FRPA What's New & Announcements

• New! Sept 7, 2006: Looking Outside the Legislation - A discussion paper by Roberta Reader entitled The Expectations that Affect the Management of Public Forest and Range Lands in BC is now available in five sections for ease of use. This paper looks both within and outside the statutory framework, and at the various ways decisions and practices can be evaluated.
• New! Quick Start to FRPA Memo | Presentation
• Be Heard: Get Involved in Forest Stewardship Review - describes opportunities for the public to participate in the preparation and review of Forest Stewardship Plans under FRPA
• A Range Management in British Columbia infoflip brochure covers legal requirements and responsibilities for range management under FRPA (version 2 incorporating Errata 1). Cover – Text
  • Errata 1 to version 1 of the Range Management in British Columbia infoflip brochure.
• An infoflip brochure on Due Diligence under FRPA focuses on the responsibilities and liabilities of those undertaking road building, logging and silviculture activities. It will be of interest to contractors, employees, woodlot license holders and operators, and BC Timber Sales operators. Cover – Text
• Q&A 2005 - Answers to questions arising from the "What's New in FRPA 2005 sessions.
• First Nations Information Sharing Bulletin
• Site Index estimates by BEC Site Series (SIBEC) - including model development, methodology, and most current SIBEC site index reports. 2005 Approximation, April 29, 2005. For use in FFT and FIA silviculture surveys and planning, forest inventory updates, RESULTS submissions, timber supply analyses, and FPC and FPPR reporting.
• June 16, 2005 Victoria session of What's New in FRPA 2005 (afternoon only). For more information and to register.
• May 24-June 16, 2005 A half-day session on Road Maintenance Practices under FRPA is offered in 17 locations in BC between May 24 and June 16th.
• May 26, 2005 Victoria session of What's New in FRPA 2005 (afternoon only). For more information and to register.
• April 19-20, 2005 Managing Forested Viewscapes conference
• April 5-12, 2005 FPPR Section 7 Workshop
• March 1-17, 2005 What's New in FRPA - 2005 | Training
• February 24, 2005 OIC 154 - FPPR changes re community watershed and fisheries-sensitive watershed objectives, exemptions etc.
• February 17, 2005 - Bill 3 (2005) Changes FRPA Act - regarding the transition period from FPC to FRPA
• December 13, 2004 - FRPA Act and Regulations Changes
• November 29, 2004 - Chief Forester's Standards for Seed Use
  New standards for registering, storing, selecting and transferring seed used to establish a free growing stand under FRPA. Effective April 1, 2005.
• September 23, 2004 - Highlights of Changes to the FRPA
• June 30, 2004 - Provincial Non-Spatial Old Growth Order
• June 8, 2004 - Landslide Risk Case Studies in Forest Development Planning and Operations - (Eds. M.P. Wise, G. Moore and D. Vandine) This new publication contains various methods and techniques of lanslide risk analysis, and a framework for landslide risk management, to help guide selection of practices that deliver planned outcomes.
• May 10, 2004 - Timeline for Chief Forester Standards for Seed Use
• May 3, 2004 - The Minister of Water Land and Air Protection established a "category of species at risk" by order made under section 11(1) of FRPA's Government Actions Regulation. This category of species at risk represents those species that may be affected by forest or range management on Crown land and are listed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).
• March 2004 - FRPA Online Sessions Recordings are posted to this site as they become available.
  • To access these, go to the Training Module corresponding to the recording you are looking for (use the left navigation). Once in the Training Module click the FRPA Online Sessions link!
• March 2004 - Archive FRPA Announcements are available by clicking here.