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2014 LBI DSE Forest Health Update

2014 LBI DSE Forest Health Update. District Budget: $367K + $50K surplus? Activities: Detailed IBM Heli Survey 3 Yahk BMUs IBD Funnel Trapping - Pend D’Oreille Detailed IBD Heli Survey – BO, AR, KL (only 1 unit) Suppression Units

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2014 LBI DSE Forest Health Update

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  1. 2014 LBI DSE Forest Health Update District Budget: $367K + $50K surplus? Activities: Detailed IBMHeli Survey 3 Yahk BMUs IBD Funnel Trapping - Pend D’Oreille Detailed IBDHeli Survey – BO, AR, KL (only 1 unit) Suppression Units IBM Ground Survey / Fall & Burn – KL – Hawkins, Kid, Little Moyie– 2 Contracts in tender process

  2. IBD Funnel Trapping • Significant IBD in Pend D’Oreille last few years after the fire in 2008 • 30 trap sites on north side • Trapped almost 400K beetles based on sample counts • 2015 - Will continue project in area for at least 1 more year and maybe expand to other Areas in DSE • 2014 Detail Heli survey suggests Red attack is some what lower

  3. Boundary IBD – may have been counting some IBM and DRA

  4. Tallied IBD in Phoenix Area may be IBM?

  5. South Arrow IBD Detail Heli

  6. Central Arrow IBD Detail Heli

  7. North Arrow IBD Detail Heli

  8. KL Goat River IBD Detail Heli

  9. IBDMgmt Options / Best Management Practices • 5712 Red attack trees in 1321 spots, 2 polygons in Boundary • Salvage Harvest!! • Pre & Post Harvest trap trees and removal • Funnel Trapping – Post Harvest or in existing clearcuts • Monitoring blocks post harvest for windthrow and beetle • A few Licencee’s seem to be doing some initial / minimal IBD management • “Whatchyagonna do when they come for you!!”

  10. 2013 IBM Detailed Survey - Yahk

  11. 2014 IBM Detailed- Yahk

  12. IBM Data and Musings • 2012 & 2013 G:R ratios around 0.15 to 0.2, DRM early data suggests similar numbers there for 2014 • IBM seemed to be declining, possibly due to treatments, harvesting and weather in previous years • Appears to be more Reds this year, to be seen if we find a similar # of Green Attack • 2014 - 12,899 Red Attack tallied in 4581 spots, 1 polygon 51 hectares 10% severity • 2013 – 3402 Red Attack Tallied in 620 spots, 2 polygons 464 hectares 20% severity • Harvest commitments and cooperation not same as previous years and not as timely • Licencees should be looking at managing attack areas through small harvest units / salvage scenarios to capture losses and reduce future attack • At this time I don’t believe we are achieving the 80% removal target to remain in Suppression, especially in Kid and Little Moyie BMUs

  13. Other Items Western Pine Beetle reported around Grand Forks and Christina Lake in Py Please send me a note on any FH issues in your timber or plantation stands especially anything new or a bigger concern than usual

  14. Silviculture Survey Procedures Reminder! • Please ensure you are gathering and reporting your survey data properly, multi layer surveys on even aged plantations is inappropriate in most cases and not standard procedure as per the survey manual, for example: survey the Lw & Pli as L3 as it is taller than 1.3 m and the Fdi and others as L4 as it is less than 1.3 m. • DO NOT DO THIS!!!!! • Complicates data analysis and wrong procedure

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