Researcher

I was raised in Winnipeg, where I earned a diploma in Mechanical Engineering Technology after high school. After working in manufacturing and sales for seven years I decided to go for a drastic career change and enter the forestry profession. I moved to Thunder Bay where I earned a diploma and an undergraduate degree in Forestry at Lakehead University.  It was a great experience and included summer jobs in Northwestern Ontario, British Columbia's north coast, and north-central Saskatchewan.

Upon completing my undergrad degree I was offered a graduate research stipend to work in forest landscape ecology at the Ontario Forest Research Institute in Sault Ste. Marie. My research was a comparison of spatial vegetation patterns following clearcuts and fires within Ontario's managed boreal forest region.  I completed my Master's degree in 2000 and stayed on at the Research Institute to work on a spatially based policy analysis project followed by work in boreal mixedwood ecology.

E-mail: Dave Schroeder

Phone: (780) 865-6980

Review of Fire Behavior during Passage of Sandy Lake Fire 13 (NWT) across a Northwest Territories Power Corporation Transmission Line 3/17/2009

Fire Behaviour in Simulated Mountain Pine Beetle Attacked Stands Interim Report 2008 Archer Lake Burn Trails 2/25/2009

Protecting log yards from fire - best practices guide 2/10/2009

Removal of Tree Crowns Under Winter Conditions: Case Study Using a Terra Torch – Fort Providence, NWT 4/11/2008

Evaluation of Performance of Helitorch Fuel During Cold Weather Video Clips 3/28/2008

Mulching Trials on Harvest Debris Piles at Dutch Creek, Alberta 3/14/2008

Evaluation of Performance of Helitorch Fuel During Cold Weather Operation 3/5/2008

Lost Creek Operations Research Progress Report 2/22/2008

Lost Creek Fire Operations Research 2/28/2007

Effectiveness of Forest Fuel Management: A Crown Fire Case Study in the Northwest Territories, Canada work 2/21/2007

Can Fire Suppressant Gels Protect Log Decks? Part II - A case study to test gel effectiveness against ignition from burning embers 12/4/2006

Can Fire Suppressant Gels Protect Log Decks? Part III - Two case studies to test gel effectiveness against radiant and convective heat transfer 12/4/2006

Effectiveness of Forest Fuel Management: A Crown Fire Case Study in the Northwest Territories, Canada (PDF) 11/22/2006

Modelling ignition probability of thinned lodgepole pine stands 6/29/2006

Considerations for Mitigating Windthrow Due to Forest Fuel Treatments 3/17/2006

Can Fire Suppressant Gels Protect Log Decks? A Case Study to Test the Concept 1/25/2006

Log Deck Protection Project Page 1/23/2006

Log Deck Protection Demonstration 9/26/2005

New fuel management test plot 8/17/2005

Advantage Report - Operational trial of the ForestWatch wildfire smoke detection system 7/20/2005

Advantage Report - Use of a smoke generator and smoke plots to aid fire lookout personnel (PDF) 4/13/2005

Advantage Report - Evaluation of Three Wildfire Smoke Detection System 7/21/2004

Stand-density project in NWT 2003 7/21/2003

Effects of thinning on fuel parameter - a field study in Fairholme prescribed burn (Banff National Park) 6/12/2003

Detection Workshop Program and Speaker Introductions 4/11/2003

Detection workshop 2003 speaker information and presentations 4/4/2003

Use of a video camera surveillance system for fire detection 9/6/2002

Identifying opportunities to improve the effectiveness of wildfire detection in Alberta 6/27/2002

Stand Density Effects on Fire Behavior 6/27/2002