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Tuesday September 15 2015 19 EDMONTON AB ALL Meetings held at the Chateau Nova Grand Room General Meeting Sept 2115 700 pm ACDEN Meeting Sept 2215 900 am ACFN-IRC Meeting Sept 2215 100 pm FORT MCMURRAY AB ALL Meetings held at the Stonebridge Clearwater Room General Meeting Sept 2315 700 pm ACDEN Meeting Sept 2415 900 am ACFN-IRC Meeting Sept 2415 100 pm FORT CHIPEWYAN AB ALL Meetings held at the EY Lodge General Meeting Sept 2815 700 pm ACDEN Meeting Sept 2915 900 am ACFN-IRC Meeting Sept 2915 100 pm FORT SMITH NT ALL Meetings held at the Meeting Room 182A McDougal Rd. General Meeting Sep 3015 700 pm ACDEN Meeting Oct 115 900 am ACFN-IRC Meeting Oct 115 100 pm NOTICEOF MEETING DATES FOR ATHABASCA CHIPEWYAN FIRST NATION MEMBERS Refreshments will be served. DiAnn BlesseIt is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of our mother grandmother sister friend confidante teacher and mentor DiAnn Blesse. DiAnn devoted her life to her passion for teaching. She was a role model and inspiration for so many. She worked endlessly for a better understanding and respect for aboriginal culture in our education system. In 2011 the Canadian Teachers Federation honoured her with the Outstanding Aboriginal Educator Award. DiAnn is survived by her sons Nathan and Josh Watson daughter-in-law Anthia Watson as well as her grandchildren Sara Duban Aidan Meadow and Josh Watson Jr. Her grandchildren were her pride and joy. Brothers and sisters Donald and Adella Hammerstrom Don and Carol Oberquell Gary and Joan Anderson as well as many nieces and nephews. She also leaves behind many friends colleagues and students whose lives she touched in countless ways over the years. Her kindness wisdom and strength will live on in all those whose lives she has touched. She will be deeply missed. Please join us in a memorial service to celebrate her life on September 26th 2015 in the Sir John Franklin High School foyer at 200 p.m. BY CRAIG GILBERT Its a bird its a plane its - the future of forestry. It might be surprising to learn the Japanese government is studying the impact of forest res in the Northwest Territories. That there are quadricopter drones digital cameras and lasers involved less so. It would be more accurate to say Chiba Uni- versity researcher Akira Kato and his team are demonstrating how well the technology works in mapping out vast swathes of land- scape in a matter of minutes more accurate being the active term. Since the dawn of time forestry has been about estimates either mapping a small section of land or taking an aerial photo- graph of the crown and in both cases using an equation or algorithm to estimate how many and what types of trees are in the entire forest. But by using a relatively inexpensive ter- restrial laser picture something similar to a land surveying crew and a camera mounted on a drone Kato can precisely map out ex- actly what is there from the tops of the trees to the forest oor resolving even individual shrubs and plants. A 3D rendering Kato showed the Journal even included a yield sign. The team was in the bush around Fort Smith for two weeks earlier this month com- paring the trees after this years re season with their data from previous years to accu- rately measure how much biomass was lost in the blaze. Kato has a three-year grant from the Japa- nese government for the project. We have to test it to see how practical it is he said. We scanned here in 2012 so after the record re seasons in 2014 and 2015 its perfect. We want to continually monitor how the forest regenerates. Its great for archiving too.Atanytimewecangobackandcompare. Theyre also comparing data with another Japanese research team from Kyoto Univer- sity that has been studying historical climate conditions in the NWT vis--vis the thickness of the rings in a trees trunk which reveal how much moisture was available to the tree in a given year. That team has been doing it the old-fashioned way for more than 20 years. They have really good baseline data they spend about a month here every year. Katos ultimate goal has nothing in com- mon with Smokey the Bears agenda though. He wants to prove how effective and efcient the equipment is and one day to see foresters around the world using the same technique to manage their own areas. He even brought two employees of the company that makes the scanner to ensure everything goes smoothly. It was very tedious work before and even previous scanners took up to an hour or more but Katos current weapon of choice nishes up a single scan in about 10 minutes. Its incredibly faster than before Kato said. Using a plane is so expensive and scanners used to be much larger and more expensive also. With this once you own the scanner which costs about 2000 thats all. Its very practical. Japanese team uses drones cameras and lasers to see NWT forest for the trees Chiba University researcher Akira Kato centre with students Mizuki Taga and Shta Miura and surveyors Atsushi Unno and Yushi Mochizuki are in Fort Smith to measure forests accurately with lasers and aerial photography. PhotoCraigGilbert ENVIRONMENT FORESTRY