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A comprehensive summary of the CSC Winter Workshop 2014, featuring discussions on timber supply, silviculture practices, AAC and species management, and early second-growth harvesting. Explore the importance of platform learning, delve into acronyms, and discover key insights shared by industry experts. Dive into the practical applications of various forestry concepts discussed during the workshop.
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CSC Winter Workshop 2014 Wrap-up Summary COSMIN Filipescu
General comments • CSC relevance and importance • Platform to learn and debate • Acronyms • Keep the name tags, re-use at summer • List of names – to be shared unless privacy • Successful workshop
Introduction – Doug and Bryce • Safety • Choice • Information • Direction • Cycles: trees x 2-3 a forester career (Coast)
Pat Bryant – TSR 101 • Black box of TSR • Assumptions: Initial conditions, Rules of change, Criteria/Indicators • Results: Harvest Flows, Metrics • Timber Supply: Influence – SI, Age, Initial Density, Spatial patterns Volume to value ratio 14:1 The Law of Bryant
Stefan Zeglen and Jim Brown • Health and TSR • Myth and reality (whose?) • Losses: Basic and refined, endemic and epidemic • Some losses we see, some we do not see • Catastrophic is easy; Scale matters • Uncertainty Past vs. Future • OAF, YSM, TASS “TSR analysts are not evil”
Dr. Gordon Weetman - ACE “The Coast of BC – best place to grow trees in Canada” • Private investment on Crown land • Profitable vs. accountable • Case studies • Go intensive or go broke • AB and ON; why not BC? Value x3 “Let’s get serious about growing cedar”
Annette van Niejenhuis Silviculture and AAC • Plant: Good – Definitely; maybe • Hemlock: Good – If you have it • Genetic gain: Good – 4% ROI anyone? • Fdc: Good, but also Pw, Ss and broadleaves • Higher plant density: Good, it depends • Site prep: Good – possibly • Fertilization at plant: It depends, cost? • Brush: cost? • PCT: Not Good, most likely • Fertilization: Good – two thumbs up Value x2
Paul Barolet AAC and species • Some concerns: discrimination both under and overstory • Retention and stocking standard • Inventory discrimination: cover and reporting • Silviculture matters to AAC!
Rene de Jong • YSM ≠ SDM – floor at 727 Fisgard • Morice case study – 50 plots, grid based in young stands 15-50 • Characteristics – size distributions, health, composition, SI • TSR assumptions: SI, species, health combine for downward pressure
Jeff and Eleanor McWilliams - The Good, The Bad (and …) of Early Second growth harvesting • Good or Bad: it depends – objectives, constraints; financial vs. biological • PG case study – best sites best bet • Harry Smith Trials – Cw beats Fdc handily • Age class distribution, species composition • Climate change and risk • Early height growth; OAFs; Monitoring Value x6