Jae Ogilvie is the primary developer of the University of New Brunswick's wet area mapping model. He is also a lecturer and part-time graduate student with the Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, UNB.
Jae Ogilivie finishes his lecture by describing the opportunities that wet areas mapping datasets offer land resource managers. For example, the maps and datasets offer road managers help with culvert placement and sizing; forest managers can map forest productivity and net inoperable areas. Dissolved organic carbon in surface water follows the ratio of wet areas to catchment watershed. And the Alberta Vegetation Inventory maps of moisture classes can be enhanced by overlaying the wet areas datasets.
Jae Ogilvie's lecture, Apr. 11, 2014, at the Faculty of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta was sponsored by Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, who fund the development of Alberta's Wet Areas Mapping datasets.
This research initiative has been honoured by the Alberta Science and Technology Foundation and the Alberta Emerald Award Foundation for excellence in innovation and environmental stewardship.
