2025 Spring Meeting Speaker Presentations

Below are the presentations from the 2025 Spring Meeting that have been made available to participants with the permission of the respective speakers.

Opportunities and Challenges in a Rapidly Changing Sector

Kevin Merriam, Executive Director
Maritime Lumber Bureau

Progress Update: Regulating Professional Forestry in New Brunswick

Blake Brunsdon, RPF, Retired Forester

Hemlock Wooly Adelgid: An Invasive Threat to Atlantic Canada’s Hemlock

Lucas Roscoe, Research Scientist, Canadian Forest Service (NRCan/RNCan)

NL Provincial Checkup

Sean Greene, RPF, PEng
NL Forest Service, Dept. of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Canadian Woodlands Forum Retirement Savings Plan

Rob Shea, Senior Group Benefits Advisor, Belmont Health & Wealth

New Brunswick’s Private Woodlot Sector & Its Contributions to the Provincial Economy

Chris Spencer, Manager, Southern New Brunswick Forest Products Marketing Board

Precicion Forestry Redifined
NHRI’s AI-Enabled Inventory Services

Dr. Rakesh Mishra, NHRI Head of Research – Remote Sensing & AI

Stewardship in Action
Developing the Forestry Workforce for the Future

Dennis Bedford, Owner/Operator D. Bedford Forestry Services Inc.