Northern Silviculture Committee Summer Field Tour 2011: Silviculture in Uncertain Times - (and the Trees Kept Growing)

摘要

"Management of stem rusts in lodgepole pine plantations is one of the major challenges faced by forest managers in the Mackenzie Forest District," said Richard Reich of the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO) to the 60 participants attend-ing the Northern Silviculture Committee's 2011 Sum-mer Field Tour which was held June 15 to 16, 2011 in the Mackenzie Forest District. Reich has been working with licensees and district staff on the development of a rust management strategy which includes district level hazard maps for each of the 3 types of rusts (comandra blister rust, stalactiform blister rust, and western gall rust) found in the district (Figure 1).One of the key elements in the development of these.