| Title | Cultivating forest stewardship - integrating forest ecosystem management and student learning at the UBC South Campus Farm |
|---|---|
| Faculty/College/Unit | Forestry |
| Status | Completed |
| Duration | 2 Year |
| Initiation | 04/01/2011 |
| Completion | 03/31/2014 |
| Funding Details | |
| Year 1: Project Year | Year 1 |
| Year 1: Funding Year | 2011/2012 |
| Year 1: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 1: Principal Investigator | Stephen Mitchell |
| Year 1: Funded Amount | 46,870 |
| Year 1: Team Members | Stephen Mitchell, Forest Sciences, Faculty of Forestry |
| Year 1: Summary | Students in the Faculty of Forestry have a broad range of academic and career interests. Competition for traditional jobs in the natural resources sector is high, but there are many new opportunities in conservation, ecosystem management, and community forestry. To round out their education, our students need to gain practical and professional experience during their time at UBC, and we would like to promote an entrepreneurial culture among our graduates. The UBC South Campus Farm provides a unique living laboratory for on-campus learning about ecological processes, principles and practices of land planning and resource management, designing and creating new products and services, interacting with consumers and meeting and discussing community needs and desires with local residents and community groups. Our goal in Cultivating Forest Stewardship is to enhance current and future course-based activities at the farm, and to develop a new directed studies course called Case Studies in Forest-Based Entrepreneurship. |
| Year 2: Project Year | Year 2 |
| Year 2: Funding Year | 2012/2013 |
| Year 2: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 2: Principal Investigator | Stephen Mitchell |
| Year 2: Funded Amount | 45,000 |
| Year 2: Team Members | Stephen Mitchell, Forest Sciences, Faculty of Forestry |
| Year 2: Summary | The UBC South Campus Farm provides a unique living laboratory for on-campus learning about ecological processes, principles and practices of land planning and resource management, designing and creating new products and services, interacting with consumers and meeting and discussing community needs and desires with local residents and community groups. Cultivating Forest Stewardship was proposed as a 2-year project. In Year 1, we completed mapping of the farm ecosystems and assembled databases of historic aerial photographs, maps, and existing reports and built a herbarium, We refined the silviculture prescription module for FRST 305 and designed a new course, Forest Based Entrepreneurship. In Year 2 we will complete the synthesis of data assembled in 2011. We will set up an information management system and web hosting structure that enables instructors and students to access information on physical conditions, ecosystems and human activities at the Farm, including audio and video-clips. |