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Long-term population data on birds can provide information on population trends, particularly for species of concern, but it can also provide information on ecosystem structure and function. Monitoring grassland birds is an effective method for assessing the condition of grassland ecosystems, which are amongst the most dynamic ecosystems in Canada. Grassland ecosystems include ecoregions such as bunchgrass, tall-grass prairies and shrubland, but also open forests such as open ponderosa pine and interior Douglas-fir forests. Grassland ecosystems are maintained by fire and grazing, and are threatened by tree encroachment, intensive agriculture, invasive species, use of pesticides, climate change and overgrazing and trampling by cattle.

Slope/Aspect habitat type limitations (high, moderate, low) in mule deer winter range within the Cariboo Region. These limitations apply only to interior douglas fir (IDF) and bunch grass biogeoclimatic zones within mule deer winter range.

This table contains 30 series, with data for years 1961 - 2013 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (8 items: Atlantic Region; Quebec; Prairie Region; Ontario ...), Commodities (9 items: Lumber; softwood; Lumber; softwood; spruce-pine-fir; Lumber; softwood; hemlock; Lumber; softwood; Douglas fir ...).

This table contains 30 series, with data for years 1961 - 2001 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2001-10-29. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (8 items: Atlantic Region; Ontario; Quebec; Prairie Region ...), Commodities (9 items: Lumber; softwood; Lumber; softwood; Douglas fir; Lumber; softwood; spruce-pine-fir; Lumber; softwood; hemlock ...).

This table contains 30 series, with data for years 1961 - 2010 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2010-09-29. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (8 items: Atlantic Region; Prairie Region; Quebec; Ontario ...), Commodities (9 items: Lumber; softwood; Lumber; softwood; spruce-pine-fir; Lumber; softwood; Douglas fir; Lumber; softwood; hemlock ...).

Douglas Fir Management for Mule Deer used in SRMP analysis

This table contains 24 series, with data for years 2004 - 2007 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and is no longer being released. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada); Production, shipment and stock activities (12 items: Production; Total shipments; Domestic shipments; Shipments to Atlantic provinces; ...); Plywood products (2 items: Douglas fir plywood; Other plywood (excluding Douglas fir plywood)).

Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis – listed as Endangered under the Species At Risk Act) and Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis- recommended as Endangered by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada) have undergone extensive population declines across much of their range due to a number of interacting factors. An introduced pathogen (blister rust - Cronartium ribicola) and an increasing severity of native beetle outbreaks (mountain pine beetle - Dendroctonus ponderosae) coupled with a reduced natural fire regime and changes in climate have all contributed to their decline. Seedling Survival of planted seedlings a management effectiveness measure, in part, used to assess the effectiveness of five-needle pine recovery actions in the park.

Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis – listed as Endangered under the Species At Risk Act) and Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis- recommended as Endangered by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada) have undergone extensive population declines across much of their range due to a number of interacting factors. An introduced pathogen (blister rust - Cronartium ribicola) and an increasing severity of native beetle outbreaks (mountain pine beetle - Dendroctonus ponderosae) coupled with a reduced natural fire regime and changes in climate have all contributed to their decline. Seedling rate of planted seedlings is a management effectiveness measure, in part, used to assess the effectiveness of five-needle pine recovery actions in Waterton Lakes National Park.

The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, MPB) is native to western Canada. It attacks all pine including lodgepole, limber, whitebark and jack pine. Over the past 40 years the range of mountain pine beetle has expanded, possibly due to changes in the area of climatically suitable habitat. Known Limitations: The areas surveyed each year can be different and therefore year over year comparisons may be difficult.