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Accelerated delivery and selection of weevil resistant sitka spruce / David Cyr
Accessible forest planning tools / Carey Lockwood
Action plan for economic development Cowichan Lake area / George Hanson
Active control of vibration in wood machining for wood recovery / George Wang
Airborne remote sensing of suspended sediment in streams / Arthur Roberts
Alternative forest products: inventory and management strategies for the Sunshine Coast Forest District / Fidel Fogarty
Alternative harvesting on visually sensitive lake viewscapes / Eric Phillips
Alternative thawing regimes and associated handling procedures for freezer-stored planting stock / Robert D. Guy
Alternate timber supply analyses of the Vanderhoof sub-regional planning area: background report to GIS-linked spatial modeling assessment of biodiversity emphasis options / Robert Kennett
Analysis of the forest industry in the Creston Valley / Creston Area Economic Development Society
Analyzing trends in ecological changes in backcountry campsites / Ron Rutledge
Annotated bibliography and database of community and economic development research relating to forestry and forest products in British Columbia / Pierce Lefebvre Consulting
Annual update on population ecology of badgers in the East Kootenay / Nancy J. Newhouse and Trevor A. Kinley
Asexual propagation of trembling aspen (populus tremuloides) / Timothy Conlin
Assessing the controls on soil-n cycling rates and microbial dynamics in CWH ecosystems to develope a computer based soil model applicable to forest management / J.P. (Hamish) Kimmins
Assessing impacts of forest and range management practices on identified wildlife species in the Cariboo Region / Michaela Waterhouse
Assessment tool: how to assess the climate of support for members doing business in your community / John McBride
Avalanche chute mapping using air photos : mapping and rating avalanche chutes for grizzly bears in the Kootenay Region of British Columbia / Garth Mowat
Avalanche paths in TFL 14 : inventory, description, classification and management, final report to Crestbrook Forest Industries Inc. / Michael S. Quinn and James Phillips
Backcountry recreation and mountain goats : a proposed research and adaptive management plan / Steven F. Wilson and D.M. Shackleton
Bat usage of the Weymer Creek Cave Systems on northern Vancouver Island / Martin Davis
Bibliography of community and economic development research relating to forestry and forest products in British Columbia / Forest Renewal BC
Bighorn in our backyard communities working for wildlife : Radium-Stoddart bighorn winter range monitoring and restoration program results 2000-2001 / B. Swann
Biodiversity of Coleoptera associated with interior Douglas-fir / Geoffrey Scudder
Biological control of Calamagrostis canadensis with native pathogenic fungi and deleterious rhizobacteria / Donna E. Macey
Biology, damage assessment and integrated pest management of wood borers in the interior of B.C. / Jerry Carlson
The biology and life history of Schizoempodium mesophyllincola: a new species of eriophyoid mite associated with folair bronzing of Populus trichocarpa and its hybrids / Anthony Edward Hunt
Biology of the spruce weevil Pissodes strobi Peck. in a reciprocal cross plantation at the Kalamalka Forestry Station / John A. McLean
Biophysical structuring of habitats in riparian ecosystems: effects of forest practices / Joseph Daniel Ackerman
Breeding bird survey program in Tree Farm License #14, Invermere Forest District, British Columbia, 1999 / Robert S. Ferguson
Breeding bird survey program in Tree Farm Licence #14, Invermere Forest District, British Columbia, 2000 / R.S. Ferguson
Burns Lake and district fibre retention strategy / Synergy Management Group
Business plan for Kitselas Forest Products Limited / J.M. Taylor Ltd.
Business plan for the production and marketing of wild huckleberry products at Little Shuswap Lake, British Columbia / Bob Isbister & Associates
Business plan: Sk'ain Ventures Ltd. / Kenuc'entwec Development Corporation
Campbell Creek industrial park - wood drying facility feasibility study / Advanced Technology Centre
Carbon dioxide and water vapour exchange above a representative coastal BC forest / T.A. Black
Cavity-nesters: habitat and landscape relationships and the effects of silvicultural systems at Opax Mt. / Walt Klenner
Central Selkirk caribou project : annual report / Nanuq Consulting Ltd.
Central Selkirk caribou project : annual report, October 1997 to April 1998 / Dennis Hamilton
Central Selkirk caribou project : annual report, April 1998 to March 1999 / Dennis Hamilton
Characteristics of early-winter caribou feeding sites in the Southern Purcell Mountains, British Columbia / Trevor A. Kinley
Characterization and utilization of woodwaste ash : a burning question / Todd W. Whitcombe
Chipmunks in the Kootenays : red-tailed chipmunk subspecies simulans / Michael A. Panian
Classification and management of wetland riparian ecosystems / Will Mackenzie
Classification of avalanche chutes in the Albert River drainage / Brad Park and Sheri Petrovcic
Classification of morphology and habitat in high gradient headwater streams in west coast ecosystems / Michael Church
Coeur D'alene salamander (Plethodon idahoensis) in Southeastern British Columbia / I.A. Ohanjanian
Coeur D'alene salamander (Plethodon idahoensis) in the operating area of Wynndell Box and Lumber Company Ltd. / I.A. Ohanjanian
Coeur D'alene salamander (Plethodon idahoensis) inventory / I.A. Ohanjanian
Commercial thinning with cable systems in coastal second-growth western hemlock stands / Marvin Clark
Community forest opportunity in the boundary region / Christina Medley
Community participation and decision-making in the new forest economy / Greg Halseth
Comparison of the patterns of natural disturbances and harvesting and their impact on stand structure and dynamics in coastal and interior cedar-hemlock forests of southern British Columbia / Andre Arsenault
Comparison of three residual distributions of conifers for enhancing ungulate forage and timber values : interim report February 2001 / T.J. Ross
Comparison of three residual distributions of conifers for enhancing ungulate forage and timber values : interim report December 2001 / T.J. Ross
Computer-based decision support tools for biosolids recycling/fertilization in forests: final report to Forest Renewal British Columbia / D. Rowell and J.P. (Hamish) Kimmins
Computer support system for making regeneration cutting and tree species selection in B.C.'s forests / Karel Klinka
Concept implementation plan: Cranbrook value added park shared-use facility and manufacturing centre / Community Futures Development Corporation of Cranbrook
Creating a climate of support for aboriginal entrepreneurs in the K/KTC bands / Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Tribal Council
Creating a climate of support for Fort Nelson First Nation entrepreneurs / John McBride and Ray Gerow
Creston-Yahk moose winter habitat analysis / Robert Halko, Keith Hebert and Stephen Halko
Daily caribou movements and forest cover use / Don Roy
Debris flow initiation potential in gullies / Thomas Millard
A decision-support system for evaluation of mixed wood landscape sustainability / J.P. (Hamish) Kimmins
Deer winter range habitat use along the Arrow Lakes, southeastern British Columbia, 1999-2000 / K.G. Poole, B. Park and G. Mowat
Deer winter range habitat use along the Arrow Lakes, southeastern British Columbia, 2000-2001 progress report / K.G. Poole, G. Mowat and B. Park
Deer winter range use and habitat associations within TFL #3 : final report / Rob D'Eon
A degree day hazard rating system for white pine weevil for the interior of British Columbia / Brian Sieben
Detection of unseen forest fires / Khaled Abdolall
Development and calibration of the spatially -explicit model SORTIE for northern interior cedar-hemlock forests / Dave Coates
Development of certified forestry applications using compact airborne spectrographic imager (cast) data / Nick Smith
Development of DNA based pollen contribution assays in conifers / Craig Newton
Development of an ecologically based, integrated management regime for pests of immature lodgepole pine, with emphasis on the lodgepole terminal weevil, Pissodes terminalis / Lorraine Maclauchlan and Julie Brooks
Development of guidelines for managing density, proximity and species composition in birch/conifer mixtures in the southern interior: a retrospective approach / Suzanne Simard
Development of improved seed and vegetative propagule delivery mechanisms / Jack Woods
Development of a predictive model and control strategy for larch needle cast: pilot study/problem analysis / Reed Radley
Development of a preliminary habitat assessment and planning tool for mountain caribou in southeast British Columbia / Clayton D. Apps and Trevor A. Kinley
Development of time domain reflectometry techniques for the reliable and accurate measurement of water in forest soils and organic debris / Nigel J. Livingston
Development proposal for a wood innovation centre / Peter Moonen Communications
Didaht First Nation: shingle mill enterprise feasibility study / Heath J. Krevesky
Distribution and genetic connectivity of tailed frog populations / Linda A. Dupuis
Distribution of Ascaphus Montanus in the Yahk River and neighbouring watersheds / Ascaphus Consulting
Distribution of freshwater fish species / Art Tautz
Disturbance impacts on key processes in high elevation forests: a multiscale approach / Gary Bradfield
DNA mark-recapture methods for inventory of grizzly bear populations in British Columbia : Elk Valley (1996) case study / John Boulanger
Do log sort yards benefit the value added forest products industry in B.C.? / Christian Schadendorf
East Kootenay badger project : 1996/97 year-end summary report / Nancy Newhouse
East Kootenay badger project : 1997/98 year-end summary report / Nancy J. Newhouse
East Kootenay badger project : 1998/99 year-end summary report / Nancy J. Newhouse
East Kootenay Trench Restoration Program: a stand and landscape level fire and successional modeling system for ponderosa pine and interior Douglas-fir forests - final report / Steve Taylor
Ecological assessment of old growth structures in old seral patches near Creston : the interior cedar-hemlock / J.J. Quesnel and H.D. Pinnell
Ecological significance of remnant forest patches within SBS plateau landscapes: diversity, abundance, and habitat relationships of forest birds and mammals / Kenneth Parker
Ecology and management of Douglas-fir at the northern limits of its range: a problem analysis and interim management strategy / Elaine Oneil...[et al.]
