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Stand-Level Fuel Reduction Treatments and Fire Behaviour in Canadian Boreal Conifer Forests 
Through a series of illustrative examples and summaries of empirical observations,  the implications of data and modelling assumptions used to estimate fire behaviour in fuel-treated areas and identify insights about fuel treatment effectiveness in boreal conifer stands is explored.

Conservation of biodiversity in northern Canada through ecological processes and cultural landscapes   
PhD Thesis by Dr. Sonja Leverkus (2015) submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate College of the Oklahoma State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, December 2015.

Resource Selection of Free-ranging Horses Influenced by Fire in Northern Canada 
Using resource selection function models, the influence of pyric herbivory on boreal vegetation and use by horse herds occupying 4 distinct landscapes was evaluated.

A Landscape Disturbance Matrix for Conserving Biodiversity
In this article, a large management area in northeastern British Columbia is used to demonstrate that managing change in the landscape for multiple times since disturbance on multiple sites will promote multi-functionality and biodiversity, thereby providing an objective basis for land management planning.

Wood Bison in North East British Columbia 
Report outlining methods of habitat enhancement and maintenance, to create spaces for bison away from highways, using prescribed fire.

Towards a Peace-Liard Prescribed Fire Program: Part A – Rationale  
The concept of the Peace-Liard Fire Matrix (P-LFM) is introduced describing how fire can be strategically distributed through space and time across a broad landscape to meet multiple values and to be tracked and monitored to measure success.

Towards a Peace-Liard Prescribed Fire Program: Part B – Technical and Operational Plan 
This document provides the technical and operational plan which is supported by Part A, the strategic and rationale document.

Fort Nelson First Nation uses fire to save bison, limit wildfires 
CBC article outlining how a controlled burn in 2013 was attributed to drawing bison back to deep woods near Nordquist Lake, B.C.

Where the Buffalo Roam – Bison raising interesting conservation questions in gas country  
Article in Alaska Highway News.

Patch-burning pastures can also benefit cattle – Prescribed burns come in all shapes and sizes   Article in Canadian Cattlemen – the Beef Magazine. 

Fires of Spring  
A 16mm film made by Dr. Henry T. Lewis, a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alberta. The film captures some of his life’s work and research related to the historic use of fire by Indigenous peoples.

Fort Nelson First Nation: Interaction with Fire and Wood Bison  
This book documents the intricate cultural interaction with fire that the people of Fort Nelson First Nation (FNFN) have had, which continues to this day.