GREATER FUNDY ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH PROJECT

UNB Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management


Forest Management Guidelines to Protect
Native Biodiversity in the Fundy Model Forest

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Aerial view of inoperable steep slopes
and forest harvest on the plateaus.
(Photo: G. Forbes)

 TITLE PAGE

PREAMBLE

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

ISSUES OF SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY

APPROACHES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOREST MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES

PRINCIPLES OF FOREST MANAGEMENT TO CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY

FOREST MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FOR PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY

Landscape Level Considerations
Patch Size (forest stand size)
Connectivity
Stand Age - Provisions for Mature Forest Stands
Incorporating Maturity into Forest Harvest Schedules
Guidelines for Mature/Overmature Coniferous Forest
Plantations
Stand Conversion
Roads
Protected Areas
Water Course Buffers

 

 Site Level Considerations
Habitat Considerations for Specific Species
Special Status Tree Species
Coarse Woody Debris
Snag and Cavity Tree Retention

 

 

American Marten are being used in New Brunswick as an indicator of mature-overmature coniferous forest habitat.
(Photo: G. Forbes)

APPLICATION TO THE FUNDY MODEL FOREST CASE STUDY AREA

Eastern Lowlands (Petitcodiac River - Ecodistrict 30)

Continental Lowlands (Anagance Ridge - Ecodistrict 29)

Southern Uplands (Fundy Highlands/ Plateau - Ecodistrict 12)

Fundy Coastal (Fundy Coastal -
Ecodistrict 32)

REFERENCES

APPENDIX 1:
Application of Guidelines to Private Woodlots

APPENDIX 2:
Common and Latin names for species

APPENDIX 3:
Proposed Harvest Strategy for stands in the Case Study Area

APPENDIX 4:
List of Contacts and Participants

 

 

 



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Information provided by:
Dr. Graham Forbes
Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management at UNB
Last Update: Dec 17, 1997
This document: http://www.unb.ca/web/forestry/centers/cwru/toc.htm