KDay Forestry Ltd.
Ken Day RPF is a consulting forester in Williams Lake, B.C. where his practice is largely focused on silviculture in dry Douglas-fir forests. In 2018, he retired from his position of Manager of the UBC Alex Fraser Research Forest after 31 years. Prior to his time at UBC, Ken worked for various consultants and forest companies in the Okanagan Valley. Ken has been a Registered Professional Forester since 1982, and in 1998 he received his Master of Forestry from UBC, focusing on the management of uneven-aged Douglas-fir in the IDF. Ken is married, and has a daughter, a son, and two grandchildren.
Presentation Abstract
A Silvicultural System Case Study:
Uniform Shelterwood with Dispersed Retention at Gavin Lake
The UBC Alex Fraser Research Forest was established in 1987 to support Education, Research and Demonstration. In 1990 a replicated research project was established by the Ministry of Forests, Weldwood of Canada, and the Alex Fraser Research, to test shelterwoods as an effective way to regenerate Douglas-fir. The first harvest was carried out in 1991, with a second entry in 2001, and a final removal in 2011.
Land Management Handbook #79 is the new Silvicultural Systems Handbook for BC. It sets out a process to understand the objectives that apply to a stand and the neighbourhood of the stand under consideration. This informs the Desired Future Condition for a stand under consideration. That future condition can be compared to the current condition of the stand. Tools and techniques are needed to describe the current condition and contemplate if it will develop into the desired future stand. This leads a silviculturist to consider what interventions are necessary or desirable.
This presentation puts the historical activities of the uniform shelterwood research project into the stand development pathway framework of the new Silvicultural Systems Handbook, then sets out a revised stand development pathway for the next rotation. Important elements of the handbook approach are highlighted.
Link to Silvicultural Systems Handbook: http://library.nrs.gov.bc.ca/digipub/LMH79-singpg.pdf