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^{The objective of our research effort is twofold:}

1. to determine the underlying causes of poor growth of regenerating western redcedar (Thuja plicata), western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), amabilis fir (Abies amabilis) and Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) on cedar-hemlock cutovers invaded by salal (Gaultheria shallon) on the west coast of North America.

2. to establish the best operational means for improving productivity on these sites.

Analagous regeneration problems on Vaccinium sites at higher elevations are also currently being investigated.

SCHIRP has been supported by a variety of funding agencies including Forestry Innovation Investment, Forest Renewal BC, NSERC, South Moresby Replacement Fund, Forest Resource Development Agreements I and II. SCHIRP has also received industrial support from Weyerhaeuser, Fletcher Challenge Canada and MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.

Current partners include the University of British Columbia, Western Forest Products Inc. , the BC Ministry of Forests, and the Canadian Forest Service.

SCHIRP is part of the national Forest Ecosystem Research Network of Sites (FERNS) which is organized by the Canadian Forest Service.

Drs Gordon Weetman and John Barker, co-founders of SCHIRP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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