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Management Strategies and Tactics

Direct Control Methods

by Terry Shore

• Background: Management Units and Strategies
• How Direct and Indirect Control Relate to the Stand Risk Index
• Direct Control - Removing Beetles
• Indirect Control Methods
• Strategy and Tactic Selection

The Role and Use of Fire

by Brad Hawkes & Steve Taylor

• MPB, Fire and Forest Dynamics
• Fire and Protected Areas
• Fire for Short-term Mountain Pine Beetle Control
• Long-term Vegetation Management
• Fire and Ecosystem Management
• Fire Behaviour, Prediction and Modelling Systems
• Technical, Institutional and Cultural Challenges
• Summary

Silviculture and the Mountain Pine Beetle

by Roger Whitehead

• Role of Silviculture in Reducing Landscape Susceptibility
• Pine Removal from Mixed Stands
• Spacing Mature Pine Stands
• Prescription for `Beetle Proofing´
• Spacing to:
  • Reduce Stand Susceptibility
  • Access Fibre & Improve Stand Growth
  • Maintain Habitat & Visual Quality Objectives
  • Initiate Shelterwood for Stand Conversion
• Wind and Snow Damage
• Summary