Download or read book Forest Soil Rehabilitation in British Columbia written by Charles Ernest Bulmer and published by University of British Columbia Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report summarizes issues and problems in forest soil rehabilitation in British Columbia, presenting an up-to-date review of the scientific literature and the activities of rehabilitation specialists and practitioners working for the forest industry and government. The focus is on techniques for restoring soil productivity, with the implied objective of re-establishing a productive forest ecosystem on a site that has suffered degradation. The first two sections of the report provide an overview of soil rehabilitation in the province and review the productivity of degraded and rehabilitated forest soils. This is followed by a section on soil physical process and nutrient cycling, describing how an understanding of growth-limiting conditions can guide practitioners to strategies for effective and cost-efficient rehabilitation. The next section reviews rehabilitation techniques, including tillage, topsoil conservation and replacement, reforestation and revegetation methods, and soil amelioration using fertilizers, amendments, and mulches. Finally, information gaps and research needs are identified.
Download or read book Forest Soil Conservation and Rehabilitation in British Columbia written by British Columbia. Forest Science Program and published by Vernon, B.C. : Forest Science Program, [200-?]. This book was released on 2002 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Soil Rehabilitation Guidebook written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Soil Conservation Guidebook written by British Columbia. Ministry of Forests and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides direction on how to prepare operational plans and prescriptions that require specification of limits for various types of soil disturbance during forestry operations.
Download or read book Problem Analysis and Business Plan Development for a Comprehensive Program of Research and Extension in Techniques for Forest Soil Rehabilitation in British Columbia written by Chuck Bulmer and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forest Soil Conservation and Rehabilitation in British Columbia written by S. Berch and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategic Plan for Forest and Range Soils Research and Extension in British Columbia written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Best Management Practices Handbook written by Rowland Atkins and published by Watershed Restoration Program. This book was released on 2001 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook represents a compilation of best management practices for hill slope restoration, as derived from Forest Renewal BC's Watershed Restoration Program and concurrent operational practices. Emphasis is on a risk-based approach to restoration that achieves effective & cost-efficient restoration practices. The introduction provides an overview of slope stability factors, erosion, and sedimentation risks in the context of hill slope restoration. Section 2 describes procedure for identifying watershed restoration priorities, building & assessing an inventory of areas requiring treatment, and developing a restoration plan. This is followed by sections on field assessments & restoration treatments for road deactivation, landslide & gully rehabilitation, and soil bioengineering for slope stability. The final section suggests procedures for preparing detailed assessment & prescription reports, planning & implementing major works, and evaluating the effectiveness of a restoration project. Includes glossary.
Download or read book Impacts of Forest Harvesting and Regeneration on Forest Sites written by British Columbia. Ministry of Forests and published by Province of British Columbia Ministry of Environment. This book was released on 1990 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the impacts of forestry activity on soil properties and site productivity. Includes information on assessing soil sensitivity and site rehabilitation.
Download or read book Ground Work written by Don Gayton and published by Kamloops, B.C. : Southern Interior Forest Extension and Research Partnership. This book was released on 2001 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Soil Disturbance Guidelines written by Stephen C. Chatwin and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the workshop, covering sustainable development and forestry in British Columbia, harvest-related soil disturbance research, tree growth, site productivity research, use of selective logging, site preparation impacts, effects of various types of equipment, site degradation policy, public perceptions and expectations, implications on planning, soil rehabilitation and alternative policies.
Download or read book Soil Conservation Guidelines for Timber Harvesting written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Problem Analysis and Business Plan Development for a Comprehensive Program of Research and Extension in Techniques for Forest Soil Rehabilitation in British Columbia written by Charles Ernest Bulmer and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forest Soil Rehabilitation with Woodwaste written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, several forest product manufacturing facilities produce wood wastes that may be useful as soil amendments. In 1998, a trial was established to evaluate the effects of soil rehabilitation with excavator tillage, and applications of topsoil, sort yard waste, hog fuel, and a biosolids-wood waste compost. This paper presents a study of the soil conditions on the trial plots during the first three years after treatment. The applied treatments are briefly described along with the soil sampling & analysis methods used. Results are discussed & compared among treatments with regard to bulk density & water retention characteristics of the soil, the soil chemistry & nutrient content, soil temperature, water content, and soil mechanical resistance. Finally, some of the implications for forest productivity are discussed.
Download or read book Soil Rehabilitation Research written by Paul Thomas Sanborn and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Soil Conservation Surveys Guidebook written by British Columbia. Ministry of Forests and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes procedures for measuring disturbance to soil caused by forest practices.
Download or read book Soil Reclamation and Reforestation at Oil and Gas Well Sites in Northeastern British Columbia written by Trevor McConkey and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 1,400 oil and gas wells drilled in northeast British Columbia (BC) in 2005 alone, cumulative reductions in future timber supply may occur if well sites (~1 ha in size) are not reforested. Well sites resemble forestry landings in their challenges to soil productivity and reforestation, which include adverse physical conditions (i.e., compact soils), low organic matter content, and limited nutrient supply. Previous research in BC on forest soil rehabilitation techniques has developed practical methods for ameliorating adverse soil physical, chemical, and biological conditions in forestry landings. This project focused on the application of these techniques to typical abandoned well sites in the Peace River region of BC as part of achieving successful reforestation. Five abandoned well sites were selected within the Boreal White and Black Spruce biogeoclimatic zone near Fort St. John and Dawson Creek, BC. Treatments consisted of tillage, wood chip mulch, tillage + wood chip mulch, tillage + incorporated wood chips, brush mats, and an untreated control. Treatments were implemented between fall 2003 and spring 2004, and sites were subsequently planted with alternating seedlings of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia Dougl. ex Loud) and white spruce (Picea glauca [Moench] Voss). Soils at all sites were fine to medium in texture with average coarse fragment contents ranging from 3% to 10%. Soil conditions were monitored throughout the 2004 and 2005 growing seasons. Response variables include soil physical parameters (bulk density, soil mechanical resistance, moisture content, air-filled porosity, water retention characteristics), nutrient availability, and seedling survival and growth. Soil physical property data (i.e., soil mechanical resistance, air-filled porosity, and water retention) indicated soils on control plots were in a potentially physically degraded state with respect to theoretical growth-limiting thresholds. These results suggested they were good candidates for rehabilitation. Treatments involving tillage tended to improve soil physical condition based on an assessment of properties related to soil mechanical resistance and bulk density. Pine and spruce seedling performance was measured in September 2005 after two growing seasons. No treatment effects were observed related to measures of pine performance; however, spruce height and vigour were moderately improved where treatments involved tillage. High rates of spruce seedling mortality and over-winter injury were observed and may have been a result of climatic events (i.e., freeze-desiccation) that occurred in February and March 2005.
