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WADF is also a learning forest where
new knowledge gained from operations and research
are shared through field tours, Extension Notes,
Open Houses and other sources.
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EXTENSION NOTES
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Bat Studies
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RS-013
Bat Research in the West Arm Demonstration
Forest.
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RS-027
Bats and Trees.
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RS-028
Impact of Harvesting on Habitat Use by
Foraging Bats.
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West Arm Demonstration Forest
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RS-003
The West Arm Demonstration Forest.
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RS-018 The West Arm Demonstration Forest -
Research Update.
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EN-044
West Arm Demonstration Forest, Strategic Plan:
Summary.
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Case Studies
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RS-031
Helicopter logging for bark beetle control
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Wildlife Trees
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RS-011
A close look at wildlife trees
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Modelling
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EN-059
Using PrognosisBC to Analyze
Partial-Cutting Options over a Rotation.
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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Planning
Anon. 1999. West Arm Demonstration Forest,
Information Bulletin. Issue #1, March 1999.
Smith, J. and D. Delong, 1999. The West Arm
Demonstration Forest - rising to the challenge.
For. Chron. Vol. 75 No. 3
Anon. 1992. Survey of community forest values in
the vicinity of the West Arm Demonstration
Forest. Unpubl. report prepared for B.C. Min.
For., Nelson, by Appropriate Forestry Services
and Assoc., Kaslo, BC
Anon. 2000. Strategic Plan: West Arm
Demonstration Forest. Prepared by the Working
Committee. BC Min. For.Kootenay Lake Forest
District, Nelson, BC.
Duff, J. 1994. Total Resource Design:
Documentation of a method and discussion of its
potential for application in British Columbia.
UBC Masters Thesis.
Diaz, Nancy M. and Simon Bell. 1997. Landscape
Analysis and Design. in Creating A Forestry
For The 21st Century - The Science of Ecosystem
Management. edited by Jerry F. Franklin
and , Kathryn A. Kohm. Island Press.
Luchtan, D. 1997. Report on wildcrafting values
in the West Arm Demonstration Forest. Unpubl.
Report prepared for BC Min. For., Nelson.
Quesnel, H.J. and H.D. Pinnell. 1998. Natural
disturbance patterns, forest health and stand
level wildlife - Assessment and integration for
forest management in the West Arm Demonstration
Forest (WADF). Unpubl. paper prepared for: BC
Min. For., Nelson.
Quesnel, H.J. And HD Pinnell. 2000. Application
of natural disturbance processes to a landscape
plan: The dry warm interior cedar-hemlock
subzone (ICHdw) near Kootenay Lake, British
Columbia. In D'Eon, R.G., J.F. Johnson and E.A.
Ferguson, eds. Conf. proceed. Oct. 1998.
Ecosystem management of forested landscapes:
Directions and implementation.
UBC Press, Vancouver, BC
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Bat Studies
Barclay, R.M.R. & R.M. Brigham (Eds.). 1996.
Bats and Forest Symposium. Proceedings of First
International Bat-Forest Interactions Symposium.
Held at Victoria, BC, 19-21 October 1995.
Research Branch, BC Min. For., Work Pap.
23/1996. 292 pp.
Brigham, R.M., M.J. Vonhof, R.M.R. Barclay, &
J.C. Gwilliam. 1997. Roosting behavior and
roost-site preferences of forest-dwelling
California bats
(Myotis californicus). Journal of
Mammalogy 78:1231-1239.
Grindal, S.D. & R.M. Brigham. 1998. Effects of
small scale habitat fragmentation on activity by
insectivorous bats. J. Wildlife Mgt.
62:996-1003.
Grindal, SD& R.M. Brigham. 1999. Impacts of
forest harvesting on habitat use by foraging
insectivorous bats at different spatial scales.
Ecoscience 6:25-34.
Grindal, SD 1995. Impacts of forest harvesting
on bat foraging activity. M.Sc. thesis.
University of Regina.
Grindal, S.D, J.L. Morissette & R.M. Brigham.
1999. Concentration of bat activity in riparian
habitats over an elevational gradient. Can. J.
Zool. 77: 972-979.
