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The objective of this project was to assess the potential recovery of understory grassland vegetation for wildlife and livestock by examining previous attempts to thin and burn overstocked Ponderosa Pine (PP) stands in the East Kootenay Trench. Ten PP sites were selected in the Nelson Forest Region which were previously thinned and/or burned. The relationship between forest overstory under two thinning treatments (to approximately 500 and 700 stems/ha) with and without prescribed burning, and understory vegetation was determined.

Ross, T.J., G. Powell, and C. DeMaere. 1998. The effect of thinning and burning on PPdh2 understory plant cover. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Research Branch, Kamloops, B.C. (Mimeo.) 14 p. Newman, R. 2000. Overstory/understory relationships in the Ponderosa Pine Biogeoclimatic Zone. Research Summary modified from: Ross, T.J., G. Powell, and C. DeMaere. 1998. The effect of thinning and burning on PPdh2 understory plant cover. British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Research Branch, Kamloops, B.C. (Mimeo.) 14 p. Link to All Publications

BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks Rocky Mountain Forest District (formerly Cranbrook Forest District & Invermere Forest District) George Powell, Craig DeMaere: (formerly Research Branch, BC Ministry of Forests and Range) Tim Ross: Ross Range and Reclamation Services The following people/organizations provided support for the project. Denis Petryshen, Grant Griffin, Ann Skinner, Paul Chalifour - Rocky Mountain Forest District "Cranbrook", BCMoFR Dave White, Phil Burke, Darryl Smith, Gail Berg - Rocky Mountain Forest District "Invermere", BCMoFR Gary Tipper - BC Ministry of Environment, Lands, and Parks, Cranbrook. Mike Malmberg - BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Cranbrook.

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