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Summary
Lodgepole pine stands make up an important part of the forest cover in
the interior of British Columbia, consistently providing nearly 25% of total
forest product values produced annually in the province, and dominating
landscapes important for many values and to many users. Because of the current
age-class distribution and history of heavy mortality to ... mountain pine beetle
epidemics in overmature stands, it is important to develop silvicultural
approaches, such as commercial thinning and fertilization, to manage maturing
lodgepole pine stands.

Partial-cutting and fertilization of 70 to 100 year old stands may
reduce stand susceptibility to epidemic attack by mountain pine beetle and
provide access to fibre while allowing maintenance of mature forest cover in
critical wildlife habitat, community watersheds and viewsheds that will benefit
many users.

This study, in the East Kootenays of British Columbia, is a
multi-disciplinary, long-term research study of 20 years which is designed to
evaluate the effects of partial-cutting and fertilization of lodgepole pine on
residual stand condition and growth, insect activity, regeneration processes,
and non-timber values.

Partners in the Mature Lodgepole Pine Management Study are:

Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada
Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd.
Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada
Forest Renewal B.C.
Galloway Lumber Company Ltd.
Ministry of Forests, Province of British Columbia

The overall objectives of the Mature Lodgepole Pine Management Study
are to determine:

1. if fibre recovery is economically feasible with current technology;
2. how tree and stand susceptibility to attack by mountain pine beetle
and other insects is affected;
3. if residual stand growth responses will increase yield or value at
the end of this rotation;
4. how wildlife habitat and domestic forage values are affected;
5. if conversion to mixed species shelterwood management is possible
through release of advanced regeneration or underplanting thinned stands.

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Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 50.59

S: 45.25

E: -114.57

W: -116.04

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre Dataset Title: Mature Lodgepole Pine Management Study, British Columbia, Canada Dataset Release Place: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Dataset Publisher: Gov. Canada, NRCAN, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1991-09-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA GEOGRAPHIC REGION > MID-LATITUDE CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA GEOGRAPHIC REGION > NORTHERN HEMISPHERE GEOGRAPHIC REGION > WESTERN HEMISPHERE CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > BRITISH COLUMBIA CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > CRANBROOK CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > CRANBROOK FOREST DISTRICT CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > EAST KOOTENAYS CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > ELKFORD CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > INVERMERE FOREST DISTRICT CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > PARSON CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRENCH

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST HARVESTING AND ENGINEERING AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST MANAGEMENT AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST MENSURATION AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST PROTECTION AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST YIELDS AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > REFORESTATION BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > HEXAPODS > INSECTS BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > FORESTS BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > DECIDUOUS VEGETATION BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > FOREST COMPOSITION/VEGETATION STRUCTURE

ISO Topic Category

FARMING ECONOMY ENVIRONMENT BIOTA

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Ancillary Keywords

GCMD none LODGEPOLE PINE MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE OVERSTORY PARTIAL-CUTTING REGENERATION SILVICULTURE UNDERSTORY VEGETATION WILDLIFE HABITAT

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Pacific Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada Data Center URL: http://www.pfc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/ Data Center Personnel Name: ROGER WHITEHEAD Phone: +01-250-363-0765 Fax: +01-250-363-0775 Email: rwhitehe at nrcan.gc.ca Contact Address: 506 West Burnside Road City: Victoria Province or State: British Columbia Postal Code: V8Z 1M5 Country: Canada

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Personnel

ROGER WHITEHEAD Role: DIF AUTHOR Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: +01-250-363-0765 Fax: +01-250-363-0775 Email: rwhitehe at nrcan.gc.ca Contact Address: 506 West Burnside Road City: Victoria Province or State: British Columbia Postal Code: V8Z 1M5 Country: Canada

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2001-10-02 Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-03-28 Future DIF Review Date: 2005-11-20

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