Ecology and management of northern forest soils: an international workshop - final report / Megan D'Arcy
Ecology of American badgers near their range limit in southeastern British Columbia / Nancy J. Newhouse
Ecology of tailed frogs and the effects of forest practices / John Richardson
Ecology of the western toad (Bufo boreas) in forested areas on Vancouver Island / Patrick T. Gregory
Economic development strategy: Cowichan region / Urban Systems
Ectomycorrhizal sporocarps in old growth forests in the coastal western hemlock (CWHvm) subzone of Seymour Watershed, Vancouver, B.C. / Sharmin Gamiet
Effect of climate on radial growth of B.C. coastal conifers / Dan Smith
Effects of block edges and patch retention on vegetation in the SBSmc / Philip Burton
Effects of forest fragmentation on nesting success of riparian and upland forest-breeding birds / James N.M. Smith
Effects of forest harvesting and site restoration practices on soil productivity in montane alternative silviculture system trials (MASS) / John P. Senyk
Effects of forestry on grizzly bear habitat use, population growth, and population persistence / Robert B. Wielgus and Wayne L. Wakkinen
Effects of logging roads and road deactivation on surface erosion and hydrology / Patrick Teti
Effects of partial cutting on incidence and damage by Armillaria root disease / Duncan J. Morrison
Effects of riparian buffer strips on avian communities in coastal forests / Susan Shirley
Effects of riparian management strategies on the hydrology of small streams in the Takla region of British Columbia / Pierre Beaudry
Effects of silvicultural systems on arthropod community structure: the effect of patch retention as biodiversity refugia / B. Staffan Lindgren
Effects of soil compaction and organic matter retention on long-term nutrient supply / Jocelito Arocena
Effects of ultraviolet radiation on stream ecosystems and its links to forestry activities / Max L. Bothwell
Elucidating a resistance mechanism in spruce to the terminal weevil (Pissodes strobi): development of a rapid method for identifying weevil resistant spruce trees / John Manville
Employment and labour force characteristics associated with the Watershed Restoration Program / Randy Sunderman
Environmental monitoring in Tembec's tree farm licence no. 14 : breeding bird surveys, the first three years (1999-2001) / Robert S. Ferguson
Equipment maintenance seminar: Nicola Tribal Association / Hayes Forest Services
Estimating forest patterns and structures from airborne digital remote sensing imagery / Arthur Roberts
Estimating marten population size and distribution using hair catpure and DNA fingerprinting in the Central Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia : final report / Garth Mowat and David Paetkau
Estimating population size of grizzly bears using hair capture and DNA fingerprinting in the Central Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia / Garth Mowat and Curtis Strobeck
The experience of small scale forest based enterprises in northern BC communities / Heather Myers
Evaluation of a biocontrol technique for root disease caused by Armillaria ostoyae / Bill Chapman
Evaluation of chop saw optimizing and operating strategies in BC added-value sector / Centre for Advanced Wood Processing, University of British Columbia
Evolution of the North American home building industry: an opportunity for value added manufacturing investment in BC / Ernst & Young
Experiential methods in landscape assessment for forest resource planning and management / Susan Dakin
Feasibility analysis of forest products business opportunities / J.M. Taylor Ltd.
Feasibility assessment of native plant and hybrid poplar nursery/grow site / Ference Weicker & Company
Feasibility study: Siska Indians Band wood waste businesses, phase 1 / All Nations Development Corporation
FFIP-MM -- Fish forestry interaction program management model : draft user's guide / ESSA Technologies
Final report for Kenna Cartwright Park restoration / Catherine Tarasoff
- executive summary
- list of appendices
- appendix 1
- appendix 2
- appendix 3
- appendix 4
- appendix 5
- appendix 6
Fire history and ecology of interior Douglas-fir forests in B.C. / M.C. Feller and K. Klinka
Fish-forest interactions with eulachons and herring: elemental analysis (forestry impact issues concerning euclachons, herring and other key aquaitc species relative to biodiversity and first nations interests) / Doug Hay
Fish forestry interaction project -- management model (FFIP-MM): preliminary model description and an application to Carnation Creek, British Columbia / Clint A.D Alexander, Timothy M. Webb, David R. Marmorek
Forecasting impacts on environmental indicators in forest watersheds / Nancy Densmore
Forest management impacts on hydrological processes in watersheds: a modeling study / John Nelson and Frank Heinzelmann
Forest Products Society "Value-Added Wood Products" Industry Focus Session: final report / J. David Barrett
Forest sector profile for Sayward / John Caswell
Forestry-based community sustainability auditing / Gerald Walter
Forestry development feasibility assessment: Village of Hazelton / Lions Gate Consulting
Frankia spore type distribution in southwestern B.C. / Chris Chanway
FRBC Library Consortium Access Project: comprehensive strategy - final project review / Susanne E. Barker
Genetic diversity in minor B.C. species / Yousry El-Kassaby
Genetic engineering of sterility in Picea: year one final report, May 1, 1996-April 30, 1997 / Dave Ellis and Margarita Gilbert
Genetic enhancement of blister rust resistance in western white pine / Peng Li, Craig Newton and Ben Sutton
Genetic relationships among wood quality, growth rates and seedling physiology in interior lodgepole pine / Sally Aitken
Genetics of mountain hemlock / Yousry El-Kassaby
Genome mapping and marker-assisted selection for tree improvement / John E. Carlson
Geosynthetics for soil stabilization / Jonathan Fannin
Global modeling of wood drying in radio frequency/vacuum kilns: final report and user workshop report / Wolfgang Hoefer
GPS radiotelemetry error and bias in mountainous terrain / Robert G. D'Eon, Graham Smith and Christopher O. Kochanny
Grizzly bear habitat and population fragmentation in the Central Selkirk Mountains and surrounding region of southeast British Columbia / Michael Proctor
Grizzly bear habitat in the South Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia / G. Mowat, D. Fear and K.G. Poole
Grohman/Baldface Creek wildlife habitat inventory / Kris Hurlburt, Garth Mowat and Dave Stanley
Grohman - Baldface watershed : using remotely sensed and geographic information system data to support wildlife habitat inventory / G. Smith
Growth and yield studies of partially-cut Fdi stands in the Merrit TSA / J.S. Thrower and Associates.
Habitat associations of American badgers in Southeast British Columbia / C.D. Apps, N.J. Newhouse and T.A. Kinley
Habitat classification in the Kootenay Mountain Region of British Columbia : a comparison of remote sensing methods / Elizabeth Elaine Dickson
Habitat mapping pilot project : Hoder Creek Drainage, TFL#3 / Rob D'Eon
Habitat modeling for American badgers in the East Kootenay Region of British Columbia / Clayton D. Apps and Nancy J. Newhouse
Habitat requirements of marbled murrelets on Vancouver Island and the effects of forest harvest practices / Alan Burger
Habitat requirements of vulnerable char populations / Gordon Haas
Habitat selection and seasonal movements by mule deer in the Lemon Creek drainage, Sotheastern British Columbia, 1999-2000 / Kim G. Poole, Rob Serrouya and Rob D'Eon
Habitat selection by moose in the East Kootenay : 2001-2002 progress report / K.G. Poole and K. Stuart-Smith
Habitat use by bats in the Nimpkish Valley / Scott Grindal
Haida Gwaii cedar oil production project / Skidegate Forestry Society
Hardwood product manufacturing in the interior of British Columbia: a proposed model for production and results of an aspen milling trial / John Johnston
Hazelton natural resource strategy: cluster assessment / Lions Gate Consulting
Hazelton natural resource strategy: current situation assessment / Lions Gate Consulting
Hazelton natural resource strategy: marketing plan / Lions Gate Consulting
High-elevation site-productivity study / Karel Klinka
High resolution topographic mapping using airborne laser scanning technology / John E. Barker
Hydraulic refugia of stream organisms from floods / John Richardson
Identification of important commercial broadleaf tree pests / John Henigman
Impact of changing disturbance regimes and patch size on stand structure of interior and coastal high-elevation forests / Roberta Parish
The impact of commercial thinning on genetic/species diversity / Yousry El-Kassaby
Impact of vine maple on forest soils, nutrient cycling and growth of conifers in southwestern BC forests / Margaret Schmidt
Impacts of winter harvesting practices on the snowpack profile and its thermal qualities, on soil micro-climate, on soil organisms, and on soil processes / Rhian Evans et al.
