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1 NSC 2017 Winter Conference: Common Ground: Silvicultural Tools and Tactics for Diverse Ecosystems and Management Goals February 20-21, 2017 Important Copyright Information The following content is provided for educational purposes by the workshop presenter. This content may or may not have been peer reviewed. Information, opinions, and recommendations put forward are those of the presenter, and do not necessarily reflect those of the Northern Silviculture Committee, its members, or sponsors. Copyright for the following material is primarily held by the presenter. This source should be fully acknowledged in any citation. For permission to reproduce or redistribute this material, in whole or in part, please contact the presenter.

2 Seeing BC Forests for their Hoofage and Stumpage Values Roy V. Rea Northern Silviculture Committee Winter Conference 2017

3 Coauthors: Dan Aitken Ken Child

4 Partly inspired by the Lorax I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues - The Lorax

5 Today, I speak for the moose for their tongues make no words

6 Outline Show you a few images Tell a few stories Pass around a prop or two Doodle on the board Solve the problem

7 What regulates moose population numbers? Winter severity Predators parasites and disease habitat quantity and quality

8 What are things you silviculture folks can influence? Winter severity Predators parasites and disease habitat quantity and quality You can influence food and cover requirements both before and after logging

9 The Before part is most important, especially for moose What matters, is not only how much you take but also how much you leave behind - Jerry F. Franklin, Professor of Forestry, University of Washington

10 Talk Outline Why leave it?... John Prince Research Forest

11 Talk Outline John Prince Research Forest These are Taiga moose!

12 This is not where you are likely to find moose!

13 This is not where you are likely to find moose!

14 At least not North American moose!

15 Especially once these conifers start growing bags

16 But then again, we ve known this for many, many years

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18 If there is no food They loved living here. But I can t let them stay. They ll have to find food. And I hope that they may. Good luck boys, he cried. And he sent them away. I, the Once-ler, felt sad as I watched them all go. BUT business is business! And business must grow regardless of crummies in tummies, you know.

19 Leave food!

20 Leave food! Pellet surveys in the John Prince and Aleza Lake Research Forests show that 50% of moose winter diet is subalpine fir!!

21 This is where you are a little more likely to find moose!

22 This is where you are a little more likely to find moose! Trees and shrubs left for food and cover And minimize access!!!!

23 This is where you are a little more likely to find moose! CNC Research Forest Block B-1 January 2017

24 So what about edge? Aleza Lake Research Forest

25 Aleza Lake Research Forest

26 Aleza Lake Research Forest

27 Now this will grow moose! Aleza Lake Research Forest, Logged

28 Leave cover! Aleza Lake Research Forest, Logged

29 Leave cover! Just like they used to. Aleza Lake Research Forest, Logged

30 Leave cover! John Prince Research Forest, Feb Leave food!

31 Generally, there is a working assumption that clearcut logging mimics the effects of forest fire and that forestry is good for moose. Rea, Aitken & Child, 2017

32 Generally, there is a working assumption that clearcut logging mimics the effects of forest fire and that forestry is good for moose. Rea, Aitken & Child, 2017

33 [We have been experiencing] epic losses in habitat Mike Morris (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister) I note that because of the scale of forestry across the province, it has greater interaction with wildlife and wildlife habitats than any other sector and therefore runs the risk of having the highest levels of impact. -Mike Morris

34 UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. - Dr. Seuss

35 Conclusion Considerations for hoofage must include the development of forests with high structural and species diversity and fewer roads Oh, and what s good for moose is good for biodiversity

36 Questions, Comments?