Embedded computer systems meet a real need: that of providing forest transport managers with data on the activities that take place in the field. This information, now available thanks to progress technology allows them to better manage transport operations. Glance at the three systems of a family of technologies that deserves to be better known.
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Les systèmes d’ordinateur embarqué répondent à un véritable besoin : celui de fournir aux gestionnaires du transport forestier des données sur les activités qui se déroulent sur le terrain. Cette information rendue désormais disponible grâce au progrès technologique leur permet de mieux gérer les opérations de transport. Coup d’œil sur les trois systèmes d’une famille de technologies qui gagne à être davantage connue.
Forest fuel treatments are conducted at a stand level in the wildland–urban interface to reduce the potential for catastrophic loss caused by wildfire. Given the considerable expense of conducting motor-manual fuel treatments, fuels managers want to better understand the productivity and cost of commonly applied fuel treatments in order to prescribe cost-effective treatment techniques. Due to the limited data available and the myriad combinations of fuel treatment options and equipment types used in a diverse range of ecosystems, cost projections for fuel treatments are difficult to forecast reliably.
Fuels managers and Wildfire Operations advisory members asked that a simplified data collection protocol be developed to collect more data across a broader range of ecosites. The streamlined and simplified process presented in this document includes a user-friendly format for in-field data collection by field crew supervisors.
Exotic fungi are an emerging threat to Canada's forests and Canadian Forest Service (CFS) researchers are studying the tree diseases they cause in Canada. Canadian Forest Service (CFS) researchers are studying the tree diseases they cause in order to control their spread. to control their spread. To do this, they need to make the right diagnosis in order to limit the impact of these diseases on the overall forest resource. At this stage, one of the difficulties encountered by researchers is the precise identification of fungal species. Indeed, many of these species are difficult to identify, Many of these species are difficult to observe. This article focuses on the mushroom Heterobasidion irregulare, responsible for the roundworm disease, and how citizens can contribute to the contribute to the scientific knowledge about this pathogen.
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Les champignons exotiques constituent une nouvelle menace pour les forêts canadiennes et des chercheurs du Service canadien des forêts (SCF) étudient les maladies des arbres qu’ils causent en vue de lutter contre leur propagation. Pour ce faire, ils doivent poser le bon diagnostic afin de limiter l’impact de ces maladies sur l’ensemble des ressources forestières. À cette étape, une des difficultés rencontrées par les chercheurs est l’identification précise des espèces de champignons. En effet, plusieurs de ces espèces sont difficilement observables. Cet article se concentre sur le champignon Heterobasidion irregulare, responsable de la maladie du rond, et sur comment des citoyens peuvent contribuer à l’avancée des connaissances scientifiques sur cet agent pathogène.
