Sitka Spruce Weevil Hazard Decision Tool for Vancouver Island

Links for more information on spruce and weevils

• BC Ministry of Forests and Range Research Branch Sitka spruce breeding program

• BC Ministry of Forests and Range Research Branch interior spruce breeding program

• Developing Sitka spruce populations for resistance to the white pine weevil: summary of research and breeding program

• Canadian Forest Service – Pacific Forestry Centre weevil research program

• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service publications search

• FORREX Stand Establishment Decision Aid

• BC Ministry of Forests and Range Terminal Weevils Guidebook

• University of British Columbia Entomology (FETCH21) weevil page

• Forest and Range Practices Act and Regulations

• Chief Forester’s Standards for Seed Use

• The White Pine Weevil: Biology, Damage and Management Proceedings of a symposium held January 19-21, 1994 in Richmond, British Columbia. Alfaro, R.I., G. Kiss and R.G. Fraser, eds.

• Spruce Weevil Symposium, Proceedings. Conference in 1992, Terrace, B.C.

• Sieben, B.G. 2002. Leader temperature based hazard rating system for the white pine weevil under present and climate change condition. MSc Thesis, UBC, Vancouver. 445 pp.

Ministry contact: Jodie Krakowski
Please direct questions regarding webpage to For.Prodres@gov.bc.ca
Updated May 2009