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ESSA
Technologies produces over a hundred reports, presentations, and
publications each year. The titles listed here are only the ones
that are currently downloadable. Please contact
us if you require information about any of our many other publications,
presentations and reports.
Publications
Carlson, M. and W. Kurz. 2007. Approximating natural landscape pattern using aggregated harvest. Can. J. For. Res. 37: 1846-1853.
[PDF - 114 kb]
Provencher, L., T. Forbis, L. Frid and G. Medlyn. 2007. Comparing alternative management strategies of fire, grazing, and weed control using spatial modeling. Ecological Modelling 209: 249-263.
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Nelitz, M.A., E.A. MacIsaac and R.M. Peterman. 2007. A science-based approach for identifying temperature-sensitive streams for rainbow trout. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27: 405 – 424.
[PDF - 315 kb]
Reinhardt, E.D. and N.L. Crookston (technical editors). 2007. The Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator - January 2007 Addendum. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-116. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 208 pp.
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Robinson, D.C.E. 2007. Development of external regeneration models for FVS – another wrench in the toolkit. pp. xxx-xxx. In: N.L Crookston, and R.N. Havis (comps.). Third Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) Conference; February 13-15; 2007, Fort Collins, CO. Proceedings RMRS-P-xx. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. (In press.)
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Alexander, C.A.D., C.N. Peters, D.R. Marmorek and P. Higgins. 2006. A decision analysis of flow management experiments for Columbia River mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni ) management. Can. J. Fish Aquat. Sci. 63: 1142–1156.
[PDF - 658 kb]
Forbis, T.A., L. Provencher, L. Frid, and G. Medlyn. 2006. Great Basin land management planning using ecological modeling. Environmental Management 38(1):62-83.
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Robinson, D.C.E and B.W. Geils. 2006. Modelling dwarf mistletoe at three scales: life history, ballistics and contagion.
Ecological Modelling 199:23-28. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.06.07.
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Merzenich, J. and L. Frid. 2005. Projecting Landscape Conditions in Southern Utah Using VDDT. In: M. Bevers and T.M. Barrett (comps.). 2005. Systems Analysis in Forest Resources: Proceedings of the 2003 Symposium; October 7-9, Stevenson, WA. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-656. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. pp. 157-163.
[PDF - 315 kb]
Shlisky, A.J., R.P. Guyette and K.C. Ryan. 2005. Modeling reference conditions to restore altered fire regimes in oak-hickory-pine forests: validating coarse models with local fire history data. EastFire Conference Proceedings. George Mason University , Fairfax , VA. May 12-13, 2005.
[PDF - 66 kb]
Muir, S.J., , J.A., D.C.E. Robinson and B.W. Geils. 2004. Characterizing the effects of dwarf mistletoe and other diseases for sustainable forest management. BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 3(2):88-94.
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Beukema, S.J., W.A. Kurz, W. Klenner, J. Merzenich and M. Arbaugh. 2003. Applying TELSA to assess
alternative management scenarios. In: G.J. Arthaud and T.M. Barrett (eds.). Systems Analysis in Forest Resources. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 145-154.
[PDF - 213 kb]
Marmorek, D.R. 2003. Strengths and weaknesses of the Endangered Species Act: Some insights from the Columbia Basin. In: The World Summit on Salmon, June 10-13, 2003, Proceedings. Continuing Studies in Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. pp. 299-309.
[PDF - 683 kb]
Merzenich, J.,
W.A. Kurz, S. Beukema, M. Arbaugh, and S. Schilling. 2003.
Determining forest fuel treatments for
the Bitterroot front using VDDT. In: G.J. Arthaud and T.M. Barrett (eds.). Systems Analysis in Forest Resources. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 47-59.
[PDF - 210 kb]
Murray, C. and D.R. Marmorek. 2003. Adaptive Management and Ecological Restoration. In: P. Friederici (ed.). Ecological Restoration of Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests. Ecological Restoration Institute, Flagstaff, AZ. pp. 417-428.
