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UID:987@naturevancouver.ca
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T193000
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URL:https://naturevancouver.ca/events/pining-for-home-restoring-trees-to-t
 heir-historic-climate/
SUMMARY:PINING FOR HOME: RESTORING TREES TO THEIR HISTORIC CLIMATE
DESCRIPTION:Greg O’Neill\, PhD\, RPF\, is a researcher with the BC Minist
 ry of Forests\, Kalamalka Forestry Centre\, Forest Improvement and Resear
 ch Management Branch\, in Vernon\, British Columbia. He will be speaking t
 o Nature Vancouver members on Zoom on Thursday\, September 17\, 2026\, sta
 rting at 7:30 p.m.\, on the subject of the BC Ministry of Forest's Assiste
 d Migration Adaptation Trial (AMAT) of trees.\n\nGreg studies the adaptati
 on of tree species and applies this understanding to develop resilient ref
 orestation practices in a changing climate. Greg is a professional foreste
 r and former certified arborist\, with degrees in biology\, forest ecology
 \, and forest genetics. He is the principal investigator of AMAT\, the lar
 gest tree species trial in North America\, and he pioneered the developmen
 t of BC’s Climate Based Seed Transfer system for selecting seed sources 
 for reforestation\, the first of its kind in the world. He was the 2018 re
 cipient of the Climate Change Innovator award by the BC Forest Professiona
 ls Association.\n\nForested ecosystems form the lungs of our atmosphere\, 
 the liver of our streams\, the tendons of our soil\, the home to our flora
 l and faunal neighbours\, and the soul of our well-being. Climate change i
 s a game changer for our forests. Numerous reports have already linked lar
 ge-scale forest disturbance with Anthropogenic climate change. The intenti
 on of this presentation is to illustrate the relationship between trees an
 d their climatic "home" and show how climate change is impacting forests. 
 Lastly\, our speaker\, Greg O'Neill\, will make a case for “boldly going
  where no forester has gone before\,” by deconstructing the 100-year-old
  paradigm of planting local seed sources and restoring trees to their ance
 stral climate as a strategy to mitigate climate change impacts to forests.
 \n\nThis presentation will take place online via Zoom.  On the Monday pre
 ceding the event\, Nature Vancouver members will receive the Zoom link in 
 the weekly e-News.  The talk will begin at 7:30 pm.  Non-members are wel
 come and should Email zoom-request@NatureVancouver.ca between the precedin
 g Friday and Wednesday to register for the link.\n\n[caption id="attachmen
 t_23814" align="alignnone" width="800"] Greg O'Neill\, PhD\, RPF[/caption]
 \n\n[caption id="attachment_23813" align="alignnone" width="640"] AMAT tes
 t site and seed source locations[/caption]
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CATEGORIES:Conservation,Ecology,Online
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