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The most current version of the
Fort Nelson TSA Forest Health Strategy is now available. The accompanying
Fort Nelson Forest District Strategic Salvage Plan identifies strategies for the recovery of trees
subjected to forest health damage agents.
During the years 1985 to 2001 the Fort Nelson Forest District was ravaged by a massive outbreak of the
eastern spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana). During those years the principle tree
species used as food by the budworm was the
white spruce (Picea glauca). Secondary species was the
subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa).
In the years 2001 to 2005 it appears that there
was a total collapse of the budworm populations as evidenced by various federal and provincial surveys.
The Federal Insect and Disease Survey (FIDS) funded the forest health monitoring prior to the year 2002
in the Fort Nelson Forest District, with heavy involvement of district staff. Forest Health monitoring
was briefly shifted to the responsibility of the Fort Nelson DFAM (Defined Forest Area Management)
group. As of 2004, this responsibility was transferred back to the Ministry of Forests and Range. In
2007 district staff once more became heavily involved in monitoring forest health conditions.
To find information from a provincial perspective, please visit the MoFR, Forest Practices Branch,
Forest Health Unit.
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