"Plantation failure due to animal browsing is not an option "
May 2, 2003
Tree World
Primary Agent—Plantskydd
4466 Stalashen Drive,
Sechelt, B.C., Canada
V0N 3A1
Effective tree plantation protection against animal browsing
During my thirty-five years working in the forest industry in Coastal
British Columbia, the silviculture side of the industry has been faced
with the problem of effective seedling protection following harvesting
activity. I have been involved in many field trials evaluating the effectiveness
of both chemical animal repellents and physical protection devices used
in the pursuit of seedling protection.
Plantation failure due to animal browsing is not an option for
forest industry companies in British Columbia. Plantation failure affects
overall costs and may result in a reduction to a company's long term Annual
Allowable Cut (AAC).
Seedling protection programs entail labour and supply costs which, in
both the short and long-term, often equal more than four times the cost
of initial seedling establishment. Tree protection cones, cages and
other mechanical devices cost many times the cost of the seedlings they
protect, require frequent maintenance, and in order to prevent deformed
tree growth, must often be removed as the seedling develops.
I have found Plantskydd Animal Repellent to be a cost-effective product
that offers very effective initial seedling protection (deer, rabbit, elk).
When followed by follow-up treatments in higher risk areas, Plantskydd
provides from 90-100% seedling protection.
Plantskydd is not a new concept in commercial forest seedling protection.
Foresters and natural resource managers in British Columbia have used it
for over 8 years with excellent results. To ensure optimum efficacy, careful
attention to directions must be followed in the mixing, dilution and application
of the product.
Plantskydd, when applied properly and judicially, is a forest industry
standard in the establishment and protection of healthy forest plantations.Congratulations
on getting this product approved for commercial use in Canada.
BILL LASUTA AND ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Forestry Consultants
Bill Lasuta,
President, RFT
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