Caribou Conservation: Restoring Trees on Seismic Lines in Alberta, Canada

• Published in: Forests
• Main Authors: Angelo T. Filicetti, Michael Cody, Scott E. Nielsen
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: tamarack; black spruce; seismic line; forest gap; boreal forest; woodland caribou; forest regeneration; silviculture; mechanical site preparation; Canada; Tamarack; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/f10020185

Seismic lines are narrow linear (~3–8 m wide) forest clearings that are used for petroleum exploration in Alberta’s boreal forest. Many seismic lines have experienced poor tree regeneration since initial disturbance, with most failures occurring in treed peatlands that are used by the threatened woo...