomes, how can they be tailored to work most effectively for caribou and provide for a working landscape, and what will the trade-offs be for other values, both ecological and socioeconomic?”.Additional project reports/deliverables, like literature reviews, are also available in this section.Įxploring the Implementation of Aggregated Harvest in Woodland Caribou RangeĬompleted by FORCORP Solutions in May 2022 this modelling project aimed to: To date, three projects have been completed. As ARCKP-funded projects are completed, final reports will become available here for our partners to easily access the project outcomes.
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