Omineca Region Forest Health Strategy 2013 Table of contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................ 7 2.0 BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................................................................. 7 3.0 SCOPE OF THE FOREST HEALTH STRATEGY .................................................................................................................. 8 4.0 TERM OF THE FOREST HEALTH STRATEGY ................................................................................................................... 8 5.0 MANAGEMENT UNIT BOUNDARIES AND DESIGNATIONS ............................................................................................ 8 5.1 Goal ............................................................................................................................................................................ 10 5.2 Program Emphasis Areas ........................................................................................................................................... 10 5.3 Roles and Responsibilities .......................................................................................................................................... 11 5.4 Forest Health Implementation Strategy Directives ................................................................................................... 12 5.5 Legislation and Policy Support ................................................................................................................................... 13 5.6 Program Delivery ....................................................................................................................................................... 14 5.7 Adaptive Management .............................................................................................................................................. 16 5.8 Invasive Plants ........................................................................................................................................................... 17 5.8.1 Objectives ............................................................................................................................................................ 18 5.8.2 Management ....................................................................................................................................................... 18 6.0 PRINCE GEORGE TSA .................................................................................................................................................. 19 6.1 Mission Statement for the Prince George TSA ........................................................................................................... 19 6.2 Ranking of Forest Health Factors ............................................................................................................................... 21 6.3 Stand Management of Non-Bark Beetle Component................................................................................................. 22 6.3.1 Two-year Cycle Budworm (Choristoneura biennis) .................................................................................................. 22 6.3.2 Dothistroma Needle Blight (Dothistroma septosporum) (Red Band) ...................................................................... 23 6.3.3 Ips Beetle (Ips pini) ................................................................................................................................................... 23 6.3.4 Aspen, Poplar Leaf and Twig Blight (Venturia spp.) ................................................................................................. 23 6.3.5 Tomentosus Root Disease (Onnia tomentosa) ........................................................................................................ 24 6.3.6 Lodgepole Pine Dwarf Mistletoe (Arceuthobium americanum) .............................................................................. 24 6.3.7 Pine Stem Rusts ....................................................................................................................................................... 24 6.3.7.1 Western Gall Rust (Endocronartium harknessii) ............................................................................................. 25 6.6.7.2 Stalactiform Blister Rust (Cronartium coleosporioides) .................................................................................. 25 6.3.7.3 Comandra Blister Rust (Cronartium comandrae) ........................................................................................... 25 6.3.8 Large Aspen Tortrix (Choristoneura conflictana) ..................................................................................................... 26 6.3.9 Spruce/White Pine Weevil (Pissodes strobi) ............................................................................................................ 26 6.3.10 Warren Root Collar Weevil (Hylobius warreni) ...................................................................................................... 27 6.3.11 Lodgpole Pine Terminal Weevil (Pissodes terminalis) ........................................................................................... 28 6.3.12 Bark Beetle Management Component .................................................................................................................. 28 1 of 122 Omineca Region Forest Health Strategy 2013 6.3.12.3 Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) ........................................................................................ 28 6.3.12.4 Spruce Beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis) ........................................................................................................ 29 6.3.12.5 Western Balsam Bark Beetle (Dryocetes confusus) ......................................................................................... 29 6.3.12.6 Douglas-fir Beetle (Dendroctonus pseudotsugae) ........................................................................................... 30 6.4 Assigning Control Strategies ....................................................................................................................................... 30 6.5 Invasive Plants ............................................................................................................................................................ 32 6.5.1 Treatment Efforts .................................................................................................................................................... 32 6.5.1.1 Fort St. James District ..................................................................................................................................... 32 6.5.1.2 Prince George District ..................................................................................................................................... 32 6.5.1.3 Vanderhoof District ........................................................................................................................................ 33 7.0 MACKENZIE TSA FOREST HEALTH STRATEGY ............................................................................................................. 35 7.1 Mission Statement for the Mackenzie TSA ................................................................................................................. 35 7.2 Ranking of Forest Health Factors ............................................................................................................................... 36 7.3 Stand Management of Non-Bark Beetle Component................................................................................................. 37 7.3.1 Two-year Cycle Budworm (Choristoneura biennis) .................................................................................................. 37 7.3.2 Dothistroma Needle Blight (Dothistroma septosporum) (Red Band) ...................................................................... 38 7.3.3 Ips Beetle (Ips pini) ................................................................................................................................................... 38 7.3.4 Aspen, Poplar Leaf and Twig Blight (Venturia spp.) ................................................................................................. 38 7.3.5 Tomentosus Root Disease (Onnia tomentosa) ........................................................................................................ 38 7.3.6 Lodgepole Pine Dwarf Mistletoe (Arceuthobium americanum) .............................................................................. 39 7.4 Pine Stem Rusts .......................................................................................................................................................... 39 7.4.1 Western Gall Rust (Endocronartium harknessii) .................................................................................................. 39 7.4.2 Stalactiform Blister Rust (Cronartium coleosporioides) ...................................................................................... 39 7.4.3 Comandra Blister Rust (Cronartium comandrae) ................................................................................................ 40 7.5 Large Aspen Tortrix (Choristoneura conflictana) ......................................................................................................