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Project Title: Species Screening Trial on a Low Impact Burn
Project Number: EP 1116.01
District: Columbia Forest District
Location: Big Eddy Creek (Revelstoke)
Lat. 51 20'N Long. 118 30'W		 Opening # 82M039-008
Contact: John Pollack
Forest Sciences Section
Southern Interior Forest Region		 Phone: (250) 825-1100
e-mail:
John.Pollack@gov.bc.ca

Objectives:

  • To assess the potential of selected species (alone and in simple mixes) to establish within a low impact burn.
  • To assess the effect of the seeded species on the redeveloping local species, and on planted seedlings.
  • To relate the success of the seeded species to the seedbed environment.
  • To develop a framework to predict the success of future seeding treatments

Experimental Design:

Treatments:

Four grass species were used alone and in simple combinations.

  • Control
  • White dutch clover @ 14 kg/ha
  • Creeping red fescue @ 19 kg/ha
  • Perennial rye @ 50 kg/ha
  • Dwarf orchard grass @ 17 kg/ha

Layout:

There are three 50 m by 50 m blocks, each divided into five 10 m strips running N-S and five 10 m strips running E-W. Each strip was sown with a randomly selected species. The study was planted with spruce and 10 seedlings in each plot were randomly selected for assessment. A plot is the intersection of one N-S strip and one E-W strip.

History:

  • 1990 - Establishment and Assessment
  • 1991 - Assessment and report
  • 1992 - Assessment and report
  • 1993 - Assessment and report
  • 1994 - Final assessment and report

Status: Dormant

Reports and Publications:

Ketcheson M.V. 1992, Big Eddy Seeding Trial, Revelstoke District. Seedling and Vegetation Response to treatment, 1990-1991. Unpubl. Rep. B.C. Min. For., Revelstoke District.

Ketcheson M.V. 1993, Big Eddy Seeding Trial, Revelstoke District. Seedling and Vegetation Response to treatment, 1990-1992. Unpubl. Rep. B.C. Min. For., Revelstoke District.

Ketcheson M.V. 1994, Big Eddy Seeding Trial, Revelstoke District. Seedling and Vegetation Response to treatment, 1990-1994. Unpubl. Rep. B.C. Min. For., Revelstoke District.

C.F. Thompson, and O . Steen. [1996]. Cover Crops for Forest Vegetation Management. In Integrated Forest Vegetation Management: Options and Applications. Proc. 5th B.C. Forest Vegetation Management Workshop, Nov. 29-30, 1993, Richmond, B.C. P.G. Comeau, G.J. Harper, M. Blanche, J.O. Boateng, and L. Gilkeson (editors). FRDA Rep. 251.

Comments:

This project was established by Chris Thompson. Since his retirement, it has been overseen by Deb Delong.