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Forest Management in British Columbia Parks and Protected Areas Presented by: Lyle Gawalko Forest Ecosystem Officer Ministry of Environment Parks and Protected Areas Presentation I. Forest Health/Natural Disturbance Factors II. MPB Control III. Forest Management Projects IV. Climate Change Adaptation I. Forest Health/Natural Disturbance Factors Climate Change (all Parks): Mountain Pine Beetle Western Pine Beetle (+20 Parks) Wildfires 1 park (avg.) burned “wall to wall” per year Windstorms 2006 – 44 Parks affected – approx $2 million in damages Other Forest Health Factors: Spruce Bark Beetle Douglas Fir Bark Beetle Spruce Bud Worm Drought/Root Rots etc Alien/Invasive Plants Spruce Budworm – Duffey Lake MPB in Parks 2006/07 • • • • • Trace < 1% 266,000 ha Light 1-10% 261,000 ha Moderate 11-30% 230,000 ha Severe 31-50% 71,000 ha Very Severe > 50% 18,000 ha Total: 845,048 ha 2007/08 • • • • • T: 300,273.95 ha L: 225,124.15 ha M: 207,955.55 ha S: 101,199.69 ha V: 27,758 ha Total: 862,972.29 ha II. MPB Control – Prevent Spread to Southern Alberta • 100 + Fall and Burn in Height of The Rockies. • Robson control program once again this year. • Planning for interprovincial prescribed burns Mount Robson Fall and Burn Program By the Numbers Winter 06/07 Winter 07/08 • 915 Sites Probed • 630 Sites Probed • G:R Ratio 1.35:1 • G:R Ratio 1.03:1 •Ave GA/site – 6 •Ave GA/site - 3.7 • 5,698 Green Attack F&B • Green Attack to date: 2755 (includes 75 2year cycle trees Mount Robson, - MPB Green Attack Sites Treated Winter 06/07 • 915 Sites Probed • 628 Sites Treated • 5,698 trees F&B G:R Ratio 0.8: 1 – 1.35:1 III. Forest Management in Parks • Campground MPB Hazard Tree and Fuel Removal • Interface Fuel Reduction Manning Park Fuel Reduction/Public Safety Completed Tree Removal 2007 Bonnevier Fuel Break • Feasibility Study Ecosystem • Restoration objectives • Promote the reestablishment of open forest stand conditions on the southern slopes • Remove dead and dying pine to reduce fuel loading Completed 350 ha Fuel Break – Silver Star Park Urban Interface Fuel Reduction Ellison Park – Post Treatment Urban Interface Fuel Reduction Spider Hoe Portable Incinerator – Robson Park Ecosystem Management Projects BC PARKS Since 2003, BC Parks has conducted 165 Ecosystem Management Projects, totalling $9,759,800 $4,000,000 $3,500,000 80 Total Cost 70 # of Projects 60 Cost $3,000,000 50 $2,500,000 40 $2,000,000 30 $1,500,000 $1,000,000 20 $500,000 10 $0 0 2003/2004 2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008 Year # of Projects $4,500,000 Climate Change Management for Adaptation: • Mitigate extreme natural disturbances where possible • Reduce risks to public and adjacent communities • Protect critical habitats • Determine ecological “pinch points” and try to reduce stresses Mount Robson Fuel Break – Swift Currnet SW5 West Before Mount Robson Swift Current Fuel Break SW5 West AFTER SW3 Canopy BEFORE SW3Canopy AFTER Ecological Restoration/Ingrowth Removal – Premier Lake Grassland Restoration – Churn Creek - Before Grassland Restoration – Churn Creek - After Cataloguing in situ protection of genetic resources for major commercial forest trees in British Columbia Hamman et al. 2002 Due to a systematic expansion of protected areas in the 1990s, it appears that conifer genetic resources are now well represented in protected areas. Minimum reserve size of 270,000 ha Minimum reserve size as defined by Brent Gurd et al. ( Tom Nudds and Don Rivard) 2001. Conservation of mammals in eastern NA wildlife reserves: How small is too small? Conservation Biology 15: 1355 – 1363 The End