Douglas fir styroplugs (2" and 8") planted Spring 1972. cf roots in slide # 1107

Douglas fir styroplugs (2" and 8") planted Spring 1972. cf roots in slide # 1107

Details of thinning (pre-commercial) in young Douglas fir. BC Forest Products. Port Renfrew.

Precommercial thinning in 25yr old Douglas fir. 1478a is before, 1478b is after. Crown Zellerbach, Nanaimo Lakes.

Precommercial thinning in 25 yr old Douglas fir using "hack & squirt" i.e. hatchet and squirt can filled with herbicide. Crown Zellerbach, Nanaimo Lakes.

Douglas fir area pre-commercially thinned (spaced) 3 yrs later. N.B. deterioration of slash. cf. slides #1478

Area precommercially thinned (spaced) 3 yrs later. N.B. deterioration of slash. cf. slides #1478

Sorting yard. Nanaimo Lakes, Crown Zellerbach.

Stumps show a pattern of logging; first large douglas fir, then smaller ponderosa and lodgepole pines. Kamloops.

Fire origin Douglas fir, 350yrs, Dbh 140cm.,Ht.61m