Coastal Western Hemlock Forest Management - Clearcut with Dispersed Retention

Hélène Marcoux, Manager of Malcolm Knapp Research Forest, explains a recent high-retention harvest in a temperate rainforest stand (CWHdm - dry maritime subzone of the Coastal Western Hemlock BEC Zone). Harvesting was based on a plan developed by students in the Master of Sustainable Forest Management degree program (https://forestry.ubc.ca/future-studen...) in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia. Filmed at Malcolm Knapp Research Forest.

Filmed on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Katzie First Nation.

00:00 - Intro
00:21 - Stand History
01:06 - Pre-Harvest Stand Conditions
02:03 - Objectives & Treatments
02:40 - Treatment Unit Objectives
03:45 - Thinning from Below
04:16 - Windfirmness
05:02 - Selecting 'Leave' Trees
06:07 - Ecological Benefits of Retention
06:49 - Operational Considerations
09:23 - Regeneration
10:21 - Advance Regeneration

Camera: Patrick Culbert
Sound: Ignacio Barbeito
Drone: Patrick Culbert
Editing: Patrick Culbert