Tree Regeneration Response After Spruce Bark Beetle and Salvage Harvesting

Thursday, September 19, 2024

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM MST

Location: Embassy Suites, Goldenglow

Speaker(s)

Mike Battaglia, PhD (he/him/his)

Research Forester
USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Author(s)

Kevin J. Barrett, MF (he/him/his)

Forest Inventory Program Specialist
Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
JS

Jason Sibold, PhD

Professor
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Co-Author(s)

VS

Vausha Snyder

Concern about successful regeneration after salvage harvesting in Engelmann spruce forests of Colorado was evident after the Spruce Bark Beetle outbreak in the 2010s. In this presentation we report on forest structure and tree regeneration after 8 years of monitoring of sites salvaged harvested versus those that were not.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will leave this talk with a better understanding of how compound disturbances of spruce bark beetle and salvage harvesting can influence current and future stand structure in Engelmann spruce dominated stands.
Participants will leave this talk with a better understanding of how compound disturbances of spruce bark beetle and salvage harvesting can influence current and future stand structure in Engelmann spruce/Aspen mixed stands.