Implications of stand structure and landscape patterns: the northern flying squirrel as a test species / Katherine L. Parker
Improved propagation of yellow cedar from seed: mechanisms underlying dormancy and approaches to improve germination / Allison Kermode
Index of old-growthness for two BEC variants in the Nelson Forest Region : final report / Rachel F. Holt, T.F. Braumandl and D.J. Mackillop
Indian River Valley forest tourism stewardship and development plan / Tsleil-Waututh First Nation
Inferring the response of berry-producing shrubs to partial cutting in the ICHmc / Philip J. Burton
Influence of commercial thinning on flying squirrel populations in spotted owl conservation areas (SOCA's) / Thomas Sullivan
Influence of initial spacing on wood quality of western hemlock, western red cedar and Douglas-fir / Simon Ellis
Influence of silvicultural systems and diversionary foods on vole populations and damage to forest plantations / Thomas Sullivan
Influences of riparian reserve strips and insect defoliation on instream temperature regimes and fish biodiversity / Max Blouw
Influences of the size of riparian reserve strips on stress and immunological function, effective population size and genetic diversity in salmonid fish populations / Daniel D. Heath
Innovative connections for prefabricated heavy timber construction / Helmut G. Prion
Inonotus tementosus as a natural gap-forming agent: the relationship of root disease incidence to site and soil features / Kathy J. Lewis
Integrating mountain caribou requirements and forest management in wet belt ecosystems / Bruce McLellan
Inventory and classification of avalanche paths in Tree Farm Licence #14, Invermere Forest District, British Columbia / Robert S. Ferguson and Bruce Pope
Inventory and cover type classification of avalanche paths near Canal Flats B.C. with habitat interpretations for grizzly bear : final report / Bruce A. Sinclair and Maureen V. Ketcheson
Inventory of Lewis' Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) on Jubilee Mountain Tree Farm Licence #14, Invermere Forest District, 1999 / R.S. Ferguson
Inventory of mountain caribou and their habitat along Kinbasket Reservoir, British Columbia / Bruce N. McLellan and John Flaa
Investigation of the effects of forest harvesting on stream channel width in the central interior of British Columbia / Pierre Beaudry
Investigation of the positional, dimensional, structural and ecological attributes which determine the relative windfirmness of riparian reserves and wildlife tree patches / Craig Delong
Investing in Hazelton: and investor's guide / Village of Hazelton an the Town of New Hazelton
Investment opportunities in Burns Lake / Synergy Management Group
Investor / partner opportunity development e-manual / Synergy Management Group
Kiln Drying Certificate Program / Thomas C. Maness
Kitamaat River 1997 Oolichan (Thaleicthys pacificus) Study / Robert Robinson
Kitselas canyon historic site demand analysis / Teija Wakeman
Kootenay Lake deer habitat use and movement patterns, 2000-2001 progress report / K.G. Poole and B. Park
Landscape level wildlife tree study / Christoph Steeger
The landscape project: final report (April 1, 1995-June 30, 1998) / John Nelson
Landslide inventory and terrain attribute study in the Prince George Forest Region / Brent Ward
Lardeau Valley elk and Kootenay Lake deer habitat use and movement patterns, 1998-2000 progress report / K.G. Poole, B. Park and G. Mowat
Lardeau Valley elk and Kootenay Lake deer travel corridors and winter range 1998-99 / K.G. Poole and B. Park
Lardeau Valley elk habitat use and movement patterns : 1998-2000 progress report / K.G. Poole and B. Park
Large scale mapping of biogeoclimatic subzone variants with rule based methods / Marvin Eng
Lemon Creek mule deer winter range radiotelemetry project : 2000-2001 annual progress report / Robert G. D'Eon
Lillooet Forest District community development action plan / Trevor Chandler
Lillooet/Lytton agricultural opportunities scoping workshop
Linking forestry and community in Tl'azt'en nation: lessons in aboriginal forestry / Annie Booth
Literature review for deer and elk winter range modeling / Garth Mowat
Lodge/resort feasibility assessment: village of Hazelton / Lions Gate Consulting
Log measuring accuracy of cut-to-length harvesters and processors / Bjorn Andersson
Long-term fire histories in a coastal temperate rainforest / Kenneth P. Lertzman
Long term natural disturbance regimes of the ESSF / Richard Hebda
Long term soil productivity / Shannon Berch
Looking after the salmon: traditional Heiltsuk management of aquatic systems / Nancy Turner
Lot properties of Douglas-fir, hem-fir and spruce-pine-fir dimension lumber / David J. Barrett
Lower Skeena River Eulachon Study / Adam F.J. Lewis
Management of paper birch and birch conifer mixtures in central B.C. / Keith Thomas
MASS: genetic consequences of alternative silvicultural systems for conifer species in coastal montane forests / Yousry El-Kassaby
MASS: growth limitations of regenerating montane conifers in silvicultural systems in coastal montane forests / B. Glen Dunsworth
MASS: impacts of montane alternative silvicultural practices on within stand and soil microclimate/microenvionment / Ross Benton
MASS: indicators of competitive stress in coastal montane conifers / Alan Mitchell
MASS: indicators of growth limitations of regenerating montane conifers under alternative silvicultural systems / Alan Mitchell
MASS: natural regeneration and vegetation dynamics at the montane alternative silvicultural systems site / William J. Beese
MASS: project coordination for the CFS component of sustainable silvicultural systems for old-growth montane forest of Vancouver Island / Alan Mitchell
MASS: project coordination for the montane alternative silvicultural systems study / William J. Beese
MASS: release of advance regeneration under varying overstory retention in a coastal montane forest / Ross Koppenaal
MASS: seed and seeding diseases affecting natural regeneration at the Montane Alternative Silvicultural Systems site / Paul Monette
Measurement and analysis of genetic differences in experimental forest tree (paperbirch) populations / David G. Simpson
Measurement of forest values and attitudes toward forest management / David Tindall
Measuring carnivore distribution to monitor changes in forest biodiversity : final report / Garth Mowat
Microbial catabolism of lignin related aromatics / Julian Davies
Microbial control strategies for dwarf mistletoe / Simon Shamoun
Mill diversification feasibility study: supply and market assessment / Lions Gate Consulting
Minding our own businesses: how to create support in First Nations communities for Aboriginal business / John McBride and Ray Gerow
Mineral nutrition of hybrid poplar / Kevin Brown
Modeling for biologically effective designs of riparian corridors as linkages between protected areas / Susan Glenn
Modeling the impact of harvest schedules on biodiversity / B.G. Dunsworth
Molecular assessment of spruce weevil population / Yousry El-Kassaby
Monashee learning and training centre (MLTC) at Lumby BC : business plan 2001 - 2005 / Peter Woodbridge & Associates
Monitor snow accumulations and melt in selection harvest: final report / Kevin Bonnett
Moose habitat selection in relation to forest harvesting in a deep snow zone of British Columbia : winter 2002 / Robert Serrouya and Robert D'Eon
Mountain caribou habitat use and population characteristics for the Central Selkirls inventory project / D. Hamilton
Mountain caribou in the Harrop Procter community forest area / K.G. Poole and G. Mowat
Mountain goat winter habitat use in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia / K.G. Poole and G. Mowat
Multi-scale habitat associations of mountain caribou in the Southern Purcell Mountains, British Columbia / Clayton Apps and Trevor Kinley
Natural and cultural fire history of the central and upper Fraser river valley / Dana Lepofsky
Natural disturbance patterns in the Cariboo Forest Region / Rick Dawson
Neskonlith Indian Band community based forest enterprise project / Richard Manuel
1996 Elk Valley bear inventory project report / Robert Halko
1997 elk inventory : East Kootenay trench / Interior Reforestation Co. Ltd.
