This years AGM focused on ecological restoration best practices and was held in Waterton Lakes National Park, October 2-4, 2007. The workshop was co-hosted by Parks Canada and the Canadian Council on Ecological Areas (CCEA) in association with the CCEA Annual General Meeting and will show-case Principles and Guidelines for Ecological Restoration in Canada's Protected Natural Areas, which were recently developed by the Canadian Parks Council.

Workshop Agenda (PDF Format):
Agenda (40 kb)

Workshop Presentations (PDF Format):

• Anderson, Lee “Quantitative Methods for Identifying Ecological Benchmarks in Canada’s Boreal Forest” (803 kb)
• Atwood, Lynne “Restoring Plant Communities at Risk” (623 kb)
• Atwood, Lynne “Restoration and Natural Recovery Following Wildfire” (892 kb)
• Craig, Brian “Effective, Efficient, and Engaging Restoration for Recovering and Maintaining Ecological Integrity: Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation Forest Restoration Program” (2,520 kb)
• Crins, Bill “Ecological Restoration Activities in Ontario’s Regulated Protected Areas: Past, Present and Future” (1,508 kb)
• Crookes, Nadine “Linking Culture and Nature in Restoration” (129 kb)
• Daniels, Lori “Mixed-severity Fire Regimes in the Montane Forests of the Southern Rocky Mountain Trench” (161 kb)
• Dumouchel, Catherine “Education and Restoration: A Mutually Beneficial Partnership” (60 kb)
• Gawalko, Lyle “Ecological Restoration and Ecosystems in Change: The BC Parks Experience” (1,088 kb)
• Golumbia, Todd “Ecological Restoration in Gulf Islands National Park Reserve: Opportunities, Challenges, and Lots of Questions” (1,394 kb)
• Harvey, Jennifer “Integrating Ecological and Cultural Values: The Evolution of Mallorytown Landing” (915 kb)
• Henderson, Darcy “Restoration of Smooth Brome-invaded Areas in Grasslands National Park: A multi-phased approach” (1,370 kb)
• Higgs, Eric “The Mountain Legacy Project” (4,481 kb)
• Keenleyside, Karen “Overview of Principles and Guidelines for Ecological Restoration in Canada’s Protected Natural Areas” (175 kb)
• Kubian, Rick “Restoration in Action: Redstreak Restoration Project, Kootenay National Park” (388 kb)
• Lapp, Joyce “Lunch Creek: A Case of Wilderness Restoration Adjacent to Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, MT” (1,241 kb)
• Maitland, David “Pink Lake Restoration: 1998/90 and On” (1,514 kb)
• Martinez, Dennis "The Role of Aboriginal Landcare Practices in Contributing to Effective Ecological Restoration" (105 kb)
• Millar, Judy “Challenges of Ecosystem Restoration in Ponderosa Pine, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia” (1,005 kb)
• Pardy, Blair “Restoration in Kejimkujik National Park” (1,326 kb)
• Pearson, Kimberly "The Waterton Park Front Project: Ecological Restoration in a Working Landscape" (772 kb)
• Penny, Cheryl “Coming Full Circle: Active Restoration in Grasslands National Park” (856 kb)
• Regenstreif, Carrie “The Importance of Community Engagement in a Successful Restoration Project: The Case of Junction Creek in Sudbury, Ontario” (434 kb)
• Reive, Dan “Ecological Restoration in Point Pelee National Parks Greater Ecosystems - Engaging the Education Community” (78 kb)
• Savauge, Stephen “Cultural Heritage Value and Ecological Restoration: Considerations and Tools for Successful Integration” (609 kb)
• Shaw, Adrienne “Understanding Vegetation Changes in Subalpine
  Meadows” (1,337 kb)
• Smith, Cyndi “Rehabilitation of the Trade Waste Pit in Waterton Lakes National Park: International Cooperation in the Art and Science of Ecological Restoration” (469 kb)
• Stockdale, Chris “Prescribed fire in Alberta: Restoration of an Ecological Process” (541 kb)
• Sturch, Adrian “Integrative approaches to Restoration in Grasslands National Park of Canada” (171 kb)
• Van Dijik, Albert “Jumping Through Hoops” (941 kb)
• Whisenant, Steve “Placing Canadian Case Studies in an International Context” (487 kb)
• White, Cliff "Consilience and Ecological Restoration in Banff National Park" (4,763 kb)

CCEA Jurisdictional Reports (PDF Format):

• Quebec English (1,560 kb)
• Quebec French (1,590 kb)
• Quebec Map (2,420 kb)