8:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Registration and social get-together

7:00

Breakfast

8:00

Introduction/Remarks

- Chairperson Mark Bell, UVIC

8:15

Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification

- Del Meidinger and Evelyn Hamilton, Min. of Forests and Lands

9:00

Habitat Classification for Wildlife

- Andrew Harcombe, Min. of Environment and Parks

9:30

Biophysical Classification

- Ted Lea, Min. of Environment and Parks

10:00

Coffee

10:30

Proposed National Vegetation Classification

- Dr. Ed Oswald, Canadian Forestry Service

11:00

Fosberg’s IBP Classification System

- Dr. Hans Roemer, Min. of Forests and Lands

11:30

Braun-Blanquet System

- Dr. Adolf Ceska, Prov. Museum

12:00

Lunch

1:00

Grassland Classification

- Alison Nicholson, Min. of Forests and Lands

1:30

Estuarine Classification

- Rodger Hunter, Min. of Environment and Parks

2:00

Coffee

2:15 - 4:00

Is a National Vegetation Classification System Appropriate or Feasible?

- Discussion groups

4:45

Dinner

7:00

General Meeting: B.C. Vegetation Working Group’s direction and future

8:00

Computer Information Interchange

Social Gathering

7:00

Breakfast

8:00

Field trip

Biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification demonstration transect, with emphasis on management uses of the system

- Cheryl Ray, Min. of Forests and Lands

9:30

Use of the biogeoclimatic system in provenance and seed orchard work

- Cheryl Ray, Min. of Forests and Lands

10:30

Nutrient quantification work related to the biogeoclimatic classification system

- Richard Kabzems

12:00

Bag lunch, Maple Grove Park

1:00

Deer winter range creation and use of classification systems for wildlife habitat assessment

- Cheryl Ray, Min. of Forests and Lands

3:00

End of Workshop