1997 Southern East Kootenay bear inventory project report / Robert Halko
1997/98 year-end summary report : Purcell Caribou project / Trevor Kinley
1998/99 year-end summary report : Purcell caribou project, March, 1999 / Trevor Kinley
Nitrate and ammonium uptake in forest seedlings: preferences and stress interactions / Robert D. Guy
North End Indian Arm marina development: engineer's report inspections and proposals / Villholth Jensen & Associates
Northern goshawk inventory and breeding habitat assessment in Tree Farm License 56 : final report, November 2001 / Marlene M. Machmer
Northern Rockies interior cedar-hemlock and ESSF silvicultural systems research project / Michael Jull
North Indian Arm recreation facilities opportunities for development (Draft) / Karen Peachey
Northwest Bay cougar project / Michael Shackleton
Old growth descriptions and definitions for B.C. / Andy MacKinnon
Opax Mountain Silvicultural Systems Project: ground-dwelling arthropods - habitat and landscape relationships and the effects of silvicultural systems / Walt Klenner
Opax Mountain silvicultural systems project: insectivores - habitat and landscape relationships, and the effects of silvicultural systems / David Huggard
Opax mountrain silvicultural systems project: the long-term effect of small cut-block on ectomycorrhizal diversity at Opax mountain / Daniel Durall
Opax Mountain Silvicultural Systems Project: mice and voles - effects of silvicultural systems and habitat and landscape relationships / Walt Klenner
Opax Mountain Silvicultural Systems Project: sciurids - habitat and landscape relationships, and the effects of silvicultural systems / Walt Klenner
Partial cutting of old-growth cedar/hemlock stands on coastal British Columbia / Raymond Krag
Partial cutting systems research in the interior cedar hemlock zone in root disease infected stands: root disease dynamics component / Eric Allen
Partial cutting with Timberjack/FMG harvesters and forwarders in the Okanagan / Eric Phillips
Pattern of bryophyte and lichen diversity in interior and coastal cedar-hemlock forests of British Columbia / Andre Arsenault
Persistence of forest dependent vertebrates in managed forests / Ann Chan-McLeod
Physiological and behavioural responses of resident stream salmonids to riparian logging practices / Scott G. Hinch
Pilot to develop a methodology for ecologically-based yield analysis / Del Meidinger
Polycross breeding of western redcedar for progeny testing / John E. Barker
Population structure, genetic diversity and breeding systems in subalpine larch and western larch / P.D. Khasa
Predicting long-term landscape changes associated with forest management in the interior wet belt of British Columbia / Donald L. Sachs
Predicting rates of organic matter decomposition of forests and silvicultural systems in B.C. / Cindy E. Prescott
Preliminary analysis of avalanche paths in the Canal Flats area (North White and Lussier Rivers) : final report to Crestbrook Forest Industries Inc. / Michael S. Quinn
Premier Ridge - Diorite terrestrial ecosystem mapping project : volume 1 / Gareth Kernaghan, Keyes Lessard and Maureen V. Ketcheson
Progress report : conservation of badgers in the East Kootenay of BC / Nancy J. Newhouse
Projecting and evaluating the impacts of landscape unit planning scenarios on timber supply and compliance with the FPC biodiversity guidelines / Walt Klenner
Proposed May 1997 survey of breeding harlequin ducks in Dawson Creek Forest Districts / Andrew de Vries
The pulping properties of subalpine fir: part II / Paul Watson
Purcell Caribou project : year-end summary report (abstract only) / T. Kinley
Purcell caribou project rationale and methods : lanscape-level and fine-filter stand-level mountain caribou habitat suitability models / T.A. Kinley
Radium-Stoddart bighorn sheep GPS and VHF telemetry 2001-2002 : summary of activities and data collection January - March, 2002 / Trevor Kinley
Rapid breeding for tracheid characters in interior spruce / Gene Namkoong
Rates of revegetation of gullies following debris flows in coastal British Columbia : implications for fine sediment production / Michael J. Bovis
Recovery action plan for the South Purcells subpopulation of mountain caribou : 3rd draft, February 23, 2001 / Trevor Kinley
A regional frequency approach for estimating design floods in British Columbia / Younes Alila
Relationship between spruce beetle and tomentosus root disease: two natural disturbance agents of spruce / Kathy J. Lewis
Relationship between tomentosus root disease and partial cutting in interior spruce ecosystems / Kathy J. Lewis
Relationships between aspen site index and measures of ecological site quality / Richard Kabzems
Relative sedimentation impact (RSI) assessment to enhance the utility of the Interior Watershed Assessment Procedure / Doug Lang
Remote sensing of ecophysiological processes / K. Olaf Niemann
Resource use efficiency response in varying environments and its role in maintenance of genetic variance in fitness related traits in lodgepole pine / Gene Namkoong
Response of amabilis fir advance regeneration to light, nitrogen and release from vaccinium competition / Barbara Hawkins
The response of Willow (Salix spp.) to mechanical brush control: implications to winter browsing by moose / Michael P. Gillingham
Restoration of ecological productivity below ground in disturbed, fine textured soils at the Aleza Lake Research Forest / Rhian Evans, Niel Lamont, and J. Daniel Lousier
Retrospective studies evaluating forest productivity and soil conditions on rehabilitated landings, interior BC / Charles Bulmer
Retrospective study of edge windthrow and modeling of windfirming prescriptions / Stephen J. Mitchell
Retrospective study of forest response to natural disturbance for development of silvicultural systems in harsh environment forests of the Prince Rupert Forest Region / Dave Coates
Revelstoke community forest corporation, TFL 56 : northern long-eared bat inventory 2000-2002 / A. Haney and M.J. Sarell
Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation TFL 55/56 presence/not-detected bat inventory 2000-2002 : annual report year 1 of 2 / Silvatech Consulting Ltd.
Review of grizzly bear habitat use and habitat management options for the Kootenay Region of British Columbia / Garth Mowat and Roger Ramcharita
Review of "Socio-economic and environmental impact assessment for land and resource management planning in British Columbia - final guideline for multiple accounts analysis" / Daniel Rondeau
Review of techniques for the identification and classification of avalanche chutes using landsat imagery and remote sensing / K. Misurak and G. Smith
The role of woody debris in soil, forest floor and long-term site productivity in MS, SBPS and SBS biogeoclimatic subzone in the central interior of British Columbia / Bill Chapman
Sayward, B.C. community profile
Sayward Community Directory - 2002 / Sayward Futures Society
Sayward futures society: final report FRBC initiative #6, community commitment / Valerie Despins
Sayward futures society forest sector tourism plan / Catherine Temple
Scale dependent habitat selection by grizzly bears / Vilis O. Nams, Garth Mowat and Michael A. Panian
Seed production in Abies amabilis seed orchards / John N. Owens
Seasonal ecophysiology of western red cedar under an alder canopy: sunflect use efficiency and rhodoxanthin accumulation / Leanne M. McKinnon and Robert D. Guy
Second-growth western hemlock product yields and attributes related to stand density / G.R. Middleton and B.D, Munro
Sediment transport processes and channel change in logged and unlogged watersheds, Stuart-Takla experimental watersheds / Allen S. Gottesfeld
Seeing the forest and the trees / Thunderbird Group
Sensitivity of coastal cutthroat trout to the effects of forest harvesting / Eric Parkinson
7th North American caribou conference summary : information gathered at the conference applicable to the Purcell caribou project / Trevor Kinley
Sheppard Creek wildlife habitat inventory / Kris Hurlburt, Garth Mowat and Dave Stanley
Shuswap tourism opportunity strategy: appendix - data dictionary / Marlyn Chisholm and Associates
Shuswap Tourism Opportunity Strategy / Marlyn Chisholm and Associates
Sicamous Creek silvicultural systems project: ecological niche for seedling establishment in high elevation forests in wet subzones of the ESSF / Gordon Weetman
Sicamous Creek silvicultural system project: the effect of cutlock size on fungal diversity at Sicamous Creek / Melanie Jones
Sicamous Creek Silvicultural Systems Project: relationships between small mammals and downed wood / Walt Klenner
Silviculture investment opportunities: a methodology for identifying key decision variables / Eleanor R.G. McWilliams and Reid E. Carter
Silviculture sheep browse study and extension / Lee Maxwell
Simulating and visualizing forest ecosystem dynamics / David Fracchia
Siska traditional products: business plan summary / Ecotrust Canada
Slocan Forest Products Tree Farm License #3 : Forest Renewal British Columbia deer and elk winter range and inventory project, 1996/97 annual report / Rob D'Eon and Christine Bialkowski
Slocan Forest Products Tree Farm License #3 : Forest Renewal British Columbia deer and elk winter range inventory, 1998 annual report / Rob D'Eon et al.
