OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION / HIGHER LEVEL PLANS: 
1. OBJECTIVES FOR SOILS: 
Elements: permanent access structures; soil disturbance; landslides; gully processes; natural surface drainage patterns; revegetation.
2. OBJECTIVES FOR TIMBER AND FOREST HEALTH: 
Elements: free growing stand; modification of insect behavior; use of seed; use of livestock for site preparation and brush control
3. OBJECTIVES FOR WILDLIFE: 
Protect: wildlife habitat areas (WHA); objectives and general wildlife measures (GWM); ungulate winter range (UWR); species at risk (SAR), regionally important wildlife (RIW); specified ungulate species (SUS); wildlife habitat features (WHF)
- Objectives for Wildlife (SIFD web page)
- FRPA Resource Evaluation Program web site wildlife section (web link)
- MoE Environmental Stewardship Division (web link)
- SIFD FTP Site for Wildlife (ftp link)
- Documents or web links related to Wildlife:
- Species at risk:

- Order_Category_of_Species_at_Risk_May_3_2004 (pdf)
- Species at Risk Additions June 06 2006 MoE
- Notices_for_Species_at_Risc_SIFD_2004.pdf
- Notice_WLAP_Letter_General_Species_at_Risc_and_Ungulate_FPPR_7_Dec_21_2004
- Notice_WLAP_Letter_SIFD_Species_at_Risc_and_Ungulate_FPPR_7_Dec_21_2004
- Official MoE FTP site containing the Sec. 7 notices and other supporting information
- Ungulate species & ungulate winter range:

- Ungulate Winter Range MoE web site (web link)
- Order-Category_of_Ungulate_Species_May_6_2004_WLAP.pdf
- Order_TFL44_UWR_u1-013_signed_Oct_18_2004.pdf
- Order-Amendment to UWR U-1-013, Unit #5 dated July 24, 2006
- Order_TFL46_UWR_u1-002_signed_Sept_26_2003.pdf
- TFL44_UWR_u-1-013_WLAP_Final_Conf_Report_Range_Plan_Nov_19_2004 (pdf)
- TFL44_UWR_u-1-013_WLAP_Final_Crown_Land_Summary_Table4_Nov_2004 (pdf)
- TFL44_Exemption letter dated July 20, 2005 for a portion of the Julie Creek polygon (pfd)
- Order_TFL25-Blk1_UWR_u1_012_signed_Nov_18_2004.pdf
- Order_TSA_Arrowsmith_UWR_u1_017_signed_Nov_21_2003 (pdf)
- TSA_Arrowsmith Final Confirmation Report dated March, 2004
- Notice_Sec7-2_FPPR_TFL54_UWR_Dec_21_2004.pdf
- Notice_Sec7-2_FPPR_TFL57_UWR_Dec_21_2004.pdf
- TFL25_UWR_Grandparenting_Letter_Oct_23_1998.pdf
- TFL54_TFL25_Clayoquot_UWR_Grandparenting_Letter_Oct_13_1998 (pdf)
- TFL46_UWR_Letter_Made_Known_Aug_5_2004.doc (word)
- Wildlife Habitat Area, WHA Orders:

