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Kluane Lake, Canada

September 7th, we travelled to Kluane Lake Research Center (KLRC), where we were hosted by Sian Williams, manager of this station. On the way, we visited study sites established by Ted Hogg (CFS) in the 1958 Takhini burn in 2002 (see Hogg and Wein 2005). This site was covered by mature white spruce prior to the fire, with much of the area being underlain by permafrost (Burn 1998). Upon arrival, we met with S. Williams and researchers based at KLRC. KLRC is located in a region which provides the opportunity to study transitions from boreal forest into alpine tundra. It is also in an area where the white spruce forests underwent severe disturbance by spruce bark beetles in the early 2000s. This outbreak was mapped by CFS scientists and studied by other researchers at KLRC.