Slope and road hydrology in natural and disturbed watersheds: Clayoquot Sound / Allan Chapman
Slope stability analysis: final report / R.J. Fannin
Socio-economic and environmental assessment: systhesis of academic reviews
Socio-economic and environmental analysis in British Columbia land use planning / John F. Helliwell
Socio-economic and environmental impact assessment for land and resource management planning in British Columbia / Brian Scarfe
Southern Purcell caribou aerial survey : Kootenay Lake District, late winter 1999 / Daryl Hebert
A spatial model for response of rare animal species to forest practices: a case study on the spotted owl / Carl Walters
Spruce beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis (Kirby) emergence for hibernation in British Columbia and its implications to operational sanitation harvesting / Robert Hodgkinson
State of our community: moving sustainability forward / Karen Borsato et el.
Status and distribution of the tailed frog in British Columbia / Linda A. Dupuis and Fred Bunnell
Status, distribution and management needs of the tailed frog in the East Kootenays / Linda Dupuis
Strategic forestry plan 2001-2005: Pacheedaht First Nation / Sterling Wood Group
Strategic forestry plan 2001-2006: Ditidaht First Nation / Sterling Wood Group
Strategy for measuring biodiversity / Gene Namkoong
Strategy proposal for CSTS members to merchandise timber resources / A.R. Long
Structural characteristics of chronosequences of coastal forests / J.A. Trofymow
Study of the effects of Vision rates and timing on vegetation and white spruce seedlings / Andrea Eastham
Study on the structural strength of student desks and chairs made of western hemlock / Chun Chou
Superheated steam/vacuum drying of B.C. softwood lumber / L.C. Oliveira and J.F.G. Mackay
Survey of wildlife viewing activities / Roger Reid
Synoptic surveys of the effects of riparian management regulations along S5 and S6 Streams on downstream fish habitat / N.T. Johnston
Systematic disease rating of hybrid poplar clonal trials in BC. / Brenda E. Callan
Tahltan joint council: creating a climate of support for aboriginal entrepreneurs / John McBride and Ray Gerow
Testing and refining biodiversity monitoring approaches / Pierre Vernier, Ann Chan-McLeod, and Fred L. Bunnell
A test of three remote sensing methods to estimate non-productive area proportion for operational adjustment factors / Nick Kleyn
Testing expert based models using marten and lynx in the Central Purcell Mountains of British Columbia / Garth Mowat and Dave Stanley
Thompson-Nicola region tourism opportunities strategy / Meadfield Consulting Inc.
Thompson-Nicola region value added wood manufacturing opportunities study / R.J. Bell Consulting
Tourism opportunity development study for Barkley Sound and Port Alberni Region / Heath Krevesky and David Mailloux
Tree improvement: evaluation of somatic embryogenesis for western white pine / David Cyr
A trial of commercial thinning in 90-year-old lodgepole pine in TFL 52 / J.S. Thrower and Associates
Tsitika River sediment monitoring program / Robert Hudson
T'sou-ke Cedar Specialties: business plan / John Kendall and Irv Penner
Ungulate habitat selection in Tembec's Creston operating area, Winter 2001-2002 / K.G. Poole and G. Mowat
Ungulate winter range assessment in TEMBEC's portion of landscape unit C30 near Cranbrook British Columbia : final report / Maureen V. Ketcheson et al.
Ungulate winter range delineation for Kalesnikoff Lumber Company, 2000-2001 : progress report / K.G. Poole and B. Park
Ungulate winter range delineation on the Harrop Procter Community Forest / K.G. Poole and G. Mowat
Ungulate winter range delineation on the Harrop Procter Community Forest, 2001-02 / K.G. Poole and G. Mowat
Ungulate winter range habitat use in the Pend d'Oreille valley, southeastern British Columbia, 1999-2000 / K.G. Poole, B. Park and G. Mowat
Ungulate winter range inventory : Crestbrook Forest Industries volume I / M.V. Ketchison and R. McKay
Update of March 1997 waste to energy project report / Resource Development Associates
Upper Arrow and Lake Revelstoke deer and elk winter range inventory : summary of year 1 fieldwork activities February 16, 2001 to March 1, 2001 / Shannon Stotyn, Rob Serrouya and Rob D'Eon
Upper Arrow and Lake Revelstoke deer and elk winter range inventory : summary of year-2 winter fieldwork, February 11 to 28, 2002 / Robert G. D'Eon, Robert Serrouya and Gary Pavan
Upper Penticton creek watershed experiment: the effects of forest harvesting on water quantity and quality in small interior watersheds / Rita Winkler
Upper Penticton creek watershed experiment: effects of road construction and timber harvesting on stream invertebrates / Brian Heise
Upper Penticton creek watershed experiment: the effects of spatial and temporal variation in forest structure on snow accumulation and melt / Rita Winkler
Upper Penticton creek watershed experiment: influences of timber harvesting and road construction on the sediment budget / Tim Giles
Use and availability of woody debris and wildlife trees in aspen and mixedwood forests of northeastern B.C. / Laura M. Darling
Use of lake sediments to assess forest management impacts in medium-sized mountain watersheds / Olav Slaymaker
Using snow-track surveys to determine deer winter distribution and habitat / Robert G. D'Eon
Utilization and management of red alder genetic resources / Gene Namkoong
Variation of carabid community structure associated with forest successional stages at East Barriere lake / Geoffrey Scudder
Vegetation management options for establishment of hybrid poplar plantations and their effect on nutrient cycling / Keith Thomas
Vertical stratification in forest dwelling bat species assemblages / R. Mark Brigham
Village of Sayward waterfront lands review harbour depth analysis, and servicing analysis / R.G. Fuller & Associates
Viral pathogens of forest insect defoliators: identification, characterization, and development of pest management tools / David Levin
Water solution chemistry leached from woody and non-woody humus forms and its effect on soils of coastal British Columbia / Karel Klinka
Welcome to the Boundary Region! / Kerri Medley
West arm demonstration forest: snowline evaluation for the interior watershed assessment procedure / David Gluns
West Kootenay prescribed burns evaluation / Kim Poole and Garth Mowat
West Kootenay ungulate winter range : pilot mapping exercise / Garth Mowat et al.
Whispering Pines Forest Products I-joist plant: business plan / Whispering Pines Forest Products
Wildlife habitat inventory : Conway and Wilson Creek operating areas / Garth Mowat
Wind resistant silvicultural systems research project: identification of wind risk factors and mitigation measures in central and northern interior partial cuts / Michael Jull
Winter habitat selection by white-tailed deer in the Pend D'Oreille Valley, Southeastern British Columbia / John G. Boulanger et al.
Women facing economic transition in forestry communities / Maureen G. Reed
Women's employment in British Columbia forest industry / Louise Wilson
Woodlot 1458 wildlife habitat inventory / Kris Hurlburt, Garth Mowat and Dave Stanley
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Chapter 3
'Washington Gave Us Leverage'
'Washington Gave Us Leverage'
The federal effort to deliver affordable high-speed Internet to rural schools has brought new hope to one of Mississippi's most disconnected districts.
Calhoun County, Miss.
Inside the Federal Communications Commission headquarters last May, Mike Moore sat stoically, his nerves betrayed only by the pen bouncing in his fidgety hands.
For years, the superintendent of the 2,500-student Calhoun County schools has been charged outrageous rates for Internet service so slow his teachers couldn't get online to take attendance.
But following the FCC's overhaul of a program known as the E-rate, the district's fortunes had abruptly turned.
Moore had been invited to the nation's capital to tell federal officials how Calhoun County's dramatic transformation came about, and what lessons it might hold for the rest of the country.
It began, the superintendent said, with a phone call from Washington. Incredulous bureaucrats were skeptical of the district's claim that it was getting billed $9,275 a month for a mere 3 megabits-per-second of bandwidth, delivered to its schools over old copper lines.
"I'm not going to say they didn't believe us," Moore told the panel. "But they said, 'Can you send us your last 12 months [of] bills?'"
The feds had a vested interest. For almost two decades, the E-rate has been picking up most of the tab for the exorbitant rates that rural schools are often charged for subpar Internet service. Since 1996, the program has distributed about $31 billion. While that money has helped connect almost every school in the country to the Internet, rural schools continue to find themselves at a huge disadvantage when it comes to prices and access to fiber-optic cables.
To help close the gap, the commission voted in 2014 to overhaul the program. The goals, FCC officials said, are to upgrade nearly every school to a high-speed connection, while also bringing prices down by as much as 25 percent. To make that happen, the commission voted to pour an additional $1.5 billion a year into the E-rate, as well as to approve a series of rule changes aimed at spurring more competition among telecoms in rural parts of the country.
After proving just how dire its situation was, Calhoun County became one of the first school systems in the country to test the commission's new approach.