[PDF - 150 kb]
Reinhardt, E.D. and N.L. Crookston (technical editors). 2003. The Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator. Gen.Tech Rep. RMRS-GTR-116. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 209 pp.
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Greenough, J.A.,
S.J. Beukema, D.C.E. Robinson, W.A. Kurz, N. Densmore, R. Winter
and B. Snowdon. 2002. Prognosis
EI: A detailed watershed-level environmental indicators model.
pp.122-125. In: N.L Crookston, and R.N. Havis (comps.). Second
Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) Conference; February 12-14, 2002,
Fort Collins, CO. Proceedings RMRS-P-25. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
208 pp.
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Robinson,
D.C.E., B.W. Geils and J.A. Muir. 2002. Spatial
statistical model for the spread and intensification of dwarf mistletoe
within and between stands. pp.178-185. In: N.L Crookston,
and R.N. Havis (comps.). Second Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS)
Conference; February 12-14, 2002, Fort Collins, CO. Proceedings
RMRS-P-25. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
Rocky Mountain Research Station. 208 pp.
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Barrett, T.M.
2001. Models
of vegetation change for landscape planning: a comparison of FETM,
LANDSUM, SIMPPLLE, and VDDT. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-76-WWW.
Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky
Mountain Research Station. 14 p.
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Beukema, S.J. and
C.B. Pinkham. 2001. Vegetation
pathway diagrams for the Morice and Lakes Innovative Forest Practices
Agreement. Report IFPA No 451.01. 76 pp.
[PDF - off site]
Daniel, C.J.
2001. Developing a Regional Caribbean Coastal
Resource Information System: The Inside Story. A paper delivered
at the URISA 2001 Caribbean GIS Conference, September 9-12, 2001,
Montego Bay, Jamaica. Urban and Regional Information Systems Association,
Illinois, USA.
[PDF - 205 kb]
Deriso,
R.B., D.R. Marmorek, and I.J. Parnell. 2001. Retrospective
Patterns of Differential Mortality and Common Year Effects Experienced
by Spring Chinook of the Columbia River. Can. J. Fish. Aquat.
Sci. 58(12): 2419-2430
[PDF - 774 kb]
Hann, W.J. and
D.L. Bunnell. 2001. Fire
and land management planning and implementation across multiple
scales. International Journal of Wildland Fire 10:389-403.
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Marmorek, D.R.
and C.N. Peters. 2001. Finding
a PATH towards scientific collaboration: insights from the Columbia
River Basin. Conservation Ecology 5(2): 8.
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Peters, C.N.
and D.R. Marmorek. 2001.Application
of decision analysis to evaluate recovery actions for threatened
Snake River spring and summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 58(12): 2431-2446.
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Peters, C.N.,
D.R. Marmorek, and R.B Deriso. 2001. Application
of decision analysis to evaluate recovery actions for threatened
Snake River fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 58(12): 2447-2458.
[PDF - 1.57 mb]
Arbaugh, M.J.,
S. Schilling, J. Merzenich and J.W. van Wagtendon. 2000. A
test of the strategic fuels management model VDDT using historical
data from Yosemite National Park. In: L.F. Neuenschwander
and K.C. Ryan (tech. eds.). Proc. Joint Fire Sci. Conf. and Workshop,
Vol II. Univ Idaho and Int. Assoc. Wildland Fire. pp. 85-89.
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Beukema,
S.J. 2000. TELSA:
A strategic planning tool for ecosystem management. 2000 ESRI
International User Conference.
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Klenner, W.,
W.A. Kurz and S.J. Beukema. 2000. Habitat
patterns in forested landscapes: management practices and the uncertainty
associated with natural disturbances. Computers and Electronics
in Agriculture 27: 243-262.
[PDF - 337 kb]
Kurz, W.A.,
S.J. Beukema, W. Klenner, J.A. Greenough, D.C.E. Robinson, A.D.
Sharpe and T.M. Webb. 2000. TELSA:
the Tool for Exploratory Landscape Scenario Analyses. Computers
and Electronics in Agriculture 27: 227-242.
