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Brad Hawkes
Research Officer, Forest Fires
Pacific Forestry Centre
506 Burnside Road West
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
V8Z 1M5
Telephone: 250-363-0665
E-mail: Brad.Hawkes@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca
Research subject areas
Profile
- Works on fire research in the areas of: fire behavior and danger rating, fire ecology, protected area fire management, and fire risk assessment.
- Investigates the relationships between mountain pine beetle and fire in British Columbia and Alberta (Waterton Lakes National Parks).
- Collaborates with the Yukon government on the design, application, and monitoring of fuel treatments that are intended to mitigate the risk of fire to communities, including those impacted by the recent outbreak of spruce beetles.
- The Role and Use of Fire in Mountain Pine Beetle Management
- Forest Fire in Canada
- Effects of mountain pine beetle outbreaks on lodgepole pine stand and woody debris dynamics
Education
- B.Sc. (Forestry), 1976; M.Sc., 1979, University of Alberta; Ph.D., 1993, University of Montana.