- WHA 1-003 FPC grandparented, effective Feb. 13, 2003,
- WHA 1-006 FPC grandparented, effective Feb. 17, 2005,
- WHA 1-004 Order dated Mar. 17, 2005, and Order effective Dec. 22, 2005
- WHA 1-007 Order effective Dec. 22, 2005
- WHA 1-008 Order effective Dec. 22, 2005
- WHA 1-023 FPC grandparented, effective Feb. 13, 2003,
- WHA 1-025 FPC grandparented, effective Feb. 13, 2003,
- WHA 1-026 FPC grandparented, effective Feb. 13, 2003,
- WHA 1-027 FPC grandparented, effective Feb. 13, 2003,
- WHA 1-028 FPC grandparented, effective Feb. 13, 2003,
- WHA 1-029 FPC grandparented, effective Feb. 13, 2003,
- WHA 1-030 FPC grandparented, effective Feb. 13, 2003,
- WHA 1-031 FPC grandparented, effective Feb. 13, 2003,
- WHA 1-032 Order effective Dec. 22, 2005,
- WHA 1-033,
- WHA 1-034,
- WHA 1-037 FPC grandparented, effective Feb. 13, 2003,
- WHA 1-040,
- WHA 1-041 Order effective Mar. 23, 2005,
- WHA 1-053 Order dated Mar. 17, 2005, and Order effective Dec. 22, 2005,
- WHA 1-054 Order dated Jan. 21, 2008,
- WHA 1-057 Order dated Mar. 17, 2005, and Order effective Dec. 22, 2005,
- WHA 1-060 Order dated Mar. 17, 2005,
- WHA 1-061 Order dated Jan. 21, 2008,
- WHA 1-062 Order dated Mar. 17, 2005, and Order effective Dec. 22, 2005,
- WHA 1-063 Order dated Jan. 21, 2008,
- WHA 1-066 Order dated Mar. 17, 2005, effective Dec. 22, 2005,
- WHA 1-067 Order dated March 17, 2005, and Order effective Dec. 22, 2005,
- WHA 1-097 Order effective Dec. 22, 2005,
- WHA 1-098 Order effective Dec. 22, 2005,
- WHA 1-099 Order effective Dec. 22, 2005,
- WHA 1-100 Order effective Dec. 22, 2005,
- WHA 1-101 Order effective Dec. 22, 2005,
- WHA 1-102 Order effective December 22, 2005,
- WHA 1-103 Order effective Dec. 22, 2005,
- WHA 1-104 Order effective Dec. 22, 2005,
- WHA 1-166 Order dated Jan. 21, 2008,
- WHA 1-167 Order dated Jan. 21, 2008,
- WHA 1-169 Order dated Jan. 21, 2008,
- WHA 1-170 Order dated Jan. 21, 2008,
- WHA 1-187 Order effective Dec. 22, 2005,
- WHA 1-189 Order effective Dec. 22, 2005,
- WHA 1-190 Order effective June 28, 2006,
- WHA 1-191 Order effective June 28, 2006,
- WHA 1-192 Order effective June 28, 2006,
- WHA 1-193 Order effective June 28, 2006,
- WHA 1-194 Order effective June 28, 2006,
- WHA 1-195 Order effective June 28, 2006,
- WHA 1-196 Order effective June 28, 2006,
- WHA 1-197 Order effective June 28, 2006,
- WHA 1-198 Order dated Jan. 21, 2008,
- WHA 1-206 Order dated Jan. 21, 2008,
- WHA 1-209 Order dated Jan. 21, 2008,
- WHA 1-210 Order dated Jan. 21, 2008
- Managing Identified Wildlife:

- Identified Wildlife Strategy MoE web site (web link)
- Procedures_for_Managing_Identified_Wildlife_2004 ver (pdf)
- Coast Region Identified Wildlife Forest District tables (pdf)
- Information on the marbled murrelet (pdf)
- Marbled murrelet recovery team (web link)
- Marbled murrelet recovery team conservation assessments (web link)
- Information on the Queen Charlotte goshawk (pdf)
- Maps in pdf format related to Wildlife:
- GIS data (compressed zip files) related to Wildlife:
4. OBJECTIVES FOR FISH and RIPARIAN MANAGEMENT: 
Protect: riparian classes for streams, lakes and wetlands; restrictions in riparian management areas, riparian reserve zones, riparian management zones; temperature sensitive streams; fan destabilization; stream crossing; fish passage; protection of fish habitat; use of livestock in riparian areas; fisheries sensitive watersheds and objectives; lakeshore management zones
- Objectives for Fish (SIFD web page)
- FRPA Resource Evaluation Program web site fish section (web link)
- Fish Wizard Interactive Mapping application: Use Fish Wizard to create maps, view reports and find the most recent
information about British Columbia's lakes, rivers and streams
- FTP Site for Fish:
(ftp site)
- Documents related to Fish and Riparian Management:
- Fish sensitive watersheds:
- GAR Order Sec 4(2) Fish Sensitive Watersheds
- Cous Creek is mentioned in the Macktush designation letter however it was not grandparented by WLAP and it is not included in the Feb. 25, 2005, FPPR regulation update as a fisheries sensitive watershed.
- Designation letter for Effingham River, (pdf)
- Designation letter for Escalante River, (pdf)
- Designation letter for Gordon River, (pdf)
- DM letter dated: February 6, 2001 for Harris Creek - San Juan; Hemmingsen within the San Juan watershed; Nahmint, above the lake, (pdf)
- Designation letter for Hatton Creek, (pdf)
- Designation letter for Klanawa / Darling, (pdf)
- Designation letter Macktush Creek, (pdf)
- Designation letter for Toquart River, (pdf)
- Clarification letter written by the WLAP for Nahmint, (pdf) Mar. 30, 2005
- Summary FS watershed list (Excel format)
- Lakeshore management:

