The Forest Engineering Soils Laboratory
Welcome to the Web page of the Forest Engineering Soils Laboratory
The purpose of this web page is to inform about the Forest Soils Engineering Laboratory of the Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management at the University of New Brunswick.
It tells about the mission (goal) of the lab, the people involved, and the facility itself.
The lab facilitates research and development in the field of forest access planning, forest road layout, forest road design, and skid trail design for off-road transportation.
It was established by Dr. Robert Douglas in 1986. Since 2002 when Dr. Dirk Jaeger took the lead the lab was further developed by financial support of Canada Foundation of Innovation, CANFOR, New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, and UNB.
Currently the lab is equipped for the following lab tests and field tests:
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