Forest Health & Mountain Pine Beetle
Forest health and pine beetle policy
B.A. Blackwell and Associates Ltd. completed a comprehensive evaluation of BC Parks’ mountain pine beetle policy, and developed tree removal prescriptions for BC provincial parks. Comprehensive policy review and strategies were developed for more than 88 provincial parks in BC.
Forest health risk management and monitoring
Our team has developed hazard and risk assessments and follow-up monitoring of mountain pine beetle, other bark beetles, defoliators and root disease in a variety of settings including BC Parks and Canada National Parks.
Forest health extension
B.A. Blackwell & Associates Ltd. have provided forest health training to a range of clients and have developed extension materials on pests of concern for the Yukon government. Services have included training presentations, professional writing and graphics development.
Forest Health Surveys
Our technical and professional staff can provide comprehensive forest health identification and surveys at both the landscape and stand level. We have undertaken beetle probing and forest health aerial surveys for the BC Ministry of Forests and Range Coastal Forest Region, as well as numerous projects on all aspects of forest health in BC and Alberta. We have been retained as expert advisors on forest health issues related to the development of pipelines that transect Alberta and BC, including high profile sections through Jasper National Park and Mount Robson Provincial Park.
Treatment prescriptions
We develop both landscape level and stand level treatment prescriptions to address all types of forest health problems, including bark beetles, defoliators, stem diseases, root rots, rusts, and other forest pathogens. Our prescriptions incorporate survey data into the design and implementation of specific treatments, including trenching (root rots), tree removal, prescribed burning, and chemical applications.
Management plans
Our expertise has been applied in numerous jurisdictions to create management plans for a range of forest health-related issues. For example, we have incorporated incident mapping, hazard rating assessments, and outbreak projections into the design and implementation of appropriate forest health treatments.
