Cedar Symposium May 24-28 2010, Victoria

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM: A TALE OF TWO CEDARS: WESTERN REDCEDAR AND YELLOW-CEDAR

24-28, May 2010

University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia

Symposium Background

This symposium will explore our current knowledge and management experience with western redcedar and yellow-cedar: two culturally, commercially, and ecologically important tree species in Alaska, British Columbia, and the Pacific Northwest.

Symposium Themes

* Cultural use and traditional knowledge

* Ecology and habitat preferences

* Physiology and adaptation to wet soils and stress

* Forest health issues

* Genetics, tree improvement and regeneration

* Management in pure and mixed-species stands

* Management strategies in a changing climate

* Wood properties and markets


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