This publication provides management guidelines aimed at protecting biodiversity in ecologically sensitive sites within the Fundy Model Forest in south-east New Brunswick. After an introduction on the Forest and on locating & protecting sensitive sites, general management recommendations are presented, followed by the focus of the guide's management recommendations: eight forest community types identified in the area by a gap-analysis project. The objective of the recommendations is to maintain the existing sites until some degree of restoration takes place on a provincial scale. Many of the suggested management options could be further modified and used over a broader land base to restore forest communities that have been reduced or lost.

This report profiles the natural history of the rich hardwood forests of the middle St. John River Valley in New Brunswick and in the eastern section of Aroostook County, Maine. Section 1 defines what is meant by the St. John River Valley Hardwood Forest (SJRHF), describes the forest assemblage type in general, and outlines how that type differs from hardwood forest assemblages found in other regions of the Maritime Provinces. Section 2 describes the physical characteristics of the central St. John valley and the vegetation history of the area, from the beginning of the post-glacial period to the present. Section 3 profiles the life history characteristics of ground flora associated with temperate deciduous forest. Section 5 gives detailed descriptions of the rare vascular plant species associated with the SJRHF. The final section reviews conservation prospects for the SJRHF in New Brunswick based on current land use trends and makes management recommendations for its protection.

Identifies and describes spatially restricted and ecologically significant community types that occur within the 420,000-hectare Fundy Model Forest of south-eastern New Brunswick. The purpose is to draw attention to the presence of these biotic features within the Model Forest and highlight their contribution to the biodiversity of the area. These features are often overlooked when designing landscape-level forest management strategies and, without special management, they are vulnerable to species loss. Twenty-four fine-scale community types are identified, including remnant patches of late successional forest, rock face communities, talus slopes, shorelines, and caves. Habitat features, general location, characteristic biota, and all known uncommon and rare species are given for each community type. Past human disturbance history, when known, and existing and future threats are also discussed.

Proceedings of a conference on protected areas and the integration of ecological, societal, and economic values. Topics of presentations include the importance of ecological areas, biological conservation, biodiversity, forest policy, system planning & management of protected areas, drawing ecological reserve boundaries, ecological land classification, marine & freshwater protected areas, and landowner views & responsibilities concerning protected areas.