Project Title:

Hydrologic Effects of Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation and Salvage Harvesting Operations (8.26)
 

Contact:

Mr. John Rex

British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range

Prince George , B.C.

John.Rex@gems3.gov.bc.ca
 

Initiative:

Development and delivery of decision support tools to evaluate the impacts of various MPB management scenarios on post-beetle landscapes.
 

Abstract:

Sustainable forest harvesting in mountain pine beetle (MPB) affected areas will require knowledge about the hydrologic consequence of the infestation as well as the influence of salvage harvesting operations.  This project addresses both requirements by providing a broad scale assessment of soil hydrology across both MPB salvaged and MPB unsalvaged watersheds.  Further, this project will produce a risk matrix that can be used by forest managers to predict the hydrologic conditions of watersheds presently impacted by MPB and those not yet infested.  This matrix will provide information on watershed sensitivity to hydrologic effects from the beetle infestation and salvage operations as well as providing an indication of site rehabilitation requirements.
 

Keywords:

mountain pine beetle, water table elevation, surface drainage, evapotranspiration, interception
 

Links:

Hydrologic effects of mountain pine beetle infestation and salvage harvesting operations (PDF version - 1.8MB)