CLBMON-9 Kinbasket Reservoir Monitoring of Revegetation Efforts and Vegetation Composition Analysis
Author: V.C. Hawkes, M.T. Miller, J.E. Muir, P. Gibeau
Assesses the effectiveness of past revegetation efforts in the drawdown zone of Kinbasket Reservoir between 2008 and 2011.
To date, only a few treatments have met with partial establishment success; the majority have struggled or, in many cases, been completely unsuccessful. Sedge plug survivorship within planted stands sampled by CLBMON-9 declined from approximately 40 per cent in the two years following planting, to < 10 per cent three years post-planting, to less than five per cent four to five years post-planting. Live stakes of deciduous shrubs (willows, alder, and black cottonwood) appear to have fared worse, with none found surviving five years after planting. The fates of deciduous seedling plugs that were planted in 2010 at two upper elevation sites in Bush Arm (south reservoir region; Keefer et al. 2011) were not monitored by this project and are unknown.
To date, only a few treatments have met with partial establishment success; the majority have struggled or, in many cases, been completely unsuccessful. Sedge plug survivorship within planted stands sampled by CLBMON-9 declined from approximately 40 per cent in the two years following planting, to < 10 per cent three years post-planting, to less than five per cent four to five years post-planting. Live stakes of deciduous shrubs (willows, alder, and black cottonwood) appear to have fared worse, with none found surviving five years after planting. The fates of deciduous seedling plugs that were planted in 2010 at two upper elevation sites in Bush Arm (south reservoir region; Keefer et al. 2011) were not monitored by this project and are unknown.
Resources Data:
Name: CLBMON-9-YR4-2013-12-19
Format: PDF
URL: https://www.bchydro.com/content/dam/BCHydro/customer-portal/documents/corporate/environment-sustainability/water-use-planning/southern-interior/clbmon-9-yr4-2013-12-19.pdf
Additional Info
Study Years: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
Published: 2013
Topics
Tags: Black Cottonwood, CLBMON9, CLBWORKS1, Cover, Diversity, Drawdown Zone, Effectiveness Monitoring, Kinbasket Reservoir, Live Stakes, Monitoring Recommendations, Planting, Plug Seedling, Reservoir Elevation, Restoration Recommendations, Revegetation, Sedge, Treatment Type, Vegetation, Vegetation CommunityCLBMON-9 Kinbasket Reservoir Monitoring of Revegetation Efforts and Vegetation Composition Analysis
Author: V.C. Hawkes, M.T. Miller, J.E. Muir, P. Gibeau
Tags: Black Cottonwood, CLBMON9, CLBWORKS1, Cover, Diversity, Drawdown Zone, Effectiveness Monitoring, Kinbasket Reservoir, Live Stakes, Monitoring Recommendations, Planting, Plug Seedling, Reservoir Elevation, Restoration Recommendations, Revegetation, Sedge, Treatment Type, Vegetation, Vegetation Community
Assesses the effectiveness of past revegetation efforts in the drawdown zone of Kinbasket Reservoir between 2008 and 2011.
Summary
To date, only a few treatments have met with partial establishment success; the majority have struggled or, in many cases, been completely unsuccessful. Sedge plug survivorship within planted stands sampled by CLBMON-9 declined from approximately 40 per cent in the two years following planting, to < 10 per cent three years post-planting, to less than five per cent four to five years post-planting. Live stakes of deciduous shrubs (willows, alder, and black cottonwood) appear to have fared worse, with none found surviving five years after planting. The fates of deciduous seedling plugs that were planted in 2010 at two upper elevation sites in Bush Arm (south reservoir region; Keefer et al. 2011) were not monitored by this project and are unknown.