{"id":19809,"date":"2016-07-13T21:22:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T21:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/162.217.168.59\/?p=19809"},"modified":"2023-03-22T13:18:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:18:19","slug":"new-national-field-guide-helps-wetlands-and-forest-roads-coexist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forests.org\/fr\/new-national-field-guide-helps-wetlands-and-forest-roads-coexist\/","title":{"rendered":"New National Field Guide Helps Wetlands and Forest Roads Coexist Using a Modern Spin on Old Methods"},"content":{"rendered":"

OTTAWA, ON<\/strong> \u2014 Corduroy is back in fashion with foresters and conservationists who want new ways to\u00a0conserve wetlands crossed by resource roads. The earliest days of Canada\u2019s timber trade featured wetland\u00a0crossings made of logs lined up in rows, which resembled corduroy fabric. Road building gradually became more\u00a0permanent, sometimes affecting water flow in wetlands.<\/p>\n

Putting a modern spin on corduroy roads is one of the recommendations in a new field guide just released by\u00a0FPInnovations and Ducks Unlimited Canada. The guide, \u201cResource Roads and Wetlands:\u00a0A Guide for Planning, Construction and Maintenance\u201d, developed in part with funding from the SFI Conservation\u00a0and Community Partnerships Grant program, offers best management practices to mitigate the impacts of roads\u00a0on wetlands in Canada\u2019s forests.<\/p>\n

The new field guide\u2019s road-building best practices are predicated on understanding the nature of individual\u00a0wetlands. \u201cThese are delicate ecosystems with different characteristics. For example, water in bogs is stagnant;\u00a0in swamps it fluctuates; and in fens it\u2019s a slow trickle. Understanding the way water flows is key to choosing the\u00a0right road construction,\u201d said Greg Siekaniec, CEO of Ducks Unlimited Canada.<\/p>\n

Scientists, biologists, wetland ecologists, engineers and GIS specialists at FPInnovations and Ducks Unlimited\u00a0shared their expertise to plan and build roads in ways that conserve Canada\u2019s critical boreal forest wetland\u00a0ecosystems.<\/p>\n

\u201cFPInnovations and our partners are committed to working together to support and promote best practices in\u00a0the planning, construction and maintenance of resource roads in wetlands,\u201d said Pierre Lapointe, FPInnovations\u00a0President and CEO. \u201cWe are proud of this collaboration which demonstrates the forest sector\u2019s continued\u00a0leadership in reducing its environmental footprint and adapting to climate change. By working together we can\u00a0better develop and promote best practices that maintain the health of wetlands while supporting communities\u00a0dependent on sustainable resource-based industries.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the most exciting things about this new guide is its potential to promote the use of best practices for\u00a0resource road wetland crossings on millions of hectares of forestland certified to the SFI Standard across\u00a0Canada,\u201d said Kathy Abusow, President and CEO of SFI Inc. \u201cWe\u2019re pleased that SFI Program Participants\u00a0including Louisiana-Pacific, J.D. Irving, Resolute Forest Products and Weyerhaeuser have been involved in this\u00a0important work led by FPInnovations and Ducks Unlimited Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n

This guide is primarily directed at road managers, planners, and construction crews who plan, build and\u00a0maintain resource roads across wetlands. But it is also relevant and useful for conservationists and anyone\u00a0concerned with protecting and managing wetlands, as these resource roads are also often the main way people\u00a0access the backcountry for recreation.<\/p>\n

Project partners included: FPInnovations, Ducks Unlimited Canada, the New Brunswick Department of\u00a0Environment, Natural Resources Canada, and SFI Program Participants J.D. Irving, Louisiana-Pacific, Resolute\u00a0Forest Products and Weyerhaeuser.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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