Keyword: experimental design

• Conifer and vegetation response in the BWBSmw 12 years after mechanical and herbicide site preparation.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/0229.htm
  ents have intensified the need for long-term information that assesses the effects of brushing activities. Information is required for timber growth-and-yield projections, to assess impacts on non-timber resources and resource user groups, to expand our knowledge of applied forest biology, and ultimately to improve forest management practices. During 1994 and 1995, several vegetation management trials were evaluated ( > 5 years post-treatment) for the possibility of remeasurement to obtain long-term conifer response data. Candidate research trials were screened using published and unpublished reports, experimental design, field surveys, and communications with operational and research staff. Of those candidate trials, the Sunset Prairie and Stewart Lake projects in the Dawson Creek Forest District were chosen for remeasurement. These trials were established by Les Herring (research silviculturist) in 1982–1983. This report summarizes the data collected during November 1995 and August 1996 at the Stewar ...

• Carnation Creek and Queen Charlotte Islands Fish/Forestry Workshop: Applying 20 Years of Coast Research to Management Solutions.
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/1230.htm
  Two major studies of fish/forestry interactions have been conducted in coastal British Columbia over the last 25 years. The Carnation Creek Experimental Watershed Program, located on the west coast of Vancouver Island, began in 1970 and is currently the longest-running investigation of the effects of forestry practices on a coastal stream ecosystem in North America. The second initiative, the Fish/Forestry Interaction Program (FFIP) on the Queen Charlotte Islands, began in 1981. About 30 watersheds were included within this program which focused on the effects of landslides on channel morphology and fish habitat, as well as on watershed rehabilitation techniques and silvicultural treatments. Both studies were conducted in similar environments, but each used a different experimental design. The case-study and synoptic approaches have together provided an opportunity to understand ecological responses both over very long time periods and for diverse geographic conditions and logging histories. The purpose of ...

• Silviculture Treatments for Ecosystem Management in the Sayward (STEMS): Establishment Report for STEMS 1, Snowden Demonstration Forest
  http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/pubs/pubs/1336.htm
  earch Institute of Canada [FERIC]) Visual quality and public response The results of this experiment will be used to improve forest management and policies because results can be directly interpreted operationally due to the large-scale, replicated experimental design. The information will be especially relevant for forests with multiple use objectives. ...