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Northwest Science and Information (NWSI) publications offer the most current science on forests, fish, and wildlife to resource managers in northwestern Ontario.

Most of our new publications are available in PDF format. Single copies of our older publications are available from our Science Unit in Thunder Bay at no charge. These technical publications are published in English only.

Oshki Online Boreal Science Newsletter. November 2000. Volume 5, Number 2. Ont. Min. Natur. Resour. 16 pp.

Topics of feature articles include:

• determining natural succession in boreal forest stands in northeastern Ontario
• a prime-site forest model for Northwest Region
• Ontario flow assessment techniques (OFAT)
• muskie angler diaries from Lake of the Woods

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Topics of feature articles include: 

• using paleolimnology to assess impacts of forest fire and logging on a northwestern Ontario lake
• an introduction to the boreal mixedwood silvicultural guide, Boreal Mixedwood Notes, and the 2nd edition of the Forest Ecosystem Classification for Northeastern Ontario (NE-FEC)
• collection and storage of fish calcified structures for age determination

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Oshki Online Boreal Science Newsletter. October 1999. Volume 4, Number 2. Ont. Min. Natur. Resour. 20 pp.

Topics of feature articles include:

• providing critical wildlife habitat when forests in northeastern Ontario are managed for snags
• Stetham Creek walleye spawning bed enhancement project
• a description of the Ecological Land Data Acquisition Resource (ELDAR) decision support tool for predicting and mapping ecosites
• standard forest units (SFU) in use and built into the strategic forest management model toolkit (SFMM Tool)

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Oshki Online Boreal Science Newsletter. May 1999. Volume 4, Number 1. Ont. Min. Natur. Resour. 12 pp.

Topics of feature articles include:

• an overview of the boreal mixedwood silvicultural guide
• an introduction to the Northern Ontario Remote Tourism Decision Support System (NORT-DSS)
• “CaribouPaths”
• photo interpretation and mapping of ecosites in northwestern Ontario
• status of fall walleye index netting (FWIN) projects in Ontario
• a brief description of the Ontario Marten Analyst (OMA) and Marten 1 tools
• in The Tackle Box: The Effect of Recruitment Variability on Estimating Survival Rates

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Oshki Online Boreal Science Newsletter. December 1998. Volume 3, Number 2. Ont. Min. Natur. Resour. 16 pp.

Topics of feature articles include:

• the status of fisheries resources in northwestern Ontario
• a wildlife assessment program update
• changes in the northeast forest ecosystem classification
• habitat requirements of coaster brook trout in Lake Superior
• bringing the Spruce Budworm Decision Support System to Ontario
• in The Tackle Box: Growing Degree Day Summaries for Northwestern Ontario – Effects on Fish Biology

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Oshki Online Boreal Science Newsletter. July 1998. Volume 3, Number 1. Ont. Min. Natur. Resour. 20 pp.

Topics of feature articles include:

• Frank Lyon’s rediscovered forest sample plots from the mid 1940s and their significance today
• relating lake temperature to ecosystem health
• a look at the Forest Ecosystem Science Co-operative
• in The Tackle Box: Using Portable Field Computers in Fisheries

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Oshki Online Boreal Science Newsletter. March 1998. Volume 2, Number 3. Ont. Min. Natur. Resour. 20 pp.

Topics of feature articles include:

• report on a field-based approach to applying plant growth regulator to stimulate cone production
• Abitibi Canyon Generating Station tailwater habitat study
• brief overview of the northeast region forest management planning science protocol
• a look at a research partnership for woodland caribou in eastern Ontario 
• in The Tackle Box: Picking Potential Yield in Lake Trout Lakes Using Thermal Habitat Volume

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Oshki Online Boreal Science Newsletter. December 1997. Volume 2, Number 2. Ont. Min. Natur. Resour. 20 pp.

Topics of feature articles include:

• impacts of landscape disturbance on coldwater streams
• a rediscovery of the 1941 Aurora jack pine spacing trial in the Superior National Forest
• most commonly asked fish-related questions about Whitefish Lake
• linking ecosites to forest resources inventory (FRI)
• a brief description of a River Information Management System (RIMS) for rivers in northeastern Ontario
• in the Tackle Box: Picking an Appropriate Age Sub-Sample

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Oshki Online Boreal Science Newsletter. July 1997. Volume 2, Number 1. Ont. Min. Natur. Resour. 20 pp.

Topics of feature articles include:

• airboat duck banding
• an overview of the Coldwater Lakes Experimental Watersheds research
• provincial wildlife assessment units (WAUs) up and running
• decision support tools in managing for spruce and jack pine budworm
• in The Tackle Box: Transforming that Ugly Data … Into a Thing of Beauty

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Oshki Online. Boreal Science Newsletter. October 1996. Volume 1, Number 1. Ont. Min. Natur. Resour. 32 pp.

Topics of feature articles include:

• summary and second-year field results from a time-of-planting fertilizer trial near Raith, Ontario
• marten habitat studies in northeastern Ontario
• a report on documented evidence that caribou are using a previously logged area near Lucy Lake, west of Nakina
• review on a report investigating the impact of woodland caribou management on wood supply
• an outline of the Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research (CNFER) project on coldwater lakes to measure the effects of logging on lake ecosystems and evaluating the effectiveness of shoreline buffer strips
• habitat supply module incorporated into the strategic forest management model (SFMM)
• update on the small mammal habitat study in the Lake Abitibi Model Forest
• new seed zones for Ontario
• Squeers Lake bathymetric map
• in the Tackle Box: Tips and tools for collecting and analyzing fisheries data

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Northwest Science & Information was formerly known as Northwest Science & Technology, Boreal Science Section.

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