- Blue_Lake_RMA_objective_and_applicable_OPR (pdf)
- Timing windows:

- Timing (pdf)
- Timing_Windows_and_Measures_Fish_and_Water_Nanaimo_Area (pdf)
- Timing_Windows_and_Measures_Fish_and_Water_Port_Alberni_Area (pdf)
- Riparian evaluation forms:
- Riparian Effectiveness Evaluation Indicators (pdf)
- Field Form 3 (pdf)
- Maps in pdf format related to Fish and Riparian Management:
- GIS data (compressed zip files) related to Fish and Riparian Management:
5. OBJECTIVES FOR WATER: 
Protect: water quality; licensed water works; hydrological impact; community watersheds and water quality objectives
6. OBJECTIVES FOR BIODIVERSITY: 
Elements: land use objectives (LUO); maximum cutblock size (MCS); harvesting adjacent to another cutblock (HAAC); wildlife tree retention (WTR); coarse woody debris (CWD); seral stage distribution; draft old growth management areas (draft OGMA); established old growth management areas (established OGMA); forest ecosystem networks (FEN)
- Objectives for Biodiversity (SIFD web page)
- ILMB Provincial Non-Spatial Old Growth Order (web link)
- ILMB Sustainable Resource Management Plans & Old Growth Order web site for SIFD
- Landscape Unit Planning Guide posted on the web site
- FREA Evaluation program Biodiversity site (web link)
- SIFD FTP Site for Biodiversity: (ftp link)
- Documents related to Biodiversity:
- Objectives Established Under the Land Act section 93.4 and Land Use Objectives Regulation

- ILMB Land Use Planning (link to web site)
- Background for the Order Establishing Land Use Objectives for Clayoquot Sound
- Order Establishing Land Use Objectives for Clayoquot Sound
- Objectives Established Under Sec. 4 of Forest Practices Code of BC Act:

- ILMB Sustainable Resource Management Plans web site link
- Old_Growth_Order_Establishing_Non-Spacial_Old Growth Objectives_May_18_2004
- Old_Growth_Order_Implementation_Policy_March_19_2004 (pdf)
- Draft Old Growth Management Areas (OGMAS):
- 17580-00/ORDER, letter dated January 25, 2005: Barkley Sound Planning Area: Maggie (TSA portion), Toquart, Effingham (TSA portion) and Henderson (TSA portion).
- Section 8 Notice for East Coast - South Planning Area: Location: Chemainus, Cowichan, Koksilah, Metchosin, Shawnigan and Victoria/Saanich Landscape Units
- Section 8 Notices for East Coast - North Planning Area: Location: Rosewall, Little Qualicum, French Creek, Englishman, Nanoose, Millstone and Nanaimo Landscape Units
- Former Section 8 notices replaced by established Land Use Objectives
- 17580-00/ORDER, letter dated September 7, 2005: Planning area: Renfrew; Landscape Units: Caycuse, Gordon, Nitinat, San Juan, Walbran.
- Established Old Growth Management Areas (OGMAS) and Wildlife Tree Retention (WTR)

- Integrated Land Management Bureau (ILMB) Sproat LU web site
- Order to establish the Sproat Lake LU and objectives, dated June 30, 2005 (pdf)
- Sustainable Resource Management Plan, biodiversity chapter for Sproat Lake LU, dated June 2005(pdf)
- Objectives Established Old Growth Management Areas (OGMAS) and Wildlife Tree Retention (WTR) through Sustainable Resource Management Plans under Section 93.4 of the Land Act and the Land Use Objectives Regulation
- Integrated Land Management Bureau (ILMB) Renfrew LU web site
- Renfrew LU OGMA Notice, effective date: February 16, 2007
- Order to establish the Renfrew LU and objectives, dated February 16, 2007 (pdf)
- Renfrew Sustainable Resource Management Plan, biodiversity chapter for Renfrew LU, dated March 27, 2006 (pdf)
- Appendix 5: Summary of Public Comments and Response
- Wildlife tree guidelines:

