Prescribed Burning and Thinning in the IDFww: Regeneration Response

ObjectivesPrescribed Burning and Thinning in the IDFww

  • Document, under combined partial cutting and burning regimes:
    1. the recruitment of natural regeneration and its association with site and stand variables and
    2. growth of planted regeneration
  • Compare the growth of planted Douglas-fir and yellow pine, in order to identify the better performing species under a range of conditions, including competition
  • Examine the importance of environmental and vegetation variables on regeneration growth
  • Use of knowledge from this study to guide policy, support decision makers and set objectives for improved forest resources management in coast-interior transition areas
  • Articulation of results to the forest management and technical community through extension products and submission of a journal article
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Impact

  • Improved ability to predict and rely on natural regeneration to meet regeneration standards
  • Better management of early stand growth through improved understanding of the influence of site and residual stand conditions on regeneration development
  • Improved species deployment through improved knowledge of comparative species performance under different conditions
  • Development of guidelines for the recruitment of natural regeneration and growth of planted regeneration in combined partial cutting and prescribed burning treatments in the IDFww BEC unit.
  • Improved forest growth and timber supply modelling capacity
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Schedule

  • Data acquisition during summer and fall 2006
  • Analysis completed by late winter 2007
  • Completion of contract report, MoFR Technical Report and extension note by spring of 2007
  • Peer reviewed journal article in 2007-’08
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