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Section 4 - Forest and Range Planning Flashcards

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Which legislation defines the legal requirements for planning and practices on BC crown lands

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FRPA and its regulations

other statutes include (water act, wildlife act, species at risk act, fisheries act, foresters act, etc)

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What are the three pillars of FRPA with regards to functional architecture

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  1. objectives
    - govt will establish objectives for managing and protecting forest and range values
  2. plan and practice requirements
    - those conducting practices must meet requirements in both approved operatinal plans and in applicable regulations
  3. compliance and enforcement
    - govt will inspect activities for compliance with approved operational plans and other requirements in FRPA and the regulations
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What are the three functional architecture pillars supported by

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professional reliance
effectiveness evaluations
- assess if desired outcomes for managing and protecting FRPA values are being achieved (fundamental for results based regulator regime

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What is SLRP

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strategic land and resource planning
- determines the appropriate social economic and environmental issues for crown land and resources, provides a blueprint for sustainable resource management
- outcome = recommendations for the establishment of legally binding objectives which dictate what forestry operators must consider for managing and protecting forest and range values when undertaking their operational planning
- also non legal outcomes (i.e. resource management zones (RMZs))

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What are operational plans

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site-specific ground level plans focusing on single resources
- must specify results and strategies that are consistent with govt set legal objectives
- FSP is an example of one
- must be consistent with SLRPs

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Name the types of SLRPs

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Land Use Plan (RLUP) - regional
land an resource management plan (LRMP) - sub regional
sustainable resource management plan (SRMP) -landscape level

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What are the plan development stages

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consultation
planning
decision making
implementation
monitoring
amendment

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what is identified during planning

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needs, land use zones, objectives are set, strategies for managing resources are developed

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What are the FRPA objective pillars

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  1. land use objectives
    - higher level plans
    - consistent with requirements under the land use objectives regulation
  2. objectives in regulation
    - provide goal posts for managing and protecting forest and range values
    - results/strategies in operational plans must address and be consistent with these objectives
  3. objective enabled by regulation
    - not states in regulations, but the legislation gives authority to establish them consistantwith the GAR
    - supports effective forest management under FRPA by addressing specific resource values
  4. grandparented objectives
    - carrying forward established objectives under FPC
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What is the hierarchy of objectives

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legal requirement for “consistency” among objectives, in the case of inconsistency.. use the hierarchy

top = land-use objectives
middle = objectives in regulation
bottom = objectives enabled in regulation

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What are the operational plans under FRPA

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Forest stewardship plan (FSP)
Site plan (SP) - prepared by FSP holders
Woodlot Licence Plans (WLP) - for woodlot agreement holders
Range use Plan (RUP) - for grazing or hay cutting by range agreement holders
Range stewardship plans (RSP) - for range agreement holders

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What is the primary operational plan under FRPA?

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FSP
- most licensees and BCTS managers must prepare and submit to govt for approval
- link government objectives to practices on the ground through results and strategies

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What are the key components of and FSP?

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  • have FDUs
  • needed prior to harvesting or road activity taking place
  • has a term of up to 5 years, can be extended for another 5
  • no defined requirements for the size of the area under a FSP
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which licenses/agreements under the Forest Act must prepare and obtain the minister’s approval of a FSP before harvesting or constructing a road

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  • major licence
  • timber sale licence that requires the holder to prepare a FSP
  • community forest agreement
  • First nations woodland licence (depending on the size)
  • community salvage licence
  • pulpwood agreement
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What must a FSP include?

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  • contain a map showing boundaries of all FDUs at a scale
  • contain results and strategies for every govt objective applicable to the plan area (exception is the timber objection; FPPR provides an automatic exemption for this)
  • be consistant with govt objectives and timber harvesting rights
  • be signed by person required to prepare plan, typically the tenure holder
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What does FPPR require an FSP to include?

