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Operational Implementation of a Commercial Thinning Trial Using Micro-Forestry Equipment Bavis, Matthew

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A technical report detailing the operational implementation and analysis of a commercial thinning trial using micro-forestry equipment in the Burns Lake Community Forest K1A licence area near Burns Lake, British Columbia. Operations were conducted over 11 trial sections between November 21, 2023 and February 3, 2024, during which various parameters were sampled pre- and post-treatment, including leave tree basal area per hectare, stem density, percent defect, mechanical damage, extracted volume and machine productivity. Operational and environmental factors affecting these parameters are discussed, and the implications for the management of a long-term commercial thinning program using this equipment type are explored.

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Title
Operational Implementation of a Commercial Thinning Trial Using Micro-Forestry Equipment
Creator
Bavis, Matthew
Date Issued
2024-05-01
Description
A technical report detailing the operational implementation and analysis of a commercial thinning trial using micro-forestry equipment in the Burns Lake Community Forest K1A licence area near Burns Lake, British Columbia. Operations were conducted over 11 trial sections between November 21, 2023 and February 3, 2024, during which various parameters were sampled pre- and post-treatment, including leave tree basal area per hectare, stem density, percent defect, mechanical damage, extracted volume and machine productivity. Operational and environmental factors affecting these parameters are discussed, and the implications for the management of a long-term commercial thinning program using this equipment type are explored.
Subject
commercial thinning; forest operation; community forest; harvesting; partial cut; trial; operational trial; micro-forestry equipment; Kesla; Alstor
Geographic Location
Burns Lake (B.C.)
Genre
Report
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2024-05-02
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0442120
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/88163
Affiliation
Forestry, Faculty of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Copyright Holder
Bavis, Matthew Reid
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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