The Forest Genetics Council of British Columbia

is appointed by B.C.’s chief forester to guide tree improvement activities in the province. The Council provides a forum for stakeholder representatives to set goals and objectives, and to oversee the development and delivery of business plans to fulfill them.

The next Council meetings are scheduled for:

- Wednesday, September 22, 2010
- Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Members Areas

All areas are password protected except Pest Management TAC

FGC Members Interior TAC
Genetic Conservation TAC Extension TAC
Coastal TAC Pest Management TAC
Seed Transfer TAC  

Recent Publications

Cone induction and hormone metabolomics of lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir
May 2006 – March 2010  •  von Aderkas (Pl), Kong, Abrams, Zaharia, Owens
Factsheet 1: Whitebark Pine in British Columbia
Don Pigott, Yellow Point Propagation Ltd.
FGC Annual Report 2008 / 2009
Tree Improvement Program Project Report 2007 / 2008
FGC Strategic Plan 2009 / 2014
Strategic Plan 2009 / 2014 introductory letter from the provincial Chief Forester
FGC Extension Advisory Committee Continuous Improvement Report and Recommendations for Program Evaluation
Kathie Swift, FORREX, March, 2009
TICtalk December 2008 (Issue #9)
Adaptation, migration or extirpation: climate change outcomes for tree populations
Sally N. Aitken, Sam Yeaman, Jason A. Holliday, Tongli Wang, and Sierra Curtis-McLane Evolutionary Applications 1(1):95-111
Genetics of cold hardiness in whitebark pine
Bower, A.D. and S.N. Aitken. 2006. Can. J. For. Res. 36: 1842-1850.
Genetic Diversity and Geographic Differentiation in Quantitative Traits, and Seed Transfer Guidelines for Pinus albicaulis (Pinaceae)
Bower, A.D. and S.N. Aitken. 2008. Am. J. Bot. 95: 66-76.
Coastal Broadleaf Status Report (2008)
Interior Broadleaf Status Report (2008)
FGC Business Plan 2008 / 2009

 

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