Vonhof, M. and S. Grindal. 1993. Impacts of
harvesting on the distribution, abundance, and
foraging and roosting behaviour of bats in the
WADF near Nelson, BC Unpubl. progress report for
Forestry Canada.
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Small Mammal Studies
Crockford, S. 1995. Food habits of marten (Martes
americana) in the West Arm Demonstration
Forest. Report prepared by Pacific
Identifications, Victoria, for Wildlife Branch,
BC Min. Envir. Lands, and parks, Victoria. 16
pp. + app.
Darling, L.M. and K. Summers. 1997. Monitoring
changes in wildlife diversity during
silvicultural systems trials - group selection
in the West Arm Demonstration Forest. Draft
Final Report 1993-1996. Wildlife Branch, BC Min.
Envir., Lands and Parks, Victoria.
Darling, L.M., I. Teske, S. Crockford and E.C.
Lofroth. 1995. Impacts of partial cutting
silvicultural systems on furbearer distribution
and habitat use in the West Arm Demonstration
Forest, Nelson Forest Region. Final Report.
Report prep. for Forestry Canada,
FRDA-II-Research in Sustainable Forest
Development Program. 43 pp.
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Silviculture Studies:
Crampton, D. 1989. An ecophysiological study of
plantation performance in the ICHa1. FRDA Memo
No. 119.
Crampton, D. and D.P. Lavender. 1990.
Morphological and physiological responses of
Douglas-fir, western larch, engelmann spruce,
and lodgepole pine to changes in soil moisture
potential and light intensity on a burned, mesic,
south-exposed site with two levels of vegetation
removal. Northwest Sci. 64:98.
Harper, G., R. Whitehead and C.F. Thompson.
1998. A comparison of manual brushing treatments
in the ICHdw at Redfish Creek: 10 year results
from blocks 10-13. BC Min. For. Res. Prog.
Extension Note 20.
Holmsen, SD and R. Whitehead. 1988. Comparison
of clearing-saw cutting attachments for weeding
young conifer plantations. Ca. For. Serv. FRDA
Report 28. Also FERIC Special Report SR-52.
(Cost and productivity information)
Thompson, C.F., P. Bauer and G.J. Harper. 1998.
Ten-year results from a motor-manual brushing
trial for conifer release in ICHdw. BC Min. For.
File Report. (Tree stocking and growth
information)
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Hydrology Studies
Gluns, D.R., 2001. Snowline pattern during the
melt season: evaluation of the H60 concept.
In Watershed Assessment in the Southern
Interior of BC editors D.A.A. Toews and S.
Chatwin. Proc. Workshop Penticton, March 9-10,
2000. BC Min For. Research Branch Land
Management Handbook.
Henderson, G.S. And D.A.A. Toews, 2001. Using
sediment budgets to test the watershed
assessment procedure in southeastern British
Columbia. In Watershed Assessment in the
Southern Interior of BC editors, D.A.A. Toews
and S. Chatwin. Proc. Workshop Penticton, March
9-10, 2000. BC Min For. Research Branch Land
Management Handbook.
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Sediment Studies:
Jordan, P. 1996. Turbidity and suspended
sediment measurements using OSB meters, West Arm
Demonstration Forest Sediment Budget Study.
Automatic Water Quality Monitoring Workshop,
Richmond, BC February 12-13, 1996.
Jordan, P. and P. Commandeur. 1997. Sediment
Research in the West Arm Demonstration Forest.
BC Min. For., Nelson, BC Unpub. Paper
Jordan, P. 2001. Sediment budgets in the Nelson
Forest Region. In Workshop Proceedings:
Watershed Assessment in the Southern Interior of
British Columbia, Penticton, March 9-10, 2000.
BC Min. For. Working Paper 57.
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Insect Studies:
Stock, A.J., G. Pohl, W.R. McNee and Z. MacLeod.
1995. Effects of small clearcuts on ground
beetle (Coleoptera:Carabidae) species occurrence
in the Interior Cedar-Hemlock biogeoclimatic
zone in south-east British Columbia - first year
results. Unpubl. Progress report. BC Min. For.,
Nelson. 8 p
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