Amazingly, Moore told the panel, the strategy worked.
The mere threat of new competition lit a fire under the district's previously unresponsive Internet providers, the superintendent maintained. Suddenly, he said, those same telecoms were offering high-speed fiber-optic connections, at rates far lower than what they were charging schools for the outdated copper lines already in place.
"I loved it," Moore said. "I really wanted to be able to tell these private companies, 'Now, we can control you a little bit. You don't control us.'"
At a Disadvantage
If it can happen here, FCC officials and school-broadband advocates would like to believe, it can happen in the rest of rural America, too.
"There are two lessons out of Calhoun County," Chairman Tom Wheeler said in a recent interview.
"One is that everybody can be connected. And second is that when [school districts] take the situation into [their] own hands and say, 'I'm not going to put up with it anymore, being told it's too expensive or it can't be built,' the FCC will help."
But the challenge is steep: The typical rural district pays almost two-and-a-half times as much for bandwidth as its urban and suburban counterparts, according to a new analysis by the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway. Rural schools are also twice as likely to lack access to the technologies experts describe as essential to keeping up with the ever-growing demand for more bandwidth in the classroom.
Furthermore, a look behind the curtain in Calhoun County reveals a more complicated story than the one Moore told in Washington. In fact, a screw-up of the district's own creation has delayed the network upgrades the superintendent touted last spring.
And in some parts of rural America, improvements seem most likely to result from state, rather than federal, efforts.
Still, it's clear that the commission's overhaul of the E-rate program has jolted what had been a moribund landscape. As a result, for the first time, thousands of rural schools have good reason to hope that affordable high-speed Internet might finally be coming their way.
That's welcome news in countless classrooms where the pent-up demand for better Internet is palpable.
Take Patti Harrell's math class back at Vardaman High.
Although some Vardaman teachers have given up on the school's long-dysfunctional network, Harrell has for years gone to great lengths to keep her students at least partially connected.
Because the district has mostly stopped buying new classroom technologies, Harrell uses her own: an old desktop computer she's refurbished, two laptops, a router and scanner that she purchased for the room, even a classroom projector that her students chipped in to buy her last year.
Since she can't get online at school, Harrell also totes a hard drive back and forth each day, downloading YouTube videos and online lessons at home, then using them in class later.
And each night, in the mobile home-turned-log cabin that she and her husband rebuilt themselves, the 30-year veteran updates her class website, Harrell's Haven, so her students can access the day's lessons and assignments on their phones.
"I want them to see [the technology] before they get to college," she explains.
Still, it's a far cry from what the teens might experience with faster, more reliable Internet.
A case in point sits just an hour up Highway 9. Schools in the college town of Oxford, Miss., get more than 30 times the bandwidth, for a small fraction of the price. As a result, textbooks there are a thing of the past. Students work on laptops, using adaptive software that customizes lessons to their individual skills and abilities. Internet research is an essential part of everyday life. High school juniors can actually sit down with a counselor and search online for college scholarships together.
Harrell can only sigh.
"If I'm in a place where I have to improvise, well, I'm going to make the best with what I have," she said.
"But it would be heaven to have everything at your fingertips."
Tied in Knots
To understand how the federal E-rate overhaul might finally unleash such possibilities in Calhoun County, you first have to understand the ungodly knot that has flummoxed the district for so long.
To begin, the slow copper lines currently serving its schools belong to different Internet providers: Wisconsin-based TDS Telecommunications Corp. in the southern half of the county, and the local Bruce Telephone Company in the north.
This causes two big problems for the district: Moore, who must run for election every four years, hasn't wanted to upgrade some of the district's schools while leaving others behind. But any comprehensive solution would require cooperation between the two rival companies.
To make matters messier, Calhoun County actually gets billed by a third carrier. That's because the district, like most in the state, has long used Mississippi's statewide contract with telecommunications giant AT&T.
On the whole, that "state master contract" generally works out well: 97 percent of Mississippi schools have fiber-optic connections, often at pretty affordable rates. But in a handful of small rural areas, state regulations protect the local telecoms from competition. So in Calhoun County, the district pays AT&T, but AT&T in turn must pay TDS and Bruce.
And those crazy $9,275 monthly bills that Washington bureaucrats couldn't believe?
Those are a downside of the state's master contract with AT&T. When the deal was negotiated, no one bothered trying to bring the rates for old copper T1 lines down, because fewer than two dozen schools in the state were still using them.
In short, it's a long-running mess — one that the small Calhoun County district has for years been unable to clean up on its own.
"It just seemed like every time we would come up with an answer, it got knocked down," said Moore, the superintendent.
Unleashing Competition
Across the country, rural schools have repeatedly found themselves on the wrong end of that same confluence of forces: telecoms comfortable with the status quo. States that in many cases have made the problem worse. Districts without the technical expertise and bureaucratic know-how to change things.
And, for years, an FCC that allowed such problems to fester, via telecom-friendly E-rate rules and a troubling lack of transparency that has led to high-profile instances of fraud and abuse.
So when Chairman Wheeler and his fellow Democratic commissioners began talking about a dramatic overhaul of the program, it got people's attention.
The most visible changes had to do with raising the E-rate's annual spending cap, prioritizing support for broadband and Wi-Fi, and phasing down support for older services, such as telephones.
But in a series of proposals floated during 2013 and 2014, the FCC also signaled its support for rule changes aimed largely at helping rural schools.
To encourage new fiber build-outs, the E-rate's limits on so-called "special construction" costs would be temporarily lifted.
No longer would telecoms be allowed to hide the rates they charged schools and libraries; all pricing would now have to be public.
Companies receiving federal subsidies for connecting rural homes and businesses would now be required to offer competitive rates to schools and libraries in their service areas.
And, then there was the potential rule change that got Gary Rawson's gears turning.
As Mississippi's E-rate coordinator and one of the people behind that state master contract, Rawson was intimately familiar with the challenges facing Calhoun County schools.
From his point of view, the district's first step in getting faster, cheaper Internet was finding itself a new set of options.
So when the FCC signaled that it might support "self-provisioning" and allow school districts to use E-rate dollars to build or lease their own fiber networks, a light bulb went off.
The idea was that "the competition would come from the customers themselves," Rawson said.
"It's going to make a huge difference."
Resistance From Telecoms
Perhaps the best evidence of the power of this seemingly technical rule change can be seen in how vocally it was fought by telecoms.
Essentially, the industry's case boiled down to two arguments:
First, self-provisioning would lead to significant waste, in part by allowing federal dollars to subsidize the building of new fiber networks to places where nearby lines already exist. The poster child for this critique was Colorado's EAGLE-Net, funded in 2010 with $100 million in federal stimulus support. That effort was suspended after audits found numerous problems, including a new fiber build-out to a remote, 11-student elementary school that already had access to two separate high-speed fiber-optic networks.
Second, the telecom industry argued, self-provisioning could create perverse incentives for companies not to serve rural areas, by taking two of those communities' best potential customers (schools and libraries) off the private market.
Despite the opposition, the FCC approved the changes in December 2014.
By that point, Rawson was already encouraging Calhoun County to get out in front of the new rules, even though many aren't set to take effect until next school year.
In February 2015, the district took the plunge, issuing a request for bids from private providers willing to offer either faster, cheaper, fiber-based service to its schools — or a new fiber-optic network that the district could own or lease itself.
The results were almost immediate.
At the time, TDS and the Bruce Telephone Company were providing Calhoun County schools 3 megabits-per-second of bandwidth, delivered over copper lines, at a cost of $1,325 per school.
Just two months after Calhoun County issued its request for new bids, the same companies, faced for the first time with potential competition, presented Calhoun County with a new offer: 1 gigabit-per-second fiber connections, at a monthly cost of $600 per school.
Shaking Things Up
Exactly what happened in Calhoun County, and why, and what lessons it may hold for the rest of the country, depends on who you ask.
"Until we talked about building our own line, I don't think [the companies] were serious," said Moore, the superintendent. "Washington gave us leverage."
Not surprisingly, officials from Bruce and TDS tell a different story. The real impact of the FCC's changes, they say, was in spurring Calhoun County to finally look for options other than what was available via that state master contract.
To get connected to fiber, said Kevin Timmons, a network manager at the Bruce phone company's parent entity, all Calhoun County had to do was ask.
"Bruce Telephone is ready to provide that fast Internet service," said Timmons, touring a site where workers were already feeding hundreds of feet of heavy black lines into underground tubes.
"The cables are in the ground."
TDS, meanwhile, acknowledged that for a long time, figuring out a solution for Calhoun County hadn't been a priority. But Lonn Reas, a regional business manager for the company, laughed off the notion that his company's sudden willingness to make big changes was spurred by the threat of competition for the small district's business.