- Wildlife_Tree_Patch_Guidelines_SIFD_DM_letter_March_10_1997 (pdf)
- Wildlife_Tree_Patch_Guidelines_SIFD_DM_letter_Dec_8_1997 (pdf)
- Wildlife_Tree_Patch_Guidelines_SIFD_DSI-01_Policy_Dec_8_1997 (pdf)
- Wildlife_Tree_Patch_Retention_Target_Percent_Guidelines_DSI-01_Dec_8_1997 (pdf)
- Provincial_Wildlife_Tree_Policy_Management_Recommendations_Feb_2000 (pdf)
- Provincial_Wildlife_Tree_Management_Recommendations_CF_Letter_Feb_2000 (pdf)
- Wildlife Tree Retention: Management Guidance May 16 2006 (pdf), replaces the Provincial Wildlife Tree Management Recommendations, February 2000
- Wildlife Tree Retention: Memo May 31 2006 (pdf)
- Wildlife Tree Committee (WTC) web link
- FRPA General Bulletin # 15 - Managing and Tracking Wildlife Tree Retention Areas Apr 18 2008
- Coarse woody debris:

- Short-term_Startegy_for_Course_Woody_DebrisManagement_March_2000 (pdf)
- Coarse_Woody_Debris_DM_letter_May_25_2000 (pdf)
- Coarse Woody Debris Policies web site
- Forest ecosystem networks:

- FEN_SIFD/FEN_TFL44_TFL46_CF_Letter_Jun_6_2001 (pdf)
- FEN_SIFD/FEN_TFL44_TFL46_DM_Letter_Nov_3_1999 (pdf)
- FEN_TFL44_TFL46_DM_Letter_Nov_6_1998 (pdf)
- Biodiversity evaluation forms:

- Indicators Methodology July 2004 (pdf)
- Field Form 1 (pdf)
- Field Form 2 (pdf)
- Data Collection Protocol (pdf)
- Maps in pdf format related to Biodiversity:
- Map_SMZ_within_Higher_Biodiversity_Landscape_Units (pdf)
- ILMB Biodiversity / Landscape Unit Map Coast Area (pdf)
- Land Use Objectives for Clayoquot Sound Map (link)
- Draft_OGMA_Map_Barkley_Sound_PA_Maggie-Toquart-Effingham-Henderson_LU_Jan_24_2005 (pdf)
- Draft OGMA Map for East Coast - South Planning Area: Location: Chemainus, Cowichan, Koksilah, Metchosin, Shawnigan and Victoria/Saanich Landscape Units
- Draft OGMA Map for East Coast - North Planning Area: Location: Rosewall, Little Qualicum, French Creek, Englishman, Nanoose, Millstone and Nanaimo Landscape Units
- Draft OGMA MAP of the Renfrew; Landscape Units: Caycuse, Gordon, Nitinat, San Juan, Walbran
- Legal Map for the Sproat Lake LU, dated June 30, 2005
- Legal Map for the Renfrew LU, dated December 20, 2006
- GIS data
(compressed zip files) related to Biodiversity:
7. OBJECTIVES FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE: 
Protect: cultural heritage resources not regulated in the Heritage Conservation Act
8. OBJECTIVES FOR RESOURCE FEATURES: 
Protect: karst and caves; range development; research or experimental lands; permanent sample site snow courses; important genetic resources; cultural heritage resources not regulated by Heritage Conservation Act
9. OBJECTIVES FOR RECREATION: 
Protect: interpretive forest sites, recreation sites or recreation trails; trails or other recreation facilities; recreation features
10. OBJECTIVES FOR VISUAL QUALITY: 
Elements: scenic areas; travel corridors; visual quality objectives (VQO)
11. OBJECTIVES FOR FORAGE AND PLANT COMMUNITIES: 
Elements: forage and associated plant communities; invasive plants; natural range barriers
Disclaimer: Please note that the government is under no obligation to develop or provide the objectives matrix to FRPA stakeholders. The matrix was developed to assist those who prepare operational plan with identifying objectives for which results and strategies must be developed within operational plans. The Ministry of Forests does not make any guarantees with respect to the accuracy, currency and reliability of the information contained within this objectives matrix.
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