|
You are here:
Home >
Range >
Integrating Forest and Range Management >
Assessment of browsing damage on Maiden Creek Range Unit - Veasy Plateau
Assessment of browsing damage on Maiden Creek Range Unit - Veasy Plateau |
|
Lodgepole pine planted in 2001 and 2002 by West Fraser Mills received extensive
browsing damage (90% in 2001; 35% in 2002).
Several field trips by Forest Service,
West Fraser Mills, local ranchers, and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food staff
did not clearly resolve the source of the browsing damage.
The goal of this project was to determine the cause of extensive browsing damage to planted lodgepole pine on the Maiden Creek Range Unit – Veasy Plateau.
|
Fifty seedlings were randomly selected inside and outside at
each exclosure for further monitoring. In total, 150 seedlings were monitored inside
exclosures (no cattle or horse browsing possible) and 150 seedlings were monitored outside
the exclosures (cattle, horse, moose, and deer browsing possible). The same seedlings were
assessed for browsing damage approximately every two weeks for two years.
|
