Mountain Pine Beetle Provincial Projection

SELES was used to implement a provincial scale mountain pine beetle model (BCMPB) to assess the impacts of the mountain pine beetle outbreak and associated management interactions. Marvin Eng(1) Andrew Fall(2) Josie Hughes(3) Terry Shore(4) Bill Riel(4) Peter Hall(5) Adrian Walton(6)

(2) Gowlland Technologies Ltd. (3) Landscape Ecology Lab, University of Toronto

Objective

To provide analytical supporting for the land-use planning process. Specifically, to do timber supply analysis and provide information for ecological risk analysis for a range of scenarios.

Preparation

• Processing of spatial information

Models Built

• Spatial timber supply model
• Ecological indicator models

Results

Planning process underway. See Haida Gwaii LUP site