Towards an understanding of the management of pine-lichen woodlands in the Omineca region of British Columbia.

Sulyma, Randall Gregory

doi:10.24124/2002/bpgub226

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“…There is an increasing body of literature on the effects of forest harvesting and fire on caribou and terrestrial lichens (Schaefer & Pruitt, 1991;Snyder & Woodard, 1992;Harris, 1996;Kranrod, 1996;Thomas et al, 1998;Goward, 2000;Smith et al, 2000;Coxson & Marsh, 2001;Miege et al, 2001aMiege et al, , 2001bSulyma, 2001Sulyma, , 2003, but little has been pub¬ lished on the effects of mountain pine beetles or other major forest insect pests on caribou or lichens. Moun¬ tain pine beetles are unlike fire or forest harvesting in their effects on woodland caribou and lichens.…”

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Mountain pine beetles and emerging issues in the management of woodland caribou in Westcentral British Columbia

Cichowski¹,

Williston²

2005

Ran

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The Tweedsmuir—Entiako caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) herd summers in mountainous terrain in the North Tweedsmuir Park area and winters mainly in low elevation forests in the Entiako area of Westcentral British Columbia. During winter, caribou select mature lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) forests on poor sites and forage primarily by cratering through snow to obtain terrestrial lichens. These forests are subject to frequent large-scale natural disturbance by fire and forest insects. Fire suppression has been effective in reducing large-scale fires in the Entiako area for the last 40—50 years, resulting in a landscape consisting primarily of older lodgepole pine forests, which are susceptible to mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) attack. In 1994, mountain pine beetles were detected in northern Tweedsmuir Park and adjacent managed forests. To date, mountain pine beetles have attacked several hundred thousand hectares of caribou summer and winter range in the vicinity of Tweedsmuir Park, and Entiako Park and Protected Area. Because an attack of this scale is unprecedented on woodland caribou ranges, there is no information available on the effects of mountain pine beetles on caribou movements, habitat use or terrestrial forage lichen abundance. Implications of the mountain pine beetle epidemic to the Tweedsmuir—Entiako woodland caribou population include effects on terrestrial lichen abundance, effects on caribou movement (reduced snow interception, blowdown), and increased forest harvesting outside protected areas for mountain pine beetle salvage. In 2001 we initiated a study to investigate the effects of mountain pine beetles and forest harvesting on terrestrial caribou forage lichens. Preliminary results suggest that the abundance of Cladina spp. has decreased with a corresponding increase in kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) and other herbaceous plants. Additional studies are required to determine caribou movement and habitat use responses to the mountain pine beetle epidemic

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Mountain pine beetles and emerging issues in the management of woodland caribou in Westcentral British Columbia

Cichowski¹,

Williston²

2005

Ran

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“…These forests also supply fibre for local mills, providing a major source of income for many forestry-dependent communities. Forestry activities are generally considered to have detrimental effects on lichen development, although a retrospective study conducted in the region discovered that this was not always the case (Sulyma, 2001). This finding led to discussions about the ways in which forestry activities and silvicultural methods could enhance or maintain terrestrial lichens.…”

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Lessons Learned from Adaptive Management Practitioners in British Columbia, Canada

Smith¹

2009

Adaptive Environmental Management

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Four adaptive forest management case studies from British Columbia, Canada, show an interesting diversity in the approach and provide an excellent source of "lessons learned." Included are: the Coast Forest Strategy, the Forest and Range Evaluation Program, the Pine-Lichen Woodlands and Northern Caribou Adaptive Management Project, and the Ospika Mountain Goat Trial. Practitioners revealed the demands faced in their adaptive management projects and shared their insights and advice about implementing these projects. Common themes included leadership, partnerships, "closing the loop" to management, and organizational commitment and resources.

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“…Generally, terrestrial lichens grow most successfully on south-facing sites having soils that are well drained with poor nutrient levels (Sulyma and Coxson 2001). Lodgepole pine also competes well on these sites and, therefore, was used as an indicator of terrestrial lichens (Sulyma 2001).…”

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A Bayesian approach to evaluating habitat for woodland caribou in north-central British Columbia

McNay¹,

Marcot²,

Brumovsky³

et al. 2006

Can. J. For. Res.

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Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou (Gmelin)) populations are in decline throughout much of their range. With increasingly rapid industrial, recreational, residential, and agricultural development of caribou habitat, tools are required to make clear, knowledgeable, and explainable management decisions to support effective conservation of caribou and their range. We developed a series of Bayesian belief networks to evaluate conservation policy scenarios applied to caribou seasonal range recovery areas. We demonstrate the utility of the networks to articulate ecological understanding among stakeholders, to clarify and explicitly depict threats to seasonal range. We also show how simulated forecasts of spatially explicit seasonal range can be compared with landscape potential with range under assumed conditions of natural disturbance. These tools have provided opportunities to operationally define and measure conditions for recovery of caribou in north-central British Columbia.R6sum6 : Les populations de caribou des bois (Rangifer tarandus caribou (Gmelin)) sont en dQlin dans la majeure partie de leurs aires naturelles. Avec l'expansion rapide des activitts industrielles, rtcrhtives, rtsidentielles et agricoles dans I'habitat du caribou, des outils sont ntcessaires pour prendre des dtcisions d'amtnagement claires, bien documentees et explicables, et ainsi aider ti la conservation du caribou et de ses aires naturelles. Nous avons dtvelopp6 une sene de rtseaux de croyances baytsiens pour tvaluer des sdnarios de politiques de conservation applicables aux quartiers de recouvrement saisonniers du caribou. Nous dtmontrons I'utilitt de ces rheaux pour articuler la comprthension tcologique chez les dtcideurs, pour clarifier et d h i r e de faqon explicite les menaces dans les quartier~ saisonniers et pour montrer comment des prCvisions simultes de la rtpartition saisonnibre spatialement explicite peuvent €we compar k s au potentiel du paysage et B la rtpartition saisonnibre, dans des conditions prtsumtes de perturbations naturelles.Ces outils ont fourni des opportunitts de dtfinir optrationnellement et de mesurer les conditions ntcessaires au recouvrement du caribou dans le centre-nord de la ~olombie-~ritanni~ue.[Traduit par la R6dactionI

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Towards an understanding of the management of pine-lichen woodlands in the Omineca region of British Columbia.

Cited by 3 publications

References 35 publications

Mountain pine beetles and emerging issues in the management of woodland caribou in Westcentral British Columbia

Mountain pine beetles and emerging issues in the management of woodland caribou in Westcentral British Columbia

Lessons Learned from Adaptive Management Practitioners in British Columbia, Canada

A Bayesian approach to evaluating habitat for woodland caribou in north-central British Columbia

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