Canadian Forest Service employee directory
Wayne MacKinnon
GIS Forester
Atlantic Forestry Centre
1350 Regent Street, P.O. Box 4000
Fredericton,
New Brunswick,
E3B 5P7
Tel.: (506) 451-6096
Profile
- Joined the Canadian Forest Service in 1997
Responsibilities:
- Work as part of a research team that designs and develops computer-based pest management systems for use by land managers to help make decisions to mitigate the damage caused by forest insect pests across the landscape.
- Conduct research to quantify forest pest impacts in terms of tree mortality and growth loss and contribute to decision support systems and economic analyses.
Areas of Knowledge:
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Forest management
- Integrated pest management
- Risk analysis
Areas of Interest:
- GIS-based pest management systems
- Insect impacts on stand growth & yield
Committees:
- Brown spruce longhorn beetle survey sub-committee
Awards
- Natural Resources Canada – Canadian Forest Service Sector Merit Award for Team Achievement for contribution to the development of the Spruce Budworm Decision Support System
Current Research Projects
- Integrated Pest Management
- Forest Invasive Alien Species
Education
- B.Sc. in Forestry (1992), University of New Brunswick
- M.Sc. in Forestry (1999), University of New Brunswick