"Really, what did we have to lose?'" Reas said.
The solution, he maintained, "came out of folks saying, 'We hear on the news that we need to provide higher-speed bandwidth to our schools.'"
Ultimately, that might point to the larger truth coming out of Calhoun County.
The FCC's dramatic moves have shaken things up for school districts, telecoms, and states alike. It may not be neat or linear, but something is finally being done to improve rural schools' access to affordable high-speed Internet.
And as a result, signs of progress can now be seen all over the country.
Nationally, the gaps in access to minimally adequate bandwidth between rich and poor and rural and urban/suburban districts have largely been closed, according to the analysis by EducationSuperHighway. The median national rate for school Internet access has also dropped by half, to $11/mbps.
At the state level, more than three dozen governors have pledged to make the issue a priority, and 20 are already taking action. California, for example, is connecting hundreds of K-12 schools to a state-run fiber network. Georgia is doing the same with PeachNet, a high-speed network that serves higher education institutions. Arkansas has enlisted private service providers in an effort to upgrade its rickety K-12 broadband network.
And in New Mexico, public officials are following the lead of other states and looking to support bulk purchasing of school bandwidth, possibly via new regional hubs that would make it easier for more providers to reach rural and remote areas with affordable Internet service. It's a product of the "win-win" approach for schools and service providers being pushed by the FCC and advocacy groups. Even companies such as WNM Communications, which has come under fire for charging schools sky-high rates for basic connectivity, say they're hopeful.
"Collaborative efforts among all the parties — schools, service providers, the states — are what's going to make this happen," said John Francis, the company's executive vice president.
Still a Long Way to Go
All that energy has generated optimism in Washington.
"We're on a two-to-three year horizon for seeing big progress," said Jon Wilkins, the managing director at the FCC.
But lest anyone think the battle has been won, there's still the reality being lived each day back in Vardaman High.
When Calhoun County got its signed contracts for faster, cheaper Internet last April, the district thought its long ordeal was finally over.
But in September, its application for federal E-rate funds was denied.
The district's technology coordinator and its E-rate coordinator had made a small but significant mistake on their application documents.
As a result of the snafu, work on the new fiber lines for Calhoun County schools was halted. The district won an appeal, but now its application has to be reconsidered, pushing back progress by months.
It's yet another example of yet another barrier: The E-rate's cumbersome red tape means that such clerical errors are common, especially for small districts who try to fill out the paperwork on their own.
In the meantime, teachers like Patti Harrell have been left to labor on, unable to get online for even the most basic tasks.
Packing up her laptops and hard drive in preparation for another evening of downloading lessons and videos at home, she can only hope that faster, cheaper Internet will come soon to Vardaman High.
"If I ever get to be in one of those places where you've got everything, I'm going to do as much with it as I can," Harrell said.
"But we still don't have it here."

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29 Aug Consumer Mistakes to Avoid When Shopping at a Furniture Store in Sydney
Customers make mistakes everyday.
Sometimes there can be no legislating for it as brands try their best to win over as much business as they can irrespective of what tactics they use.
The same principles will apply to the local furniture store in Sydney, attracting the eye with an elegant bookcase or a sleek modular sofa that appears to be the right fit.
Before proceeding with your purchase for your ideal outdoor furniture in Sydney, it is important to take stock of some oversight examples that many customers can fall into when visiting a furniture store.
Hard to Clean and Maintain
From coffee tables and desks to sofas, lounges and dining tables – the ability to clean and maintain is a subject that has to be considered a priority. Sourcing a furniture store in Sydney is the easy part of this process, but it is the capacity to identify easy to clean goods that separates a glitzy purchase from a quality long-term investment. Yes dust and debris does not look like a pretty picture from an aesthetic viewpoint, but these acquisitions will have a lower lifespan if owners struggle to clean them correctly. As soon as those stains, rips and breaks begin to build, the product loses all value and use.
No Warranty Check
Shoppers can be so taken with an affordable piece when entering a furniture store in Sydney that they are already out the door before realising they should have pushed for a comprehensive warranty. These policies protect the sanctity of the investment, negating against any potential damage, loss or fault that should compromise the acquisition. Unfortunately it is a semi-regular occurrence as customers will make their own judgement as to what products should include a warranty and what doesn't.
No Measurements
Does the product fit for the space you will be using? This is a very simple and straightforward question, but unfortunately not one that is made often when visiting a furniture store in Sydney. The consensus with many customers is this: buy first, make it fit later. On the surface it appears good enough if it will match the décor and aesthetic. Check the dimensions and have knowledge about the space first, then the purchase can be made with the assurance that it will integrate well with the rest of the furniture.
No Consideration of Practical Use
There is one key element that has to be factored into a purchase of this type – what is the practical purpose of the item? It is easy to walk into a furniture store in Sydney and be taken with a product for its aesthetic quality, but what can it be used for exactly? The aesthetics can be part of the practical equation too, from impressing guests or attracting buyers when a premises has been put on the market. Yet there are other considerations to ponder, from the type of use with pets and children to sunlight exposure, use of cups, plates and cutlery to positioning within the home.
Impulse Purchase Through Targeted Advertising
Chances are your local furniture store in Sydney understands the best methods of promoting their brand to consumers who are eager to acquire furnished goods. This is not exactly a negative per se, but there are outlets that will push digital promotions to constituents under the auspices that they are offering quality goods when that is not the case. These commercials cleverly collate user information and select shoppers based on their preferences and search history. They will then push their own product line via Google, Facebook, Instagram and more, selling to impulse buyers desperate to access the brand without making these important calculations first.


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Study released on Bendigo outdoor performing arts space
The need for a new outdoor performing arts space should be monitored over the next 5 to 10 years, according to a new feasibility study which will be considered at next week's Council meeting.
The Outdoor Performing Arts Space Feasibility Study was a community initiative funded by the Rotary Club of Bendigo, the City of Greater Bendigo and Regional Development Victoria.
The Rotary Club of Bendigo has been a strong advocate for the reinstatement of a permanent outdoor stage in the lower area of Rosalind Park and presented a request to Council in 2017 for a feasibility study to be undertaken.
The report's purpose was to investigate the demand and need for an outdoor performing arts space, which also included an investigation of potential sites as well as temporary and permanent options.
The options considered in the report included a flexible outdoor arts space at the Poppet Head site which was estimated to cost approximately $7.9M and a $7.3M arts space facility south of Tom Flood Sports Centre (in the current large parking area and school bus interchange).
Acting Director Strategy and Growth Trevor Budge said this was an important study that looked at the demand for infrastructure to support major outdoor events in the future and to build on Greater Bendigo's reputation as a vibrant place for festivals and large community events.
"At this point in time, the investigation has not identified a strong demand to justify a significant investment in a new outdoor performing arts facility nor does it recommend investment in mobile or temporary event infrastructures," Mr Budge said.
"It will be up to Council to consider the report and its recommendation to monitor the demand for a new major outdoor performing space over the next 5 to 10 years.
"Councillors will also consider the report's other recommendations, which include the installation of lighting at Garden for the Future in White Hills, and the development of a medium scale performance shelter at Canterbury Park in Eaglehawk. The report believes that this will alleviate the high demand on Rosalind Park."
"Even though Greater Bendigo is experiencing significant growth in the number of festivals, we do have many great outdoor areas such as Rosalind Park and the Bendigo Botanic Gardens that can cater very well for many big events and thousands of people. These include Summer in the Parks, Bendigo Rotary Club Christmas Carols and more recently the Zinda Festival.
"The City contributed $10,000 to the feasibility study and we are grateful to the Rotary Club of Bendigo and Regional Development Victoria for providing additional funds so that a comprehensive report could be undertaken."


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CHICAGO: Hill & Knowlton credited Chicago 2016's selection as the US applicant to host the 2016 Olympics to exceptional media coverage and city spirit.
Chicago bested LA's bid last week. The International Olympic Committee is slated to announce an official host in October 2009.
Though the city's efforts to gain the attention of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) included a short film; the Chicago 2016 Shop at Macy's; Olympic displays at O'Hare International Airport; and numerous fundraising events, most crucial to the USOC's decision was "just how interested and thorough the media coverage became on this," said Patrick Sandusky, VP of sports communications at H&K. "We were really able to get media on all levels very excited, and, therefore, the general public."
Interaction with local press, he added, relied upon "open and constant updates" on all details of the bid, from venue and financing plans to fundraising numbers.
"This transparency and continual access made this a big story for people," noted Sandusky.
"You could actually feel the buzz around Chicago," agreed Michael Kontos, SVP in H&K's corporate group. "The city kind of dressed itself up" with Chicago 2016 logos and lights.
