Best management practices for whitebark pine management mining and mineral exploration

British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium

Best management practices for whitebark pine management mining and mineral exploration Moody, Randy; Keefer, Michael

Abstract

Whitebark pine is a species of five needle pine that is found broaly at high elevations in BC roughly south of the Yellowhead Highway. Within BC the species is currently Blue Listed and in Canada is listed as Endangered indicating a substantial conservation concern, its primary threats are white pine blister rust, mountain pine beetle, fire suppression and climate change. Mining and other industrial activities have the potential to further damage the species through habitat loss yet with good planning may to provide benefits to the long-term survival of the species through the use of best management practices. Key means for the mining sector to create a net-benefit for whitebark pine include funding blister rust screening, seed collections, planting in reclamation and habitat offsetting.

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Title	Best management practices for whitebark pine management mining and mineral exploration
Creator	Moody, Randy; Keefer, Michael
Contributor	British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium; University of British Columbia. Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
Date Issued	2018
Description	Whitebark pine is a species of five needle pine that is found broaly at high elevations in BC roughly south of the Yellowhead Highway. Within BC the species is currently Blue Listed and in Canada is listed as Endangered indicating a substantial conservation concern, its primary threats are white pine blister rust, mountain pine beetle, fire suppression and climate change. Mining and other industrial activities have the potential to further damage the species through habitat loss yet with good planning may to provide benefits to the long-term survival of the species through the use of best management practices. Key means for the mining sector to create a net-benefit for whitebark pine include funding blister rust screening, seed collections, planting in reclamation and habitat offsetting.
Subject	Restoration; Species at risk; Net-positive impact; Environmental assessment; Reclamation; Pinus albicaulis
Genre	Conference Paper
Type	Text
Language	eng
Date Available	2018-12-03
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0374931
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/67935
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Other
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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