PRFO
1998 Annual Meeting
Peterborough, Ontario
February 5 and 6
A number
of invited papers were presented on the theme of parks
in the Canadian Shield in a special session held to
open the Forum on Peterborough. These papers are of
basic value to persons concerned about the role of parks
and protected areas in northern Ontario generally and
particularly the Lands for Life review of northern wildlands.
PRFO
1998
Table of Contents
Introduction..................................1
Opening Remarks..................................
3
Norm Richards
Parks and Protected
Areas Research in Ontario: An Introduction..................................
5
J. Gordon Nelson, Tom Beechey, Bill Stephenson and John
Marsh
Part
I: Special Session on Parks and Protected Areas in the
Canadian Shield: Information and Research Needs
Invited Papers ..................................9
Science, Information
and Research Needs for Ontario's Parks and Protected Areas
in the Canadian Shield ................................11
T. J. Beechey, R. J. Davidson, S. B. Feilders and D. R.
Mulrooney
International
Trends in Park Tourism and Economics: Implications for
Ontario ..................................30
Paul Eagles
Protected Areas
in the Next Millennium: Managing for Ecological Integrity
..................................49
Nikita Lopoukhine
Communication
and the Human Dimensions of Parks and Protected Areas
on the Canadian Shield ..................................65
James G. Cantrill
Parks and Protected
Areas: Integrating the Ecological, Social and Economic
Context in Land Use Planning: Lessons From British Columbia
..................................80
Derek Thompson
Panel Commentaries
on Special Session ..................................93
Cultural Heritage
Conservation ..................................95
Peter Carruthers
Protected Areas
and Lands for Life: Will Protection Policies be Met and
Available Information Used ..................................98
John Riley
Comments on
Parks and Protected Areas Research with special reference
to Tourism ..................................105
Patrick L. Lawrence
Commentary
on Parks and Protected Areas Research from the Perspective
of a Member of First Nations ...............................108
Gary Potts
Research -
A Fundamental Management Tool ..................................110
Jay Leather
Presentation
of Ontario Parks Heritage Conservation Award ..................................113
Ontario Parks
Award Presentation to Dr. George Priddle ..................................115
Tribute to
Dr. George Priddle by Mr. Cam Clark ..................................116
Tribute to
Dr. George Priddle by Mr. Larry Douglas ..................................119
Remarks by
George Priddle ..................................121
Part
II: General Session
Volunteered Papers
..................................123
Easement and
Dedication Programs for Parks and Private Lands ..................................125
Ian Attridge
Protecting
Cultural Resources Through Forest Management Planning
in Ontario ..................................134
Luke Dalla Bona
Use of Estimated
"Pristine" Species-Area Relations as Null Models
For Evaluating Size and Integrity Standards for Protected
Areas: An Update ..................................143
Thomas D. Nudds, D. Brent Gurd, Christopher P. Henschel
and Christopher G. McLaughlin
Snow Geese
in Polar Bear Provincial Park: Implications of a Trophic
Cascade ..................................153
K. Abraham, L. Jefferies, K. Ross and O. Leafloor
Historical
and Present Status of Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)
in Pukaskwa National Park, Ontario and Implications for
Metapopulation Management, a Review ..................................161
Keith Wade
Seasonal Movement
Patterns and Feeding Habits of Large Adult Male Black
Bears in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario ........169
Jeremy E. Inglis, and Mike L. Wilton
Bird Species Richness and Composition in White Pine (Pinus
Strobus) Stands in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario:
In Response to the First Cut of the Uniform Shelterwood
Silvicultural System ..................................180
Andrea Kingsley and Erica Nol
A Research
Strategy for Algonquin Provincial Park ..................................192
Norm Quinn
Priority Sites
for Conservation Action in the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere
Reserve ..................................201
Jarmo Jalava and Helen Godschalk
Investigation
of Nutrient Sources to Point Pelee Marsh ..................................208
T. Mayer, R.A Bourbonniere, L. Zanini and S. Telford
Release of
Nutrients from On-site Wastewater Disposal Systems, Point
Pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada .....................214
C. Ptacek, J. Fitz Gerald, A. Crowe, J. Bain, K. Waybrant,
and D. Thompson
An Overview
of Environment Canada's Groundwater Research Activities
at Point Pelee National Park, Ontario.......................225
A.S. Crowe, C.J. Ptacek, R. McCrea, P.A. Huddart, F.J.
