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British Columbia Ministry of Forests

Hard Pine Stem Rust

Pine Stem Rust Management Guidebook 

Spacing Guidebook(FPC) 

Enhanced Forestry Program Virtual Resource Centre

Home Page 

Forest Health 

Tree Doctor 

Common Tree Diseases of BC 

Pine Stem Rust Surveys

Forest Health Stand Tending Decision Keys - Coastal | Interior (pdf)

USDA Forest Service Forest Insect & Disease Leaflet

Comandra Blister Rust

Western Rusts

Stem Rust Bibliography (PDF)   Get Acrobat Reader

 

Forest Health -- Silviculture

Enhanced Forestry Program Virtual Resouce Centre

Home Page 

Forest Health 

Silviculture Decisions

Stand Tending

MoF Forest Practices Branch

Forest Health 

Forest Health Links 

Silviculture Links

Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Forest Service

Home Page 

Silviculture & Regeneration 

Fertilization Decision Key

British Columbia Ministry of Forests Library

Journals 

"Variable Growth Intercept Models for Lodgepole Pine in the Sub-Boreal Spruce Biogeoclimatic Zone, British Columbia" - Gordon Nigh 

"Use of Site Factors to Predict Lodgepole Pine and Interior Spruce Site Index in the Sub-Boreal Spruce Zone" - Q. Wang, C.G. Wang, K.D. Coates, and K. Klinka 

"Growth Intercept Models And Tables For British Columbia - Interior Species" - Gordon Nigh 

Stand Management Prescription Guidebook (FPC)

Canadian Plant Disease Survey

USDA Forest Service

Home Page

Forest Health Site

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Forest Insect & Disease Leaflets Western

Forest Insect & Disease Leaflets Eastern

Forest Health Publications

Extension & Publication Sites

Forest Research Extension Partnership (FORREX formerly SIFERP & NIFERP

Natural Resouces Canada - Canadian Forest Service

MoF Library

MoF Library

Journals

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

FRDA Reports, Land Mgt Handbooks, etc.

MoF Forest Practices Branch Forest Health Publications & Products

USDA Forest Service

Home Page

Publication Site

Forest Health Publications

Training

Jim Worrall's Forest and Shade Tree Pathology Online Textbook

Sir Standford Fleming College's Forest Pathology and Control Course

Forestry Division Training Section

Research Branch Conferences, Workshops and Tradeshows

Individuals with considerable operational experience in managing hard pine stem rusts in spacing operations:

Alex Woods - Ministry of Forests and Range, Northern Interior Forest Region Regional Service Centre, Smithers, BC.
Phone:  250-847-6382

Richard Reich - Ministry of Forests and Range - Northern Interior Forest Region
Prince George BC
Phone - 250-565-6203

For Information about this site contact:

Harry Kope - Forest Pathologist - BC Ministry of Forests and Range
Forest Practices Branch,
Phone - 250-387-5255

Frank Barber - BC Ministry of Forests
Forest Practices Branch,
Phone - 250-387-8910

Bill Golding - Silvicon Services Inc.
Smithers BC
Phone - 250-847-3680