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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please find attached information about an upcoming webinar hosted by the Great Lakes Forestry Centre (NRCan, CFS) on May 13<sup>th</sup>, 2014 which may be of interest to you or your colleagues.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Dan McKenney will be giving a presentation on the new Plant Hardiness Zones of Canada which was recently revised and released by Natural Resources Canada.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions please contact me at your convenience.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stan <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Stan Phippen</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Knowledge Transfer and Policy / transfert de connaissances et des politiques</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Great Lakes Forestry Centre/Centre de foresterie des Grands Lacs</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">1219 Queen Street East</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
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</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Fax. / Téléc (705) 541-5704</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
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<span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:stan.phippen@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca">stan.phippen@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca</a></span></u></i></span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Title:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
Change and evolution in the Plant Hardiness Zones of Canada <br>
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<b>Presenter:</b> Dan McKenney<br>
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There is no cost to join this English-only presentation, and pre-registration is not required. This webinar is brought to you by the Great Lakes Forestry Centre (GLFC). GLFC is one of five Canadian Forest Service (CFS) research centres. The CFS is one of six
sectors within Natural Resources Canada. <br>
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<b>Date/time:</b> Tuesday, May 13, 2014<br>
1:30-2:30 p.m. Eastern time <br>
10:30-11:30 a.m. Pacific time <br>
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Mountain time <br>
12:30-1:30 p.m. Central time <br>
2:30-3:30 p.m. Atlantic time <br>
3:00-4:00 p.m. Newfoundland time<br>
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<b>Location: </b>Great Lakes Forestry Centre, <br>
Room A103 <br>
1219 Queen St. E., Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Those who cannot attend in person can join online by following these three steps:
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1. Go to<b> <a href="https://gts-ee.webex.com/mw0307l/mywebex/default.do?service=1&siteurl=gts-ee&nomenu=true&main_url=%2Fmc0806l%2Fe.do%3Fsiteurl%3Dgts-ee%26AT%3DMI%26EventID%3D278733767%26UID%3D1740449097%26Host%3Dacec5e38703d233b%26FrameSet%3D2%26MTID%3Dm845fdacfa12a78fac91da35670d7d067">
http://tinyurl.com/GLFC-May2014</a></b> <br>
2. Click "Join Now"<br>
3. Dial-in phone number: 1-877-413-4790 (required for audio)<br>
Conference ID (Attendee access code):1958186 #<br>
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All lines will be muted by the host during the presentation. Participants will be asked to mute their lines during the question period, unless asking a question, by entering:
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<b>*6</b> = self mute on<br>
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Participants may contact the GLFC Publication Assistant via e-mail at <a href="mailto:publicat@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca">
publicat@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca</a> if they experience difficulties during the presentation. There will be a question period following the presentation. Questions may also be submitted afterwards to the email address above.<br>
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Within one week of the webinar, the slide presentation and audio recording will be posted for download at:
<a href="ftp://ftp.nrcan.gc.ca/cfs/glfc/">ftp://ftp.nrcan.gc.ca/cfs/glfc/</a>. All previous Webinars are also archived there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0099FF;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Summary<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Canada's plant hardiness zones are evolving and show dramatic changes across much of the
nation. There are two types of plant hardiness models (maps) used for plant selection decisions in Canada – a multi-climate variable model originally developed by Agriculture Canada in the 1960s and the extreme minimum temperature model developed by the US
Department of Agriculture (USDA). We have recently published an update to both of these maps/models in the prestigious journal BioScience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">In this talk I will review the history of plant hardiness zones in Canada and describe
changes in the zones over the last 50 years. The updated maps show clear northward shifts in hardiness zones across western Canada. Shifts are somewhat less dramatic in southeastern Canada, with modest increases in zone values associated with the Canadian
map and (perhaps surprisingly) modest declines associated with the USDA approach. Old and new plant hardiness zones for any community can be found on the plant hardiness web site:<a href="http://planthardiness.gc.ca"> http://planthardiness.gc.ca</a>. Species-specific
climate envelope models are an alternative to generalized hardiness zones and are also available on the web site. We also illustrate climate habitat changes for 62 northern tree species over the same 50-year interval and found an average northward shift of
57 kilometers. While these changes signal a possible increase in the productivity and diversity of plants that can be grown in Canada, trends in late spring frosts and other factors that may limit successful plantings will be discussed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Dan McKenney</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
is a senior scientist and Team Leader with Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service in Sault Ste Marie. His research interests include the integration of climate with economics and ecology. He has also worked for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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in Resource Economics from the University of Guelph and a BSc in Forest Science from Texas A&M University.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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