Robert’s Creek Study Forest

Last updated on August 22, 2023

Trial name: Roberts Creek Study Forest (EP1256)
Trial website: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/rco/research/projects/RCSF/RCSF.htm
Trial objectives	Installation name	Ecosystems represented	Tree species	Silvicultural systems tested	Post establishment treatments
Planted and natural regeneration growth and development Monitor effects on local hydrology and water quality Monitor windthrow Harvesting Economics	Roberts Creek Study Forest	CWHdm	Douglas-fir Western hemlock Western red cedar	10% dispersed retention 50% aggregate retention Clearcut with reserves Strip Shelterwood	Planting – 1994 Douglas-fir and western red cedar 2nd harvest entry - 1999

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Publication Topics	Publications
General Overview	B.C. Ministry of Forests. 2001. Roberts Creek Study Forest – general information pamphlet (PDF, 477KB).
Multiple values discussed	D’Anjou, B. 2001. Roberts Creek Study Forest: effects of dispersed retention harvesting on stand structure and regeneration in a coastal mixed-conifer forest: summary of year 6 results (PDF, 282KB). B.C. Min. For., Vancouver For. Reg., Nanaimo, B.C. Tech. Rep. TR-006. D’Anjou, B. 2001. Roberts Creek Study Forest: effects of alternative silvicultural systems on windthrow and conifer regeneration in a coastal Douglas-fir dominated forest: summary of year 3 results (PDF, 191KB). B.C. Min. For., Vancouver For. Reg., Nanaimo, B.C. Tech. Rep. TR-007. D’Anjou, B. 2002. Roberts Creek Study Forest: harvesting, windthrow and conifer regeneration within alternative silvicultural systems in Douglas-fir dominated forests on the Sunshine Coast (PDF, 1.2MB). B.C. Min. For., Vancouver For. Reg., Nanaimo, B.C. Tech. Rep. TR-018. D’Anjou, B. 2006. Windthrow and conifer regeneration amongst a range of retention patterns within the Roberts Creek Study Forest. Variable Retention For. Sci. Forum, Apr. 21–22, 2004. .C. J. Ecosys. Manag. 7(1):17–22.
Water quality and snowpack	Hudson, R. 2000. Snowpack recovery in regenerating coastal British Columbia clearcuts. Can. J. For. Res. 30(4):548–556. Hudson, R.O. and B. D’Anjou. 2001. Roberts Creek Study Forest: the effects of shelterwood harvesting and blowdown on sediment production in a small zero-order creek (PDF, 253KB). B.C. Min. For., Vancouver For. Reg., Nanaimo, B.C. Exten. Note EN-004. Hudson, R. 2001. Roberts Creek Study Forest: preliminary effects of partial harvesting on peak streamflow in two S6 creeks (PDF, 1.66MB). B.C. Min. For., Vancouver For. Reg., Nanaimo, B.C. Exten. Note EN-007. Hudson, R.O. and J. Fraser. 2001. Roberts Creek Study Forest: pre-harvest chemical characteristics of three S6 creeks, Flume Creek Experimental Watershed (PDF, 1.66KB). B.C. Min. For., Vancouver For. Reg., Nanaimo, B.C. Tech. Rep. TR-013. Hudson, R. and L. Tolland. 2002. Roberts Creek Study Forest: effects of partial retention harvesting on nitrate concentrations in two S6 creeks three years after harvesting (PDF, 886KB). B.C. Min. For., Vancouver For. Reg., Nanaimo, B.C. Tech. Rep. TR-019.
Forest Fungi	Fogarty, F.W., S. Berch, and B. D’Anjou. 2001. Effects of alternative silviculture treatments on the diversity of forest fungi in the Roberts Creek Study Forest (PDF, 108KB). B.C. Min. For., Vancouver For. Reg., Nanaimo, B.C. Exten. Note EN-006.
Amphibians	Dupuis, L.A. and F.L. Waterhouse. 2001. Response of amphibians to partial cutting in a coastal mixed-conifer forest: management practices for retaining amphibian habitat in the Vancouver Forest Region (PDF, 195KB). B.C. Min. For., Vancouver For. Reg., Nanaimo, B.C. Exten. Note EN-005.
Harvesting and worker safety	Nuszdorfer, F. and B. D’Anjou. 2001. Roberts Creek Study Forest: worker safety in partial harvesting silvicultural experiments and operations (PDF, 80KB). B.C. Min. For., Vancouver For. Reg., Nanaimo, B.C. Exten. Note EN-003. Bowden-Dunham, M.T. 1998. A productivity comparison of clearcutting and alternative silviculture systems in coastal British Columbia. For. Eng. Res. Inst. Can., Vancouver, B.C. FERIC Tech. Rep. TR-122. Hedin, I.B. 1994. Shelterwood harvesting in coastal second-growth Douglas-fir. For. Eng. Res. Inst. Can., Vancouver, B.C. FERIC Tech. Note TN-216.
Birds	Waterhouse, F.L. and A.S. Harestad. 2002. Roberts Creek Study Forest: habitat use of a dispersed retention area by breeding winter wrens (PDF, 727KB). B.C. Min. For., Nanaimo, B.C. Tech. Rep. TR-020.
Public perceptions	Wong, A.B. 1994. Alternative silvicultural systems and forest management in the Roberts Creek—Mount Elphinstone forest: public attitudes and perceptions. Master Nat. Resources Manag. and Master Business Administration thesis. Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, B.C.

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