John Prince Research Forest - Resistance
treatment: maintain relatively unchanged conditions over time
Management Goals
- Preserve current species richness, but shift towards historic (1940s) species composition and stand structure: reduction of sub-alpine fir and promotion of Douglas-fir, spruce, and deciduous species
- Maintain or improve forest health
- Maintain or enhance forest structural and age diversity, including larger diameter spruce and Douglas-fir
Strategies & approaches
- Modified/hybrid group selection system
- Retained ~15 m2/ha basal area, including “veteran trees”
- Planted locally-sourced Douglas-fir on mesic and drier sites, hybrid white spruce on wetter sites and lodgepole pine across all sites.
- Left coarse woody debris, particularly larger diameter pieces
Management Goals & Treatments
Site Leads & Partners
Dr. Che Elkin, (University of Northern British Columbia), Sue Grainger (University of Northern British Columbia), and Dr. Kristen Waring (Northern Arizona University), and Dexter Hodder (JPRF, University of Northern British Columbia) are the site leads for the John Prince Research Forest ASCC site. Key partners include Colorado State University, Natural Resources Canada, B.C. Ministry of Forest, and the Northern Institute for Applied Climate Science.
Ché Elkin
Site Lead
Associate Professor
Ecosystem
Science & Management Program
University of Northern British Columbia
Forestry Sciences Laboratory
3333 University Way
Prince George, B.C. V2N 4Z9
Phone: 250-960-5004
che.elkin@unbc.ca
Sue Grainger
Site Lead
John Prince Research Forest
Box 2378
Fort St James, BC, Canada, V0J 1P0
Phone: 250-996-3700
grainger@unbc.ca
Kristen Waring
Site Lead
Professor – School of Forestry
College of the Environment, Forestry,
and Natural Sciences
Northern Arizona University
Southwest Forest Science Complex,
200 E Pine Knoll Dr
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Phone: 928-523-4920
Kristen.Waring@nau.edu
Dexter hodder
Site Lead
John Prince Research Forest,
Director, Research and Education
John Prince Research Forest
Box 2378
Fort St James, BC, Canada, V0J 1P0
Phone: 250-996-3700