Southern Interior Silviculture Committee
Date and Location tba; if you have a suggestion, or would like to host this event, please send an email to info@siscobc.com
Date: February 4-6, Location tba
See you again soon at our next event,
The SISCO Executive
COAST HOTEL, KAMLOOPS
FEBRUARY 12 – 14, 2018
In BC’s Southern Interior, the summer of 2017 was marked by historic losses to wildfire and widespread drought, clearly showing yet again that in spite of the best made plans …“nature rules”.
Our 2018 Winter Workshop agenda explores some of the background and issues brought up by the 2017 season, and the likely future conditions forest and range managers will need to address. The wildfires and drought affected many economic, ecological and social values, clearly illustrating how closely intertwined Southern Interior communities are with their surrounding environment. SISCO speakers will present their views and engage with the audience in a dialogue on stand and landscape management practices important to a number of challenges including regenerating drought-prone sites, addressing the salvage and rehabilitation of wildfire areas and best management practices to anticipate and prepare for future droughty seasons.
Come join us in discussing and contributing to the next steps in the never-ending journey of improving forest and range management practices.
This year’s Fall Field Tour is brought to us by ATCO Wood Products, Kalesnikoff Lumber, and Monticola Forest, and we’ll be touring the West Kootenays with sites in the Nancy Greene/Rossland/Nelson/Salmo-Castlegar areas.
We’ll start on Monday early evening (Oct 16) with Registration at the Flying Steamshovel Inn, with hosted hors d’oeuvres and craft brews.
Day One stops are near Rossland and Nancy Greene; Day Two stops are near Nelson, and between Salmo – Castlegar.
Bag Lunches and Morning and Afternoon Refreshments are provided, as is dinner at the scenic Redstone Golf Course, which features an arboretum of ornamental (non-native) trees; we’ll be having a tree-id contest, with a free bottle of wine for the dinner, for the winner.
Come join your colleagues to talk about silviculture, and enjoy a lovely Autumn Excursion in the West Kootenays.
Thank you for your continuing support of SISCO!
The SISCO Executive
5:30 – 8:30 The Flying Steamshovel Inn, Rossland, Hosted Hors d’Oeuvres, Cash Bar
6:30 Breakfast in Gabrielle’s Restaurant, Prestige Hotel (included in reg fee)
7:30 Depart Prestige Hotel, Rossland for Stop 1
REFRESHMENT BREAK
LUNCH
4:10 Arrive Redstone Golf Course, Social Time: No Host Bar with subsidized beer and Hosted Hors d’oeuvres; Arboretum Tour and Tree Identification Contest; Fall Colours Appreciation Time; Short Round of Golf ?
5:00 Wine and Craft Beer Tasting with local vineyards and breweries
6:00 Banquet at Redstone Golf Course
7:00 Return to Rossland
6:30 Breakfast in Gabrielle’s Restaurant, Prestige Hotel (included in reg fee)
7:30 Depart Prestige Hotel, Rossland for marshalling point – Selkirk College
8:10 Depart Selkirk College for Stop 5
REFRESHMENT BREAK
LUNCH at Ymir Waterfall Pull-Out Park
3:45 Depart for Selkirk College marshaling point
4:00 Arrive Selkirk College marshaling point
The 2017 winter workshop agenda explores current research and innovative practices that enable our profession to improve forest stewardship. Panel sessions looked at the different components of forest stewardship, and the means by which foresters can improve practice by implementing practical research applications and innovative operations. Discussion Sessions covered a range of topics on forest science research and current silviculture practice and forestry operations.
