EBM

Question 1

Key Strategies

Answer 1

Maintain First Nations cultural resources

Maintain representative examples of all ecosystem types

Protect aquatic and riparian function

Question 2

How does planning across multiple scales impact management

Answer 2

Promotes needed variability to address the full range of species

Provides managers with more flexibility to meet goals

Question 3

What are some specific First Nations values at the stand level?

Answer 3

Forest resources for food and social

Traditional heritage features

Culturally Modified Trees

Monumental trees

Red and Yellow Cedar at stand level.

Question 4

Some important aquatic resources

Answer 4

Fisheries watersheds

High and non high value fish habitat

Forested swamps

Upland streams

Active fluvial units

Question 5

What is an EBM tactic in watersheds

Answer 5

When operating in a watershed, sum total of cut area can’t exceed 20% until hydrologic recovery of the clearcut area.

Question 6

What % of ecosystems at risk must be retained?

Answer 6

100% for red listed, 70% for blue listed

Question 7

What stand level retention is the guide line for EBM

Answer 7

15% stand level retention for Cw and Yc

70% rare, 30% common for OG retention

50 % mid seral stage retention by SS

Question 8

Central Coast EBM principles

Answer 8

Ecological Integrity

Governance

Human wellbeing

Flexibility

Question 9

EBM guidelines for GB rainforest

Answer 9

Not all ecosystems are created equally, some are more likely to be harmed by harvesting activities

15% stand level retention for Cw / Yc