Approach
Increase the competitive ability of western larch and its resilience to changing fire regimes.
Tactics
- Create gaps in forests to reduce competition and increase larch vigor
- Regenerate larch with appropriate site preparation (e.g., prescribed burning, followed by planting); create appropriate fire regime and fuel loads.
- Promote age class and structural diversity across the landscape, through regeneration harvest, thinning, prescribed fire, and wildland fire use.
- Monitor establishment and survival of western larch by age class across different site types.
- Maintain and promote large diameter western larch across the landscape, so that large diameter snags, larch seed sources, and wildlife habitats are also maintained.
Sensitivity
Strategy
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