The Coast Hotel Kamloops, Romeo’s Lounge
6:30 pm Registration, Cash Bar with Hosted Snacks, and Social Time
8:15 am Welcome & Opening Remarks
Cathy Koot, Research Coordinator, UBC Alex Fraser Research Forest, 2017 SISCO Chair
The Value of Growth and Yield Models to the Operational Forester
Lorne Bedford, Manager Harvest and Silviculture Practices, Resource Practices Branch, FLNRO
Moderator: Ian Cameron
Growth & Yield information applied to both stand-level and forest-level analyses in BC. At the stand level, there are G&Y components to decisions about planting density and that application of other silvicultural treatments such as juvenile spacing, commercial thinning and fertilization. G&Y projections and G&Y metrics can be used to formulate management standards such as stocking standards. At the forest level, G&Y predictions are the foundation of the stand-level components applied in TSR and silviculture strategies, and G&Y metrics are used to define key benchmarks such as minimum harvest age. In this session, the panelists will focus on G&Y issues currently topical in stand-level and forest-level analyses, such as:
Panelists:
Ian Cameron, Growth & Yield Analyst, Azura Formetrics Ltd
Catherine Bealle Statland RPF, A/Team Lead,Stand Development Modelling, FLNRO
Eleanor McWilliams, Analyst, Associated Strategic Consulting Experts
10:20 SISCO AGM
Cathy Koot, 2017 SISCO Chair
Moderator: Dennis Farquharson
Panelist 1: Rainfall Partitioning by Tree Canopies: Throughfall, Stemflow and Canopy Interception Loss
Darryl Carlyle-Moses, Associate Professor/Chair, Dept of Geography & Environmental Studies,TRU
Panelist 2: Soil Moisture in the Dry IDF: Mature Forest, Partial Cuts, and Openings
Brian Wallace, Range Soil Ecologist, Thompson – Okanagan, FLNRO [presentation not available, but you can contact brian.wallace@gov.bc.ca]
Panelist 3: Young Stand Monitoring
Rene deJong RPF, Forest Growth Data Analyst, Forest Analysis & Inventory, FLNRO
Panelist 4: The Link Between Stand Level and Forest (Landscape) Level which Occurs in Timber Supply Analysis
Jeff Stone, RPF, RPBio, Timber Supply / Geomatics Forester, FAIB, FLNRO
Measures to Manage Invasive Species in Canada –Legislation, Regulations and Tools
Sue Staniforth, Education and Outreach Manager, Invasive Species Council of BC1
12:30 Lunch
Session 1: Example, Practical Applications of Lidar and UAV Acquired Photo-Based Point Clouds in BC Forest Industry
Cam Brown, Strategic Planning Forester / Team Leader, Forsite Consultants
Tristan Goodbody, Integrated Remote Sensing Studio, Faculty of Forestry, UBC
Session 2: How to Get the Best Managed Stand Growth and Yield Predictions Ever! Panel 1 further explorations
Ian Cameron, Growth & Yield Analyst, Azura Formetrics Ltd
Eleanor McWilliams, Analyst, Associated Strategic Consulting Experts
Jeff Stone, Timber Supply / Geomatics Forester, FLNRO
Jim Goudie, Growth and Yield Expert (retired)
Discussion Session 3: Genetics, Breeding and Deployment of Western Larch in BC
Barry Jaquish, Research Scientist, Kalamalka Forestry Centre, FLNRO
Discussion Session 4: Invasive Species and Forest Management – Best Practices and Tools for Preventing the Spread
Sue Staniforth, Education and Outreach Manager, Invasive Species Council of BC2
3:45 Adjourn for the day
5:30 Cash Bar Opens, ABCFP All Members Meeting
6:30 Banquet
7:30 Banquet Presentation: Fire Management in Nepal Communities
John Karakatsoulis, Senior Lecturer & Dept Chair, Natural Resources Sciences, Thompson Rivers University
8:15 Announcements
Cathy Koot, 2017 SISCO Chair
Managing for Multiple Values in Complex Changing Landscapes
Doug Lewis, Research Section, Thompson – Okanagan, FLNRO-1
Moderator: Doug Lewis
Retaining trees during forest harvesting is a practice that forest professionals can use to manage for multiple resource values in the short term and through stand re-establishment and development. The question of how much and where to focus tree retention to maximize benefits and mitigate potential impacts to resource values is often less well understood. In this panel, speakers will discuss how tree retention can be applied to manage stream channel stability to help ensure water values (water quality, aquatic ecosystems, fish habitat) are maintained. Operational recommendations on where to focus available tree retention budgets during harvest will be discussed.
