##  [Lynn Palmer](/contact/lynn-palmer) 

Organization:

[Four Rivers Environmental Services Group](/organization/four-rivers-environmental-services-group)

 

 

Position Title:

General Manager

 

Workplace Address:

Thunder Bay ON P7B 2X9  
Canada



 

Contact Information:

lpalmer@agokedevcorp.ca

##### **AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE**

Forestry and other natural resources management, Indigenous Knowledge (TEK), climate change & forest carbon

##### **LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN**

English (fluent)  
French (fair)

##### **ABOUT** 

Many years experience working in areas related to forests and natural resources management including forest ecology and silviculture, teaching, research; conservation initiatives, community-based research, advocacy for forest tenure to enable community forestry, work on behalf of First Nations in northern Ontario and BC relating to forestry, land use planning, environmental policy, environmental/impact assessment and species at risk (caribou monitoring)  
**Academic research and teaching:** currently teaching Traditional Ecological Knowledge for Indigenous Studies & Geography/Environment students at Mount Allison University, NB


##### OTHER LINKS AND RESOURCES 

Bullock, R., P. Smith, L. Palmer and G. Broad (eds.). 2017. Growing Community Forests: Practice, Research and Advocacy in Canada, U Manitoba Press. [https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/growing-community-forests ](https://www.ubcpress.ca/community-forestry-in-canada)

Palmer, L., P. Smith and C. Shahi. 2016. Community forestry on Crown land in Northern Ontario: Emerging paradigm or localized anomaly? pp. 94-135 in Teitelbaum, S. (ed.) Community Forestry in Canada: Drawing Lessons from Policy and Practice. UBC Press. [https://www.ubcpress.ca/community-forestry-in-canada ](https://www.ubcpress.ca/community-forestry-in-canada)