Publications


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.

EXTENSION NOTES
Bat Studies
  • RS-013 Bat Research in the West Arm Demonstration Forest.
  • RS-027 Bats and Trees.
  • RS-028 Impact of Harvesting on Habitat Use by Foraging Bats.
West Arm Demonstration Forest
  • RS-003 The West Arm Demonstration Forest.
  • RS-018 The West Arm Demonstration Forest - Research Update.
  • EN-044 West Arm Demonstration Forest, Strategic Plan: Summary.
Case Studies
  • RS-031 Helicopter logging for bark beetle control
Wildlife Trees
  • RS-011 A close look at wildlife trees

Modelling

  • EN-059 Using PrognosisBC to Analyze Partial-Cutting Options over a Rotation. Load EN-059 as PDF (4395kb)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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

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.

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.

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)

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.

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.

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