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 Forest Stewardship is the
management of Crown (public) forest land on behalf
of the people of British Columbia. This requires
balancing the many resources and values of public
forests. These resources include, but are not
limited to; timber, water, wildlife, fisheries,
cultural heritage,
recreation, visual quality, botanical forest products, forage and
biodiversity. The Forest Stewardship section of the
Haida Gwaii Forest District (HGFD) works in
co-operation with forest companies, the Haida
Nation, concerned stakeholders, and other
government agencies to ensure that the provincial
government’s objectives for the management,
protection and conservation of forest resources are
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The foresters and technicians
within the Forest Stewardship section in Queen
Charlotte have several responsibilities including
operational plan review, resource stewardship
monitoring, silvicultural assessment of stocking
standards and free growing obligations, and general
monitoring of forest health conditions in the
district. Staff manage corporate databases,
thus providing professional advice on harvest,
silviculture, and forest health activities.
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Two
categories of management units are used in the
Province to manage Crown forest land. These are
tree farm licenses (TFL) and timber supply areas (TSA).
Tree farm licenses may include some private forest
land and are managed by a single forest company who
holds the license, whereas several forest companies
and British Columbia Timber Sales Program may
operate within a timber supply area.
Forest companies who hold a tree farm license (TFL),
forest license (FL), timber license (TL), Woodlot
License (WL), or BC Timber Sales are required to
prepare and submit a Forest Development Plan (FDP)
which
outlines measures to protect various forest
resources and proposes cutblock areas to be
harvested.
Before the end of 2006, licensees must have a Forest
Stewardship Plan (FSP) in place to continue
operations. An FSP
specifies results and/or strategies to
meet objectives set by government, objectives in
regulation and objectives in higher level plans.
To learn more about FSP's, please follow the link
below:
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The Forest Stewardship section is part of a team of
experts that review and comment on these plans and
assists with recommendations to the Delegated
Decision Maker (usually the District Manger) that may
be considered in his determinations.
Another primary focus of the Forest Stewardship
Section is to ensure forest management at the
strategic level, guided by objectives within higher
level plans. One such plan is the Queen Charlotte
Islands / Haida Gwaii Land Use Plan (LUP).
Development of this Land and Resource Management
Plan, is currently being led by the Integrated Land
Management Branch of the Ministry of Agriculture &
Lands. It is expected that the LUP will provide
spatially explicit direction on forest management
options for the HGFD upon its completion. Also
through appropriate designation of special
management areas this plan will help to ensure the
protection and conservation of important non-timber
forest resources.
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An underlying foundation of the Forest and Range
Practices Act (and a mandate of the Stewardship
team) is the concept of resource stewardship
monitoring. Effectiveness evaluations are routinely
performed on sites randomly selected throughout the
district to assess the effectiveness of current
legislation and regulations in managing for the
forest values to which they apply.
For more information about the effectiveness
evaluations, please follow this link.
In addition, the
Forest Stewardship section assists the Coast Forest
Region of the Ministry of Forests and Range and the Canadian
Forest Service in monitoring forest health
throughout the district. This includes observation
and reporting of outbreak or variation in levels of
insects or disease that may impact forest health.
This also involves monitoring and providing advice
to prevent or control the spread of invasive
species. In addition, the Stewardship team has an
important role in the establishment of future
forests as the responsibility “free-growing”
declaration review and acceptance is tasked to this
section.
For more information about silviculture and forest
health in this district, please see below.
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If you would
like to know more about the role of the Forest
Stewardship section in the Haida Gwaii
Forest District you can contact
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Mark Salzl,
Stewardship Officer, at 250-559-6222
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Sean Muise,
Stewardship Forester, at 250-559-6258
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Larry Duke,
Stewardship Technician, at 250-559-6252
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