[PDF - 541 kb]
Weise, D.R.,
R. Kimberlin, M. Arbaugh, J. Chew, G. Jones, J. Merzenich, J.W.
van Wagtendonk and M. Wiitala. 2000. A
risk-based comparison of potential fuel treatment trade-off models.
In: L.F. Neuenschwander and K.C. Ryan (tech. eds.). Proc.
Joint Fire Sci. Conf. and Workshop, Vol II. Univ. Idaho and Int.
Assoc. Wildland Fire. pp. 96-102.
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Merzenich,
J., W.A. Kurz, S.J. Beukema, M. Arbaugh and S. Schilling. 1999.
Long-range modelling of stochastic disturbances
and management treatments using VDDT and TELSA. Proceedings:
Society of American Foresters National Convention: Landscape Analysis
Session. Portland, Oregon. Sep 14, 1999.
[PDF - 140 kb]
Beukema, S.J.
and W.A. Kurz. 1998. Chapter 2: How to use the Western Root
Disease Model, Version 3.0. pp. 11-86. In: Frankel, S.J.
(ed.). User's Guide to the Western Root Disease Model, Version 3.0.
General Tech. Rept. PSW-GTR-165. Pacific Southwest Research Station,
Forest Service, United States Dept. of Agriculture, Albany, CA.
164 pp.
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TOC - www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/gtr-165/gtr-165-cover.pdf
Content - www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/gtr-165/gtr-165-content.pdf
Beukema,
S.J., W.A. Kurz and S. Greenough. 1998. Chapter 4: Detailed
model description. pp. 99-128. In: Frankel, S.J. (ed.). User's
Guide to the Western Root Disease Model, Version 3.0. General Tech.
Rept. PSW-GTR-165. Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service,
United States Dept. of Agriculture, Albany, CA. 164 pp.
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TOC - www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/gtr-165/gtr-165-cover.pdf
Content - www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/gtr-165/gtr-165-content.pdf
Beukema,
S.J., W.A. Kurz and J. McLaughlin. 1998. Chapter 6: Root disease
and the Western Root Disease Model in British Columbia. pp. 139-145. In: Frankel,
S.J. (ed.). User's Guide to the Western Root Disease Model, Version
3.0. General Tech. Rept. PSW-GTR-165. Pacific Southwest Research
Station, Forest Service, United States Dept. of Agriculture, Albany,
CA. 164 pp.
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TOC - www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/gtr-165/gtr-165-cover.pdf
Content - www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/gtr-165/gtr-165-content.pdf
Marmorek,
D.R., G. Lacroix, J. Korman, I. Parnell, and W.D. Watt.
1998. Assessing the impacts of acidification
on Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar): a simple model of stream
chemistry. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 55(9): 2117-2126.
[PDF - 150 kb]
Peterman, R.M.
and C.N. Peters. 1998. Decision
analysis: taking uncertainties into account in forest resource management.
In: Sit, V. and B. Taylor (eds.). 1998. Statistical Methods
for Adaptive Management Studies. Res. Br., B.C. Min. For., Victoria,
B.C. Land Manage. Handb. No. 42
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Beukema, S.J.,
J.A. Greenough, D.C.E. Robinson, W.A. Kurz, E.D. Reinhardt, N.L.
Crookston, and A.R. Stage. 1997. An
introduction to the fire and fuels extension to FVS. pp. 191-195.
In: R. Teck, M. Moeur, and J. Adams (eds.). Proceedings:
Forest Vegetation Simulator Conference. 1997 February 3-7, Fort
Collins, CO. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-373. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department
of Agriculture. Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station.
222 pp.
[PDF - 737 kb]
Beukema,
S.J., J.A. Greenough, D.C.E. Robinson, W.A. Kurz, E.L. Smith, and
B.B. Eav. 1997. The
westwide pine beetle model: a spatially-explicit contagion model.
pp. 126-130. In: R. Teck, M. Moeur, and J. Adams (eds.).
Proceedings: Forest Vegetation Simulator Conference. 1997 February
3-7, Fort Collins, CO. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-373. Ogden, UT: U.S.
Department of Agriculture. Forest Service, Intermountain Research
Station. 222 pp.
