After more than three decades studying forests in western Canada and excursions from Australia to Russia, Dr. Phil Burton has come to believe that the way forests are managed needs a fundamental rethink. A Professor Emeritus at UNBC, Burton spent much of his career examining how ecosystems respond to disturbance, from wildfires and insect outbreaks to logging and climate change. Those experiences form the backbone of his new book, Resilient Forest Management, released last year by Oxford University Press. …the book outlines a new approach to forest stewardship in the face of disruption and uncertainty. “Many of the perspectives and examples presented in the book are based on my experience in northern B.C.,” Burton says. “Over the last 30 years of studying ecosystem disturbance and recovery in our region, I was repeatedly impressed by the ability of our forests to absorb or rapidly recover from both natural and human-caused disruptions.”