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  • identify stocking standards and regeneration and free growing dates for the Net Area to be Reforested (NAR)
  • contains measures to prevent the introduction or spread of invasives and mitigate the effect of removing or rendering ineffective natural range barriers
  • identify FDUs, including any designations contained within the FDU
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How are results and strategies prepared for FSPs

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unless the requirements in the FPPR (“defaults”) are selected, the FSP must contain a result or strategy consistant with each of government’s objectives that apply to the plan area
- an objective can be addressed by a result, a strategy, or both
- a result or strategy can address more than one objective

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What is a site plan?

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  • identifies how the intended results or strategies apply to the site (FRPA section 10)
  • not reviewed or approved by govt
  • identifies stocking standards and soil disturbance limits applicable to the site (FPPR section 34), the holder of the site plan must retain the plan until the holder has met the obligations under the plan
  • a site plan can apply to one or more cutblocks or roads
  • must be kept on file to review upon request (FRPA section 11)
  • must be made publicly available upon request
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What must a site plan contain

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  • map to identify approx location of roads or cut blocks
  • be consistent with FSP, FRPA sec. 10 and regulations (FPPR sec. 34)
  • identify how the intended results and strategies in the approved FSP apply to the site
  • identify the standards units in the NAR and the corresponding stocking standards and soil disturbance limits
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What does the FRPA framework for grazing/haycutting include?

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  • plan content requirements vary for range agreement holders
  • default plan continues to be the Range Use Plan (RUP), focusing on the default prescribed requirements outlined in the RPPR
  • a range agreement holder may apply to prepare a Range Stewardship Plan (RSP) - allows the range agreement holder to use alternative results or strategies
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What does the FRPA framework for forest management with respect to range values include?

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  • plan content requirement to include measure to mitigate the removal or the ineffectiveness of a natural range barrier from carrying out a forest practice
  • plan content to prevent the introduction or spread of prescribed species of invasive plants
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When is a woodlot licence plan (WLP) required

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(FRPA part 2, div 3)
- plan that must be approved by the minister before and harvesting or road building can commence within the area
- the licensee may obtain a cutting permit or road permit only if it is consistent with the WLP

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What are the contents of a WLP

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  • map of suitable scale
  • provides prescribed information about forest resources
  • specifies intended results and strategies each in relation to objectives set by govt and other objectives that are established under the Act and that pertain to all or part of the plan area
  • conform to prescribed requirements
  • need not be consistent with objectives set by govt if those objectives pertain to retention of OG, seral stage distribution, landscape connectivity, temporal and spatial distribution of cutblocks
  • WLP or amendment must be signed by the person required to prepare the plan
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List the government objectives for range planning

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  • the RPPR has detailed objectives for the following value: soils, forage/plant communities, water, fish, wildlife, and biodiversity
  • RUPs, RSPs and associated range practices must be consistent with these objectives set by govt and with objectives for water quality, WHA, and UWR applicable to the plan area
  • minister may identify issues specific to an area and require actions in a range plan to address them, may prescribe requirements like range readiness, levels of utilization and plant communities
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Explain range planning with regards to grazing/haycutting

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  • should protect and conserve healthy, diverse and self-sustaining ecosystems
  • RUPs should specify the rage and livestock management measures required to ensure the continued health of the range resource and to achieve the goals outlines in higher-level plans
  • guiding principles
    —- enhanced production should be achieved through the maintenance rather than manipulation of the ecosystem
    —- to ensure the long-term health and productivity of plan communities, the amount and timing of grazing/haycutting should be controlled through prescribed use
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When is a grazing schedule required

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  • each RUP contains a grazing schedule
  • grazing schedule is also required for holders of RSPs, while a grazing schedule is not part of a RSP, it must be prepared each year and submitted to the district manager prior to livestock turnout (FRPA sec. 43)
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What plans are NOT required by legislation

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logging plans - often a map with specific site information to the harvesting operations

road plans - standards for construction combined with a map. useful for conformance statements

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Can a public consultation period be waived for an FSP?

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yes - by order from the minister. but, the licensee must publish a notice including details that the FSP has been approved without having been made available for review and comment, and the date on which the operations are authorized to begin

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A licensee who submits an FSP to the minister for approval must also submit what?

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  • copy of the published notice
  • copy of written comments received
  • description of changes made as result of comments received
  • description of efforts made to gather comments from FN

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