[PDF - 1.6 mb]
Price, D.T.,
D.H. Halliwell, M.J. Apps, W.A. Kurz, and S.R. Curry. 1997.
Comprehensive assessment of carbon stocks and
fluxes in a Boreal-Cordilleran forest management unit. Can.
J. For. Res. 27: 2005-2016.
[PDF - 150 kb]
Robinson,
D.C.E., W.A. Kurz, J.C. Pollack, and I. Listar. 1997. Exploring
partial harvesting options in the Nelson Forest Region, British
Columbia. pp. 206-212. In: R. Teck, M. Moeur, and J.
Adams (eds.). Proceedings: Forest Vegetation Simulator Conference.
1997 February 3-7, Fort Collins, CO. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-373.
Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service, Intermountain
Research Station. 222 pp.
[PDF - 3.1 mb]
Hawksworth,
F.G., J.C. Williams-Cipriani, B.B. Eav, B.G. Geils, R.R. Johnson,
M.A. Marsden, J.S. Beatty, G.D. Shubert and D.C.E. Robinson. 1995. Dwarf
Mistletoe Impact Modeling System: User's Guide and Reference Manual.
USDA Forest Service, Forest Pest Management, Methods Applications
Group. Fort Collins, Colorado. Report MAG-95-2. 120 pp.
[PDF - off site]
Presentations
Frid, L., L. Provencher, E. York, G. Green and K. Bryan. 2008. Adapting LANDFIRE vegetation
models for restoration planning. Poster presented at the Association for Fire Ecology Regional Conference, Tuscon, AZ, January 28-31, 2008.
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Hawkes, B.C., S.W. Taylor, C. Stockdale, T.L. Shore, S.J. Beukema and D.C.E. Robinson. 2005. Predicting mountain pine beetle impacts on lodgepole pine stands and woody debris characteristics in a mixed severity fire regime using PrognosisBC and the Fire and Fuels Extension. pp. 123-135. In: Lagene, L., J. Zelnik, S. Cadwallader and B. Hughes (eds.). Mixed Severity Fire Regimes: Ecology and Management. November 17-19, 2004, Spokane, Washington. Washington State University Coop Extension Service/The Association for Fire Ecology, Pullman, Washington, Vol. AFE MISC03.
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Murray, C. and D.R. Marmorek. 2004. Adaptive Management: A science-based approach to managing ecosystems in the face of uncertainty. In: Munro, N.W.P., T.B. Herman, K. Beazley and P. Dearden (eds.). Making ecosystem-based management work. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Science and Management of Protected Areas, Victoria, BC, May, 2003. Wolfville, Nova Scotia: Science and Management of Protected Areas Association. Chapter 8, Ecosystem Based Management (Terrestrial), Paper #9. Available on CD or from: www.sampaa.org/proceedings.htm
[PDF - 150 kb]
Murray, C. and D.R. Marmorek. 2004. Adaptive Management: A spoonful of rigour helps the uncertainty go down. In: Proceedings of the 16th Annual Society for Ecological Restoration Conference, Victoria, BC, August 24-26, 2004. Currently available on CD; available soon from: www.serbc.info/public/ser_seminar
[PDF - 150 kb]
Alexander, C.A.D. 2003.The Okanagan Fish-Water Management (OKFWM) Tool: balancing water objectives in real time. Powerpoint Presentation. In: Proceedings for Making Ecosystem Connections: Partnerships for a Restored Okanagan Basin Habitat. June 22-24, 2003. Penticton Lakeside Resort. Hosted by Canadian Okanagan Basin Technical Working Group.
[PPS - 678kb]
Alexander, C.A.D., P. Higgins, D.R. Marmorek
and C.N. Peters. 2002. A Decision
Analysis of Adaptive Management Experiments for Columbia River Whitefish
Management. A PowerPoint Presentation prepared for BC Hydro.
[PPT - 296 kb]
Marmorek,
D.R., C.N. Peters, I.J. Parnell and C.A.D. Alexander. 2002.
