• The integration of sustainable forest management in the context of a changing physical and socio-economic environment is feasible, and essential for enhancing the general appreciation of forests by the public in general. This integration, however, also requires new and innovative forest management practices, to be evaluated and implemented by forestry professionals and practitioners in particular.
• Understanding of primary resource flows through forested watersheds and soils (water, nutrients, air, energy)and the existing above- and below-ground conditions at the site-specific level is essential for addressing and integrating sustainable forest management into local land-use policies and related decision making processes and tools.
• The Centre has the ability, experience, and resources to meet the watershed research component of sustainable forest management. As such, the Centre focuses on the modelling and mapping of
topographically and hydrologically driven conditions and processes at high geo-spatial resolution (1 to 10 m).
• The Centre conducts knowledge-based communications including knowledge extension workshops with partners and other stakeholders.
• The research is conducted in a timely fashion and leads to management practices which can be implemented and monitored readily. This involves developing decision-support tools that facilitate the implementation of the research results by way of forest management and operations planning.

Partner-based Research Projects
• Upland - Wetland delineation at high resolution (1-10m.)
• Forest trafficability, all seasons/weather
• Forest biomass allocation
• Stream water quality
• Forest site classification
• Soil re-mapping at high resolution, including the mapping of soil type, drainage, and other soil properties
• Access, trail and route optimization
• Forest hydrology modeling, based on a generalized means to determine parameters such as soil density, field capacity, permanent witling point, and soil permeability as these affect the rate of water and heat flow through soils, year-round
• Soil organic matter mineralization
• Forest nutrient cycling