Longstaffe, J.P. Coakley, T. Mayer, D.L. Thompson, and
S.G. Shikaze
Coastal Geomorphology
and Assessment of Proposed Dyke Construction at Lighthouse
Point Provincial Nature Reserve, Pelee Island ..................................239
Robin G.D. Davidson-Arnott and Jeffrey S. Doucette
Amphibian and
Reptile Conservation in Ontario: Guidelines for Parks
and Protected Areas at Long Point, Rondeau, and Point
Pelee ..................................252
Anthony E. Zammit
Reports
..................................269
Economic Benefits
of Provincial Parks in Ontario: A Case Study Approach
..................................271
Peter Whiting and Dan Mulrooney
Community Evaluation
Methodology ..................................276
Wasyl Bakowsky
Faunal Survey
and Inventory in Ontario Parks ..................................282
S.A. Marshall
The Identification
of Candidate Protected Areas for the Lands For Life Planning
Process by the Partnership For Public Lands...287
John Riley
The Forest
Fire Management Program at Pukaskwa National Park ..................................292
Mark Crofts
Chemical and
Biological Status of Killarney Park Lakes (1995-1997):
A study of lakes in the early stages of recovery from
acidification. ..................................294
Ed Snucins and John Gunn
Some Possible
Causes of Fatal Attacks on Humans By Large Adult Male
Black Bears - A Discussion ..................................298
Mike L. Wilton and Jeremy E. Inglis
The Effects
of Human Disturbance on Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus) in Killbear Provincial
Park, Ontario ..................................300
Chris Parent and Patrick J. Weatherhead
Natural Area
and Land Use Planning Connections in the Carolinian Canada
Zone ..................................304
Patrick Lawrence, Cynthia Lussier and Lori-Anne Riviere
Assessing the
Evolution of Marsh Management in Protected Areas: with
special reference to Point Pelee, Rondeau and Long Point,
Lake Erie, Canada ..................................308
Lucy M. Sportza
Ecosystem Conservation
Plans for Bruce Peninsula National Park and Fathom Five
National Marine Park .......................314
Patrick Lawrence, J. Gordon Nelson and Heather Black
Enhancing Trail
Access for People with Disabilities ..................................323
P.E. Longmuirr and P.W. Axelson
Building Community
and Conserving Cultural Landscapes through Inventory ..................................326
Nancy Pollock-Ellwand
From Inventory
to Interpretation: A Definition of Process ..................................330
Cailin Clarke
Abstracts
..................................333
Protected Areas
and Other Land Uses - A Spacially Explicit Evaluation
..................................335
Wolfgang Haider, Brian Hutchinson and Jim Duncan
Research and
Monitoring Needs Catalogue for Ontario Region National
Parks ..................................336
Ken Van Osch, J. Gordon Nelson and Bill Stephenson
Linking Geology
to the Effects of Acid Precipitation on the Food Chain
of Gavia immers. ..................................337
Rachel Dunn
Spatial Relations
between Migratory Algonquin Park Wolves and Resident Wolves
in a Winter Deer Yard (Winter 1997 Preliminary Results)
..................................338
John Pisapio
Overgrazed
Ecosystems: Do Plant Communities Recover? ..................................339
Saewan Koh, Dawn Bazely and Trudy Watt
Part
III: Working Group Reports and Commentaries
Working Group Reports
..................................341
Rapporteur
Comments ..................................351
Commentary
..................................353
Jim MacLean
Commentary
..................................355
D. Scott Slocombe
Post-Workshop
Commentaries ..................................359
Comments to
Parks Research Forum ..................................361
Mike Wilton
Protected Area
Networks: Assessment of Ontario's 'Nature's Best' Action
Plan and Recommendations ..................................363
Thomas D. Nudds, Christopher P. Henschel, Jeremy Kerr,
David Currie, Lenore Fahrig, Saewan Koh, Christopher G.
McLaughlin
Response to
Nudds et al on: Protected Area Networks: Assessment of
Ontario's 'Nature's Best' Action Plan and Recommendations
..................................373
William J. Crins and Philip S. G. Kor
Natual Heritage
Gap Analysis Methodologies Used by the Ontario Ministry
of Natural Resources ..................................375
William J. Crins and Philip S. G. Kor
Part
IV: Appendices
Appendix 1:
Report on Parks Research Forum of Ontario 1998 Annual
Meeting Evaluation Questionnaire ...............................395
Appendix 2: Meeting Program ..................................401
Appendix 3:List of Participants ..................................405
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