Using Decision Analysis to Resolve Multi-objective
Resource Management Problems. A PowerPoint Presentation.
[PPT - 329 kb]
Robinson,
D.C.E., G.W. Geils and J.A. Muir. 2002. A
Spatial Statistical Model for the Spread of Dwarf Mistletoe Within
and Between Stands. PowerPoint Presentation by ESSA Technologies
Ltd. at the Second Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) Conference;
February 12-14, 2002, Fort Collins, CO.
[PDF - 1.7 mb]
Murray,
C.L. and C.J. Daniel. 2000. Key Factors
in Building Successful Environmental Information Systems in Developing
Countries. Case Study: A Relational/Spatial Application for
Environmental Monitoring Data. A paper delivered by ESSA Technologies
Ltd. at the Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab
Region & Europe Electronic Conference on Sustainable Development
Information Systems (SDIS), 19-28 June 2000.
[PDF - 250 kb]
Beukema, S.J., E.D. Reinhardt, W.A. Kurz and N.L. Crookston. 1999. An overview of the fire and fuels extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator. Unpublished paper presented at the Joint Fire Sciences Workshop, Boise, ID. June 1999. 6 pp.
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Reports
Robinson, D.C.E., S.J. Beukema and L.A. Greig. 2008. Vegetation models and climate change: workshop results. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., for Western Wildlands Threat Assessment Center, USDA Forest Service, Prineville, OR. 50 pp.
[PDF - 330 kb]
Beukema, S.J., D.C.E. Robinson and L.A. Greig. 2007. Forests, insects & pathogens and climate change: workshop report. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., for Western Wildlands Threat Assessment Center, USDA Forest Service, Prineville, OR. 39 pp.
[PDF - 615 kb]
ESSA Technologies Ltd. 2007. Development of a climate-driven Forest Vegetation Simulator: the Priest River Experimental Forest workshop results. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., for Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Moscow, ID and the Forest Management Service Center, USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO. 14 pp.
[PDF - 364 kb]
ESSA Technologies Ltd. 2007. Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool User Guide, Version 6.0. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC. 196 pp.
[PDF - 3.5 mb]
Martin, B., D. Hanna, N. Korb and L. Frid. 2007. Decision Analysis of Alternative Invasive Weed Management Strategies for Three Montana Landscapes. Prepared by The Nature Conservancy of Montana, Helena, MT and ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC. 34 pp.
[PDF - 873 kb]
Murray, C.M. 2007. General Decision Process for Managing Invasive Plant Species in Garry Oak and Associated Ecosystems (GOEs). Prepared for the Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team and The Nature Conservancy of Canada. 8 pp.
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Wilmshurst, J.F., R. Walton and L. Frid. 2007. TELSA model development 2005-2007: A report to Grasslands National Park of Canada May 25, 2007. Parks Canada Agency, Western & Northern Service Center, Winnipeg, MB. 49 pp.
[PDF - 12 mb]
Frid, L. 2006. Decision analysis to evaluate control strategies for crested wheatgrass in Grasslands National Park of Canada. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC for Parks Canada, Winnipeg, MB. 21 pp.
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Marmorek, D.R., D.C.E. Robinson, C. Murray and L. Greig. 2006. Enabling Adaptive Forest Management – Final Report. Prepared for the National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC. 94 pp.
[PDF - 616 kb]
Nelitz, M., C. Murray, M. Porter, and D.R. Marmorek. 2006. Managing Pacific salmon for ecosystem values: Ecosystem indicators and the wild salmon policy. Final report prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC. for Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council, Vancouver, BC.
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ESSA Technologies Ltd. 2005. TELSA - Tool for Exploratory Landscape Scenario Analyses: User’s Guide Version 3.3. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC. 236 pp.
[PDF - 4.2 mb]
ESSA Technologies Ltd. 2005. TELSA: Tool for Exploratory Landscape Scenario Analyses,
Model Description, Version 3.3. Vancouver, BC. 50 pp.
[PDF - 511 kb]
Beukema, S.J. and D.C.E. Robinson. 2004. Modelling Mountain Pine Beetle in the Chilcotin using the Westwide Pine Beetle Model. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC for the Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, BC. 21 pp.
