Healthy Landscapes Program
The program, formerly known as the Natural Disturbance Program, looks at landscape change at a huge scale: Canada's boreal forest.
People
Program & Project Involvement
Natural Wildfire Patterns
How and why individual forest fires burn what they do in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Healthy Landscapes Concepts and Application
This interpretation project develops and tests a new planning approach inspired by ecosystem-based principles.
LandWeb Simulation Modelling
A research project and tool that uses spatial simulation modelling to generate the historical range of landscape conditions across western boreal Canada.
The Stony 800 Integrated Planning Healthy Landscapes Demonstration
This demonstration project shows how an understanding of natural patterns can help guide land use planning.
Historical Fire Regimes, Water, and Climate in the Foothills
This research project from the Healthy Landscapes Program seeks to understand the historical fire regimes in the foothills, and the relationship to water quality, land use, and climate change.
Dedicated Healthy Landscapes Communications and Education Initiative
The communications and extension activities carried out by the Healthy Landscapes Program to share its research.
Understanding Large Woody Debris and Development of a Decision Support Tool
This project seeks to better understand the dynamics of large woody debris in small streams.
Comparing Cultural to Natural Disturbance Patterns
This research project from the Healthy Landscapes Program measures the differences between natural and industrial disturbance patterns.
Healthy Landscapes Short Course
This is a C & E activity from the Healthy Landscapes program to improve understanding of natural disturbance patterns.
The Highway 40 North Demonstration Project
This project demonstrates the application of the full range of NRV concepts.
Disturbance in Riparian Zones
This project looks at the patterns and roles of disturbances in riparian zones.
BURND: Linking NRV Patterns with Fine-Filter Values
This demonstration project studies the degree to which the local biota respond to historical disturbance patterns
NEPTUNE Spatial Decision Support Tool
Created by the Healthy Landscapes Program, this is a tool for comparing human and natural disturbance.
OnFire Annotated Fire Research Database
This tool is an annotated database of the available fire regime research in and near Alberta.
Historical Wildfire Burn Patterns at Sub-Landscape Scales
A research project from the Healthy Landscapes Program on meso-scale wildfire patterns.
Creating Wildfire Mortality Maps and Metrics from Landsat Images
A research project from the Healthy Landscapes Program.
Determinants of Wildfire Remnant Survival
A research project from the Healthy Landscapes Program.
Mixed-Severity Fire Regimes in the Southern Foothills of Alberta
Research Project from the Healthy Landscapes Program.
Understanding EBM through Dialogue
A communication and education project from the Healthy Landscapes Program.
Landscapes in Motion
The Landscapes in Motion project is here to discover some of the stories behind the landscapes in the southern Rockies of Alberta.
The EBM Roadmap Workshop
On June 19 and 20, 2018, the Healthy Landscapes Program put on a two-day workshop in Edmonton called "From Concept to Reality: Creating a Road Map for Ecosystem-Based Management".