Panelist 1: The Functional Role of the Riparian Zone on Stream Channels–Implications for Aquatic Ecosystems
Rich McCleary, Regional Aquatic Ecologist, Thompson – Okanagan, FLNRO
Panelist 2: Small Stream Riparian Zones: Management Opportunities
John Rex, PhD,P.Ag, Research Hydrologist, Omineca Region, FLNRO
Panelist 3: Exploring Geomorphic Differences Between/Riparian Requirements of Fish Bearing/Non-Bearing Channels
Michael Milne, Consulting Hydrologist, M.J. Milne and Associates
Panelist 4: Effects of Riparian Retention on Alluvial Fan Channels
Tim Giles P.Geo, Geomorphologist, Research Section, Okanagan Region, FLNRO
10:10 Coffee on the run … participants take their refreshments to the discussion sessions.
Discussion Session 5: Partial Cutting to Address Mid-Term Timber Supply
Jean-Martin Lussier – Silviculture and Forest Productivity
Cosmin Filipescu – Forest Ecophysiologist
Mike Cruickshank, Forest Pathologist
Research Scientists, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Wood Fibre Centre
Discussion Session 6: Mitigation of Forestry Impacts to Natural Range Barriers – Findings and Recommendations From a Recent Special Investigation; and New FRPA Guidance on Natural Range Barriers
Doug Wahl, Manager, Audits and Investigations, Forest Practices Board
Clayton Bradley, Range Practices Specialist, Range Branch, FLNRO
Discussion Session 7: Developing Best Management Practices for Whitebark Pine
Don Pigott, Forest Consultant, Yellow Point Propagation
Randy Moody, Senior Ecologist, Keefer Environmental Services
This survey (link below) is a way to contribute to the information database on Whitebark Pine
Discussion Session 8: A Discussion Based on Practitioner Input About the Need for Changes in Regeneration and Stand Tending Practices and Regulations that Promote Resilient, Valuable Forests
Stephen Mitchell, UBC Faculty of Forestry
Discussion Session 9: Incorporating Watershed and Fish Values in the Timber Supply Review
Doug Lewis, Research Section, Thompson – Okanagan, FLNRO
Eric Valdal, Thompson – Okanagan Research Section, FLNRO
12:20 Lunch
Moderator: Walt Klenner
Silviculture plays a large role in shaping stand development following disturbance and although the main emphasis of silviculture in BC has been and remains focussed on managing stands for timber production, current and future non-timber issues will require developing or implementing silvicultural practices that address non-timber values. Globally, many jurisdictions manage forested lands primarily for non-timber objectives such as water, visual/recreation, wildland-urban fuel management, etc., with commercial timber production only a by-product of these activities. Our panel speakers will identify current and evolving non-timber issues that they face, and challenge you to integrate managing for these values into existing or novel silvicultural practices to achieve multiple objectives at the landscape level.
Panelist 1: An Operational Forester’s Approach to Managing Multiple Forest Values
Panelist 2: Managing for Water
Rita Winkler, Research Hydrologist, Thompson – Okanagan, FLNRO
Panelist 3: Managing for Livestock Forage on Cut Blocks
Harold Hetherington, P.Ag., Okanagan – Shuswap, FLNRO [presentation not available]
Panelist 4: Managing for Pine Marten
Doug Lewis, Research Section, Thompson – Okanagan, FLNRO-3
The Ever-Changing Health of Our Forests: Old Pests and New Challenges
Lorraine Maclauchlan, Entomologist, Thompson-Okanagan, FLNRO
New Initiatives in FLNRO: The Forest Enhancement Program
Dan Peterson, Director, Forest Enhancement Program, FLNRO
3:30 Closing Remarks
Rainer Muenter, Monticola Forest
Incoming SISCO Chair
Agenda: 2016 SISCO Fall Field Tour Brochure
Field Tour Highlights included:
Recent timber supply analysis completed in the southern interior shows that over the next couple of decades, available timber will largely come from managed stands. The future of forestry in the interior of BC is changing – the majority of timber will come from these managed forests within the ‘matrix’ – the managed portion of the forested land-base in between reserves or inoperable areas. These forests will also be critical for managing for multiple values; water, forage, wildlife habitat.
The 2016 SISCO Fall Field Tour looked back to a series of partial harvested, thinned and fertilized stands near Summerland, BC. These stands were harvested in the late 1970’s to early 1980’s and provide a snapshot of what many recently harvested forests may look like in the future.
We asked the questions:
There was a live drone demonstration with examples of actual field applications.
Thank you for joining your colleagues for a conversation about silviculture in the Southern Interior!
The SISCO Executive