Mount Seven/Ice road partial cutting research trials - uniform shelterwood trails

Last updated on August 22, 2023

Trial Name: Partial cutting systems research in Armillaria root rot infected stands (EP 1186) (aka Ice Road and Mount Seven)
Trial objectives	Installation name	Ecosystems represented	Tree species	Silvicultural systems tested	Post establishment treatments
Measure planted stock and natural regeneration response Measure overstory residual tree response Measure the relationship between light and tree growth Monitor the vegetation development Measure soil properties in response to harvesting method Measure root disease (Armillaria ostoyae and Inonotus tomentosus) and impact on regeneration	Ice Road and Mount Seven	ICHmw2 MSdk	Douglas-fir Western larch Hybrid spruce Western red cedar Western hemlock	Irregular Uniform Shelterwood Patch cut 4 levels of BA retention (zero, light, heavy and full) two harvest methods – push-over and conventional hand falling	None
Comments: Impacted by windfall and Douglas-fir beetle in 2017 to 2018

Publications
Publication topics	Publications
Multiple values	DeLong, D. 1995. Shelterwoods in root disease infected stands: preliminary results EP 1186. B.C. Min. For., Nelson For. Reg., For. Sci. Section. Exten. Note RS-023. Hawe, A. 1996. Shelterwood harvesting in root disease infected stands: EP1186 Preliminary results - Ice Road Site (PDF, 400KB). B.C. Min. For., Nelson For. Reg., For. Sci. Section. Exten. Note RS-030. DeLong, D., P. Comeau, and C. Prescott. 2000. Partial cutting in root disease infected stands in the Interior Cedar–Hemlock biogeoclimatic zone. In: Proc. From Sci. to Manag. and Back: a Sci. Forum for South. Interior Ecosys. of British Columbia. C. Hollstedt, K. Sutherland, and T. Innes (editors). South. Interior For. Exten. Res. Partnership, Kamloops, B.C., pp. 105–112. DeLong, D., P. Comeau, and C. Prescott. 2000. Shelterwood harvesting in root disease infected stands in Southeastern British Columbia: three year results – EP1186 (PDF, 289KB). B.C. Min. For., Nelson For. Reg., For. Sci. Section. Exten. Note RS-051.
Soils	Quesnel, H. and M. Curran. 1999. Shelterwood harvesting in root disease infected stands in southeastern British Columbia: post-harvest soil disturbance–EP1186. B.C. Min. For., Nelson For. Reg., For. Sci. Section. Exten. Note RS-043. Quesnel, H. and M. Curran. 2000. Shelterwood harvesting in root disease infected stands in southeastern British Columbia: post-harvest soil compaction–EP1186 (PDF, 409KB). B.C. Min. For., Nelson For. Reg., For. Sci. Section. Exten. Note RS-048. Quesnel, H.J. and M.P. Curran. 2000. Shelterwood harvesting in root-disease infected stands—post-harvest soil disturbance and compaction. For. Ecol. Manag. 133:89–113. Prescott, C.E., L.L. Blevins, and C.L. Staley. 2000. Effects of clear-cutting on decomposition rates of litter and forest floor in forests of British Columbia. Can. J. For. Res. 30(11):1751–1757.
Regeneration	DeLong, D.L., S.W. Simard, P.G. Comeau, P.R. Dykstra, and S.J. Mitchell. 2005. Survival and growth response of seedlings in root disease infected partial cuts in the Interior Cedar – Hemlock zone of southeastern British Columbia. For. Ecol. Manag. 206:365–379. Newsome, T., M. Waterhouse, and A. Arsenault. 2007. Shelterwood silvicultural systems to address integrated resource management issues in the Kootenays: Year 10 update. In: Overcoming obstacles to variable retention in forest management: science to management. Forum Proc., Sept. 25–27, 2007. B.C. J. Ecosys. Manag. 8(3). Newsome, T.A., J.L. Heineman, A.F.L. Nemec, P.G. Comeau, A. Arsenault, and M. Waterhouse. 2010. Ten-year regeneration responses to varying levels of overstory retention in two productive southern British Columbia ecosystems. For. Ecol. Manag. 260:132–145.

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