[PDF - 474 kb]
Marmorek, D.R., I.J. Parnell, M. Porter, C. Pinkham, C.A.D. Alexander, C.N. Peters, J. Hubble, C.M. Paulsen and T.R. Fisher. 2004. A Multiple Watershed Approach to Assessing the Effects of Habitat Restoration Actions on Anadromous and Resident Fish Populations. Prepared for Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon. 420 pp.
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Marmorek, D.R.
and I. Parnell. 2002. Cheakamus River
Water Use Plan - Report of the Consultative Committee. Prepared
by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC on behalf of the Cheakamus
River Water Use Plan Consultative Committee, Vancouver, BC. 234
pp.
[PDF - 206 kb]
Murray, C. and
R.K. Jones. 2002. Adaptive
Management Strategy for the Decision Support Tool to Address Invasive
Species in Garry Oak and Associated Ecosystems. Prepared by
ESSA Technologies Ltd. and R. Keith Jones & Associates, Victoria,
B.C. for the GOERT Invasive Species Steering Committee, Victoria.
8 pp.
[PDF - off site]
Murray, C.L., D.
Abraham and C.J. Daniel. 2002. Protected
Areas Overview Application, Version 2.0: User's Guide. Prepared
by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC for the British Columbia
Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks. 15 pp.
[PDF - 2.3 mb]
Robinson, D.C.E. 2000. Prognosis Southeast Interior (SEI 2.0) geographic variant description. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC for the BC Ministry of Forests, Victoria, BC. 48 pp.
[PDF - 820 kb]
Robinson, D.C.E.,
G.D. Sutherland and W.A. Kurz. 2000. Simulating
the effects of dwarf mistletoe in coastal western hemlock stands.
Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC for BC Ministry
of Forests, Victoria, BC. 44 pp.
[PDF - 3.2 mb]
Pinkham, C.
and C.A.D. Alexander. 1999. MERCI:
Management and Evaluation of River Catch Information - User's Guide:
Draft. Prepared for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans by
ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC. 110 pp.
[PDF- 844 kb]
Greenough, J.A.,
D.C.E. Robinson, W.A. Kurz, S.J. Beukema, N. Densmore, R. Winter,
and B. Snowdon. 1999. Use
of the Prognosis EI Model in Balancing Timber and Environmental
Values at the Watershed-level. 30 pp.
[PDF- 3.4 mb]
Kurz, W.A.
1999. Assessing options for measurement
of verifiable changes in carbon stocks from reforestation, afforestation,
and deforestation and other potential forestry activities. Prepared
by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC for National Sinks Issues
Table, Environment Canada, Hull, PQ. 42 pp.
[PDF - 312 kb]
Kurz, W.A.,
S.J. Beukema and D.C.E. Robinson. 1999. Simulating
root disease impacts in selected ecosystems in the Kamloops and
Nelson Forest regions. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver,
BC for Forest Health Unit, Forest Site Management Section, Forest
Practices Branch, BC Ministry of Forests, Victoria, BC. 56 pp.
[PDF - 4.3 mb]
Robinson, D.C.E.
1999. An Assessment of the
Value of Landsat Imagery for the Most Similar Neighbour Procedure:
West Arm Demonstration Forest Case Study. Prepared by ESSA Technologies
Ltd., Vancouver, BC for the British Columbia Ministry of Forests,
Victoria, BC. 13 pp.
[PDF - 418kb]
Robinson, D.C.E.,
W.A. Kurz, and C. Pinkham. 1999. Estimating
the carbon losses from deforestation in Canada. Prepared by
ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC for National Climate Change
Secretariat, Ottawa, Ontario. 81 pp.
[PDF - 734 kb]
Robinson, D.C.E. and W.A. Kurz. 1998. Analysis of the Prognosis Regeneration Establishment Model Behaviour with BC Regeneration Data. Prepared by ESSA Technologies Ltd., Vancouver, BC for the BC Ministry of Forests, Victoria, BC. 42 pp.
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