When the announcement came on April 14 that Chicago had won the initial bidding process, "probably 25 or 30 representatives from Chicago media were in DC in attendance," he noted.
When the USOC did polling in Chicago, Douglas Smith, senior advisor to the chairman and CEO of Chicago 2016, said results showed 92% awareness and 72% approval ratings for the Olympics to be held in the city. Smith credited that to H&K's "unbelievable press operation."
In a "tough-fought campaign," H&K "crushed the ball," he said.
H&K is working with Summer Olympics host cities Beijing (2008) and London (2012).


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The Red Devils track and field team went to the Utah Valley University High School Invitational on Saturday, March 30, in Orem. Over 50 schools participated in the event. The boys team placed eighth, the girls took 10th. Overall, the boys and girls combined landed in ninth place.
Eli Hazlett took first in the 400-meters, third in the 200-meters and fifth in the 100-meters for the boys. Connor Guerrero placed fourth in the 300-meters hurdles, also for the boys. Malachi Ricks placed seventh in the boy's 3,200-meter race. Carlin Bierscheid placed eighth in boys shot put. Morgan Lewis landed in eighth place in the girls high jump. Veda Gritts took first in the shot put and second in the javelin.
The Grand County field and track team is scheduled to attend the Templeview Invite in Manti on Saturday, April 6.


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God's Adoption Process (Galatians 3:23-4:7)Darin Kirkman, March 3, 2019
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23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
4:1 I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything, 2 but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. 3 In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world. 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.


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Hello you! I hope the month of May is treating you well so far. Here's an outfit for when I want to wear an LBD that doesn't look too dressy, and channeling the monochrome trend at the same time. Great for workwear or just running errands, or an outfit for when the weather is nice and sunny but chilly winds occasionally sweeps by. This is my perfect monochrome outfit for all seasons.. when it gets too hot, I can just take my duster coat off but when weather gets too cold, I'll just throw a blanket scarf over. I'll swap the ankle boots for strap high heeled sandals and the sling bag with a clutch and voila- instant evening outfit! :)
What I love about duster coat is that the material is lighter than our normal winter coats, making it my ultimate spring-summer staple. It's perfect for smartening up a casual daytime outfit, and adds a touch of chic on your night time look.
[Little Black Dress] [Fedora Hat] [White Duster Coat] [Tassled X Body Bag] [Ankle Boots] [Baroque Swirl Arms Sunglasses] [Cute Ankle Socks]
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Nathan Russell on how the landscape approach can be a viable approach
Sceptical thoughts about the landscape approach's value added are wide spread in the community of development practitioners.
However common thinking is changing. Nathan Russell of CIAT is one example. In this short interview from the floor of the Global Landscapes Forum he explains where his perception becomes more distinct, where he is beginning to see the usefulness as well as its ultimate limits.
Criminals that made big money from illegal timber trade could not be expected to sit around a table, says Nathan Russell, head of corporate communications at the Centre for Tropical Agriculture Research.
Nathan Russell: A couple of years ago when the Global Landscape Forum began, I consider myself to have been one of the sceptics. I thought "How can you really relate to landscapes? It is so general, it sounds so trivial. When I think of landscaping I think of mowing the lawn and working in the garden." Two years later, as a result of working with people like Deborah (Bossio), I think I am starting to get it and I am finding myself more and more convinced that this is a viable approach. I see examples in CIAT's work that show that it can be a viable approach. So I am going to stick around a little longer and see how it all works out.
Pascal Corbé (Secretariat): Where could this approach be applied?
Nathan Russell: We are seeing a lot of examples in this meeting today. We heard about an example from Kenya. I visited a site where the landscape approach has been applied here in Peru. There is a lot of potential to scale it up. I saw one watershed in the coastal region of Peru. There are 53 watersheds. So right there you have got scope for scaling up.
What I do not get is how much does it depend on the kind of landscape you're talking about. Today we were talking about classic situations in which we have downstream and users of water and other ecosystem services, and you have upstream people whose activities affect those resources. Then, if you are talking about flat watersheds in an area like the Amazon basin, is the landscape approach as relevant there? Can it accomplish as much there? Can you be as successful bringing the people together there, where you have violence, drug mafias, illegal timber mafias? It is rather hard to imagine those people sitting around the table with farmers and others reaching some kind of amicable deal. They have got guns. They are killing people.


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"The terminally-ill Libyan convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was released on compassionate grounds from jail in Scotland Thursday, sparking joy in Tripoli but fury from the United States."
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Exhibit "A" of why I believe in applying the Death Penalty
"The terminally-ill Libyan convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was released on compassionate grounds from jail in Scotland Thursday, sparking joy in Tripoli but fury from the United States."
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- On the side of the angels said...
Karen - only problem is Magrahi probably isn't guilty - the Libyans more than likely weren't guilty - everyone over here knows the Syrians were probably guilty but Libya 'fessed because it was more economically and diplomatically beneficial to be internationally 'guilty, then forgiven' . Magrahi was an arms-dealing stooge - set up to tie-up the loose ends of the crime. He's dying of prostate cancer and will be dead within three months. he's not going to freedom , merely from a prison hospital to another hospital where his family can see him .Scotland has a mandatory law to consider all compassionate release for all the terminally ill.
Might I also remind you that you are not suggesting a death penalty [the state-authorised killing of an unjust aggressor immediately threatening the life of an individual community or nation - permissible in catholic teaching] ; you're promoting Capital punishment - and there is a difference - Killing an incarcerated criminal as a form of punishment is not only undoctrinal - it;s judicial murder and a laetae sententiae excommunicable offence.
I aint a bleeding heart liberal - but remember that the US wanted their pound of flesh - they wanted someone guilty and someone punished - they even threatened Libya to such an extent that Libya even lied about their guilt and offered up one of their own reprobate criminals to be found guilty and imprisoned. Ask yourself why most of the scottish victims' families actually approved of the release ? because they really believe that he wasn't guilty ; but in order to be released on compassionate grounds he had to confess to a crime most people believe he had nothing to do with. Releasing magrahi also allows Scottish lawyers to open up the investigation and possibly find out who the guilty parties really were - most intelligence networks/police forces etc primarily believed the Syrians were guilty; many continue to believe it.
- August 20, 2009 at 10:38 PM
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- August 21, 2009 at 2:22 AM
- Stephen said...
Right. *IF* he's guilty, I'd want life to mean life (I don't believe in the death penalty - one, because it's irreversible and miscarriages of justice do happen, and two, because I honestly think that life in prison is worse punishment) - but in this case, it's *if*. It very much looks, at this point, as though he's not the guilty party. I'm not just talking about 'reasonable doubt'; it's probable that he was set up. The evidence that's been laid out in the media here is strong and compelling. The Scottish victims' families buy it, the biggest, most influential names in the Scottish legal system buy it, and he only dropped his appeal because he could not be released on compassionate grounds while that legal process was still ongoing. His second appeal would have taken a year or so to go through the system, but from what I'm reading in the papers here it would almost certainly have resulted in his conviction being set aside. Since the evidence, at this point, overwhelmingly suggests that Megrahi is a fall guy, it would be inhumane to let him die in prison while his appeal was still going through the system.
Whether the *actual* guilty party will ever be found and put on trial is entirely another question.
- August 21, 2009 at 2:57 AM
Seems you may be more interested in vengeance rather than truth, and justice. Just as well Christ does not treat our offences against His infinite goodness with revenge or vengeance.....at least in this life."Father, forgive them...."
- August 21, 2009 at 5:59 AM
- gemoftheocean said...
If he was innocent, then he should have been set free. We do NOT want to convict "just anybody for the hell of it." Doing that undercuts the viability of the death penalty, and you want truly guilty people (of horrific crimes) to pay a penalty not some Reichstag Fire dupe. Otherwise you have to go through the whole drill again. So releasing him on "compassionate grounds" was BS. If he's innocent, then FIND him so.
You can't be partly pregnant!!!
EP, I'm not interested in "vengence." "Vengence" can't bring back anyone. I'm interested in JUSTICE.
The only "message" here was "do something heinous and some crying ass liberal will let you out when you get sick and old then laugh in their faces because you got away with something."
Refer here for reference to article by Avery Cardinal Dulles for arguments re: Catholic doctrine on death penalty.
- August 21, 2009 at 5:29 PM
- .The Cellarer said...
The victims families are the ones I feel sorry for. He'll die convicted, whilst the real killers will be free. Most respected legal opinion here is the second appeal would have been succesful.
- August 26, 2009 at 9:33 PM
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- August 27, 2009 at 6:47 PM