Download or read book Stand Level Biodiversity Monitoring in 44 Large Cutblocks in the Central Interior of British Columbia written by Nancy Densmore and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report presents monitoring results for 44 large cutblocks (> 100 ha) harvested between 1995 and 2005. In December 2005, British Columbia's Chief Forester issued guidance on biodiversity management pertinent to large cutblocks. Therefore, the results reported here represent a pre-guidance baseline of stand-level biodiversity on large cutblocks."--Document.

Download or read book Adaptive Environmental Management written by Catherine Allan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-06-05 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adaptive management is the recommended means for continuing ecosystem management and use of natural resources, especially in the context of ‘integrated natural resource management’. Conceptually, adaptive management is simply learning from past management actions to improve future planning and management. However, adaptive management has proved difficult to achieve in practice. With a view to facilitating better practice, this new book presents lessons learned from case studies, to provide managers with ready access to relevant information. Cases are drawn from a number of disciplinary fields, including management of protected areas, watersheds and farms, rivers, forests, biodiversity and pests. Examples from Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, the UK and Europe are presented at a variety of scales, from individual farms, through regional projects, to state-wide planning. While the book is designed primarily for practitioners and policy advisors in the fields of environmental and natural resource management, it will also provide a valuable reference for students and researchers with interests in environmental, natural resource and conservation management.

Download or read book Sampling Intensity for Stand Level Biodiversity Surveys written by Nancy Densmore and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Two harvested cutblocks were thoroughly sampled using the Forest and Range Evaluation Program sampling methodology for stand-level biodiversity monitoring. This was done to assess the validity of the recommended plot sample intensity. The number of plots established was double or more the recommended plot sample intensity as described in the Protocol for Stand-level Biodiversity Monitoring (Province of British Columbia, 2007). Tree and coarse woody debris indicators were estimated based on varying numbers of the established plots. No bias was found in the estimation of the indicators for large trees, large snags, CWD volume or density of long pieces of CWD. The means of these indicators were relatively stable at all sampling intensity. However the precision of the mean (standard error) for the large snags density indicator is low at the recommended sampling density. The mean of number of species sampled does have an inherent bias influenced by sampling intensity. The number of species found tends to increase with increased number of sample plots." -- Ministry of Forests and Range, Forest and Range Evaluation Program website as viewed July 24, 2008.

Download or read book Forest Stewardship in the Context of Large scale Salvage Operations written by Marvin Alastair Eng and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All indications are that the current mountain pine beetle outbreak will have a significant impact on a large proportion of the pine forests in British Columbia (Eng et al. 2004). It is neither desirable nor possible to harvest all of the affected pine forests. Nonetheless, any increases beyond current harvest levels must carefully consider all forest values. This document provides recommendations to the Chief Forester about the conservation of all forest values during large-scale salvage operations: 1. At the landscape level, there should be little, to no, salvage harvesting in the noncontributing land base and, at the very least, what was originally planned under existing landscape-level plans should be left. 2. At the stand level, there should be no changes to the provisions made for riparian management areas and riparian reserve zones. As well, there should be no changes to the management of wildlife tree patches, wildlife habitat areas, and other fine-filter measures. Legacies of coarse woody debris should be left throughout the blocks. 3. To the extent possible, the area chosen for salvage should have the highest level of infestation and the highest proportion of pine. 4. The creation of large openings (> 1000 hectares) will be appropriate; however, the legacies of unharvested areas within the openings should increase in proportion to the increasing size of the opening (up to 25% in the case of 1000-hectare openings). Other related recommendations are made about access structures, adverse effects on peak flows and soil erosion, silviculture that might lessen future problems with mountain pine beetle outbreaks, fire risk at the wildland-urban interface, and monitoring programs.

Download or read book Inventory Methods for Raptors written by Resources Inventory Committee (Canada). Terrestrial Ecosystems Task Force and published by Resources Inventory Committee. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book British Columbia Rangeland Seeding Manual written by Allan Dobb and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Biodiversity Guidebook written by British Columbia. Ministry of Forests and published by University of British Columbia Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides managers, planners and field staff with a recommended process for meeting biodiversity objectives - both landscape and stand level - as required under the Forest Practices Code.

Download or read book The Mountain Pine Beetle written by Pacific Forestry Centre and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book presents a synthesis of published information on mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins [Coleoptera: Scolytidae]) biology and management with an emphasis on lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. var. latifolia Engelm.) forests of western Canada. Intended as a reference for researchers as well as forest managers, the book covers three main subject areas: mountain pine beetle biology, management, and socioeconomic concerns. The chapters on biology cover taxonomy, life history and habits, distribution, insect-host tree interactions, development and survival, epidemiology, and outbreak history. The management section covers management strategy, survey and detection, proactive and preventive management, and decision support tools. The chapters on socioeconomic aspects include an economic examination of management programs and the utilization of post-beetle salvage timber in solid wood, panelboard, pulp and paper products."--Publisher's description.

