Controlled burns may be an inexpensive way to regenerate and decrease flammability in lodgepole pine stands killed by mountain pine beetle (MPB).
The project will determine the usefulness of burning to prepare for pine regeneration. This project has the potential to improve pine regeneration after MPB attack.
Project Begins
Progress update: Project kicks off, led by Denis Quintilio
Presentation comparing understory burning and mechanical site preparation to regenerate lodgepole pine stands killed by mountain pine beetle.
Presentation on regeneration of lodgepole pine stands after fire, logging and mountain pine beetle attacks.
Report on the effects of MPB outbreaks on mortality and regeneration dynamics, forest structure and composition, overstorey and understorey fuel.
@jones_kelss Good luck!
