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New Kid in Town . . . s FORESTRY SCHOOL DIRECTOR JAMES KAYLl, : ...took over at Lakehead University Jan. 1 New LU forestry head specialist in forest fires By DAN BAUGHMAN Chronicle-Journal staff I Lakehead University ' s new forestry school | director has good reason to be Jired up about ; his new Job- he is a fire expert I Dr. James Kayll, who succeeded Prof Ken- ■ neth Hearnden as director Jan. 1, has • specialized in using (Ire as a tool (or forest i managers since graduating from the Univer- : sity of British Columbia in 1959 with a | forestry degree • He went on to Duke University In North : Carolina where he received a master ' s : degree in forest fire ecology He researched : the matter as a scientist with the National ; Forestry Institute at Petawawa, then went to : the University of Aberdeen, Scoiland. to : receive a Phi) on e how fire affects vegeta- tion For the past 12 years, Kayll was a faculty : member at the University of New Brunswick ! where he was a director of the Fire Science ! Centre, among other portions • Kayll says It is too soon to say what changes ; he might make to the curriculum at Lakehead University, but they will likely in- clude more emphasis on using fire in forest management The school currently offers Just one course on fire control Used properly and under the right ratesot both fuel and weather conditions, it can be us- ed as a controlled fire management tool. said Kayll during an interview QUICK RECYCLING Fire helps re-establish a forest after it has been logged, he said. It prepares the site for planting or for seeding and quickly recyies nutrients which normally take years to decompose in Northern Ontario ' s cold climate Controlled burning reduces the wildfire hazard by eliminating the slash on the ground, Kayll said It can also be used to create desirable wildlife habitat, he added. Some trees are able to withstand fires bet- ter than others. Kayll said. For example, pines can survive a ground fire which will kiU fir trees The (irs are more susceptible, he said, because their branches reach all the way to the ground and because (hey have thin bark Noting Northwestern Ontario is one of the worst hit areas by forest fires in Canada, Kayll said not all wildfires are harmful For Instance, he said, if the fire is a low, ground- creeping type, it can eliminate undergrowth and allow larger trees to grow (aster Obviously, uncontrolled, high-intensity wildfire isn ' t a useful tool to the forest manager But very often fires aren ' t high in- tensity, said Kayll A forest fire fighting policy that extinguishes all fires doesn ' t take advantage of those blazes which do more good than harm, he added CHEAPER THAN MECHANICAL Besides Its other advantages, controlled burning of cutover sites to prepare them for regeneration is far cheaper than doing the same thing by mechanical means, said the forestry school director Kayll said studies by the New Brunswick department of natural resources showed it cost only $13 per hectare $5 27 an acre) to prepare cutovers by burning in 1979 That is about one-tenth the cost of doing the same thing mechanically, he said. The forest industry can help keep costs down by arranging logging roads so they will serve as fire breaks, he said Controlled fires are not suitable lor every area, Kayll cautioned Research needs to be conducted to identity areas where it would be valuable technique, but currently, fire is a vastlv underused management tool, he add- ed New Director at Lakehead On January 1, 1981, the School of Forestry had a new Director, Dr. A.J. Kayll took over the reins from Acting Director Prof. Carmean and former director Prof. K.W. Hearnden. Dr. Kayll had previously been Chairman of the Department of Forest Resources at the University of New Brunswick, where he spent the past 12 years as a faculty member. Prior to that, Dr. Kayll held the position of research scientist at the National Forestry Institute in Petawawa, Ontario. Dr. Kayll ' s research interests lie in the field of forest fire ecology and its application as a forest management tool. Lakehead U. forestry students first met Dr. Kayll at the UNB Woodsmen competition in October, 1980. The Chief Judge of that competition was a great guy we were told by UNB students - their loss, our gain. Dr. Kayll, on behalf of the forestry students at Lakehead University, we welcome you to our School of Forestry. MJS ... well, there goes the neighbourhood! 13
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