Download or read book Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World written by Dominick A. DellaSala and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Temperate rainforests are biogeographically unique. Compared to their tropical counterparts, temperate rainforests are rarer and are found disproportionately along coastlines. Because most temperate rainforests are marked by the intersection of marine, terrestrial, and freshwater systems, these rich ecotones are among the most productive regions on Earth. Globally, temperate rainforests store vast amounts of carbon, provide habitat for scores of rare and endemic species with ancient affinities, and sustain complex food-web dynamics. In spite of their global significance, however, protection levels for these ecosystems are far too low to sustain temperate rainforests under a rapidly changing global climate and ever expanding human footprint. Therefore, a global synthesis is needed to provide the latest ecological science and call attention to the conservation needs of temperate and boreal rainforests. A concerted effort to internationalize the plight of the world’s temperate and boreal rainforests is underway around the globe; this book offers an essential (and heretofore missing) tool for that effort. DellaSala and his contributors tell a compelling story of the importance of temperate and boreal rainforests that includes some surprises (e.g., South Africa, Iran, Turkey, Japan, Russia). This volume provides a comprehensive reference from which to build a collective vision of their future.

Download or read book Fish stream Identification Guidebook written by British Columbia. Ministry of Forests and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Columbia Forest Practices Code specifies planning and operational guidelines for each phase of timber harvesting operations around streams, lakes, and wetlands. This guide describes suitable practices to meet the objectives of the riparian management regulations within the Code, specifically the requirement to correctly identify streams on the basis of fish presence in order to ensure the protection of fish populations and habitats during all phases of forest harvesting. The guide defines the classes of streams distinguished for aquatic ecosystem and riparian zone management, identifies fish species that define a stream as fish-bearing under the Code, and describes factors influencing fish-stream identification such as stream reach, gradient, stream size, natural barriers, and fisheries sensitive zones. The guide concludes with methods for identifying fish streams, including measurement, sampling, data recording, and mapping procedures.

Download or read book Ecological Resilience and Complexity written by Elizabeth Campbell and published by British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range Forest Scienc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Technical Report is one of a series of foundation papers for the British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range's Future Forest Ecosystems Initiative (FFEI). The series of foundation papers will increase awareness about the potential impact of climate change on forest range resources in British Columbia. It will also provide information to help assess the vulnerability of British Columbia's forest and range resources to climate change and guide the development of adaptation strategies.‍?This report summarizes the theory of ecological resilience and explores how this aspect of complex system science provides guidance for managing forests in a changing climate.

Download or read book Riparian Management Area Guidebook written by BC Environment and published by Forest Service British Columbia. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helps managers, planners and field staff set and comply with Forest Practices Code standards for management of riparian management areas (RMAs).

Download or read book The Biodiversity Atlas of British Columbia written by M. A. Austin and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With sixty descriptive maps and accompanying text, The Biodiversity Atlas of British Columbia provides a broad overview of the province?s range of terrestrial and freshwater biological diversity. Bringing together data from numerous sources summarized in map form, the Atlas provides a window to B.C.?s diverse ecosystems, the species that live in them, and the elements of British Columbia?s biodiversity that make it globally significant. The Atlas also presents a visual perspective of a number of human-induced threats, including climate change, affecting biodiversity in B.C. today. The Atlas is designed to serve as a companion document to Taking Nature?s Pulse: The Status of Biodiversity in British Columbia ? a comprehensive scientific assessment of biodiversity in the province. Both the Atlas and Taking Nature?s Pulse are projects of Biodiversity BC, a partnership of conservation groups and government agencies.

Download or read book Wetlands of British Columbia written by William H. MacKenzie and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America written by Taylor H. Ricketts and published by Washington, D.C. : Island Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lauded in the New York Times science section as "a sweeping analysis of the ecosystems of the United States and Canada," this volume represents an unparalleled source of information and data for scientists and conservationists working in North America. Using a rigorous ecoregion-based approach, rather than the more common state-by-state analysis, a team of scientists from World Wildlife Fund has produced a stunning and comprehensive assessment of the current status of biodiversity in North America north of Mexico. Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America begins with six chapters that present the rationale for the ecoregion approach, describe the biological distinctiveness of North American ecoregions, assess the level of threats facing each, present a conservation agenda for the next decade, and set forth recommendations for preserving and restoring biodiversity. In addition, nineteen essays by leading scientists address specific topics such as the effect of cattle on riparian areas, and the problem of invasive exotic plant species. Following the main text are substantial appendixes that describe each ecoregion in detail, including information on: unique features of the ecoregion that set it apart from the others its biological distinctiveness, threats to habitats and wildlife, and important sites for conservation activities that enhance biodiversity conservation in the ecoregion conservation partners working in the ecoregion, including addresses and other contact information the relationship of the ecoregion to other classification schemes literature cited for that ecoregion One of the most useful and unique features of the book is the series of thirty full-color maps that present essential information about the ecoregions and the biodiversity they contain in a compelling and easily understood graphical format. The ecoregion-based approach has been adopted by many conservation groups as the most effective way to ward off massive losses of biodiversity, and this volume provides a road map to that important new strategy. With a significant number of previously unpublished data sets and new analytic approaches, Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America is both a guidebook for describing the biological wealth of the continent and a handbook for restoring and conserving it. It will be an essential reference for anyone concerned with biodiversity conservation in North America.

Download or read book Timber Tenures in British Columbia written by British Columbia. Ministry of Forests and Range and published by British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tenure is the mechanism by which the government transfers specific rights to use Crown, or public, forest and range land and resources to others. Private forest companies, communities and individuals gain the right to harvest timber in public forests through tenure agreements with the provincial governments. This document reviews the history of the British Columbia timber tenure system, current forms of tenure agreement, and tenure administration.

Download or read book Karst Inventory Standards and Vulnerability Assessment Procedures for British Columbia written by Resources Inventory Committee (Canada). Karst Task Force and published by The Committee. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: