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The Bulkley Valley Research Centre began whitebark pine research in 2007 by revisiting whitebark pine ecosystem plots that were established in the 1970s and 80s by the BC Forest...

This is a five-year project aimed at restoring endangered whitebark pine ecosystems in the southern Skeena Region. Whitebark pine is an important wildlife tree that provides...

ABSTRACT The current mountain pine beetle epidemic is one of the greatest threats to Northern Caribou populations in British Columbia. Northern Caribou in the Southern Mountains...

INTRODUCTION The Itcha-Ilgachuz caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) population winters in low elevation forested habitat east of the Itcha Mountains, and in high elevation...

ABSTRACT A retrospective study was undertaken in an old Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) attacked forest to gain insight in stand dynamics post-beetle attack. Extent of mortality,...

ABSTRACT A mountain pine beetle (MPB) epidemic is currently ravaging large areas of interior British Columbia (BC) with significant implications for ecosystem services including...

INTRODUCTION (summarized) The Bulkley Valley Research Centre hosted a dynamic conference in February of 2007, attracting some of the province’s top forestry professionals as...

PROJECT PURPOSE AND MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS (summarized) The Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) epidemic has shifted from controlling the outbreak to mitigating its impact on...

(From "Synopsis of FIA-FSP Research Projects (2004-2009)") Forest managers require robust, unbiased predictive equations of juvenile tree growth under a range of management...

INTRODUCTION In north central BC, the current mountain pine beetle outbreak, and the management response to it, is changing the forest environment. In the public media rhetoric...

ABSTRACT In this project, we incorporated a robust snag dynamics submodel into SORTIE-­ND, a version of the spatially explicit, individual tree model SORTIE (Pacala et al. 1996;...

PRESENTATION ABSTRACT Stand-level studies have shown partial cutting (typically 30–70% canopy retention) maintains habitat for many species using mature forest. We used...

This report's purpose is to address the significant mountain pine beetle epidemic in British Columbia's lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia Engelm.) forests and it...