Forest Tenure Opportunity Agreements – Direct Awards

In May 2002 an amendment to the Forest Act allowed the Minister of Forests to invite First Nations to apply for forest licenses without competition. The timber volume for these licenses comes from beetle-kill and fire-damaged timber as well as from unlogged timber from other forest licenses. The following is a guideline to the ministry's Direct Award Policy.

Forest and Range Opportunity Agreements and Forest and Range Agreements have been replaced with Forest Consultation and Revenue Sharing Agreement (managed by the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation) and will no longer include direct award of forest tenure opportunities. Forest tenures will now be awarded in Forest Tenure Opportunity Agreements (FTOA), satisfying the requirement for interim measures agreements within the Forest Act. Two versions of FTOAs are available depending on the type of forest tenure:

• FTOA "A&B" – non-replaceable and replaceable volume based forest tenures (i.e. forest licence, forestry licences to cut)
• FTOA "C" – replaceable area based forest tenures (i.e. First Nations Woodland Licence)

^B-# Denotes the number of bands participating in the Direct Award Agreement.
^{+ abt} Denotes this agreement has an Area Based Tenure associated with it. Please refer to the FRA for specifics.
^#-yr Denotes Mtn Pine Beetle Agreement is over a # year period.
¹ Not a Direct Award Agreement. Direct award of forest licence (over one year) to further September 2002 Direct Award Agreement, pursuant to section 47.3 of the Forest Act.
² Reflects volume from this agreement. Additionial volumes became available through subsequent agreeements.
³ Maximum volume amended as a result of Sliammon First Nations Interim Measures Agreement dated April 11, 2006.

Forest and Range Agreements

These agreements, introduced in 2003, provide for revenue-sharing and forest tenure opportunities. The timber volume comes from unlogged timber from existing forest licences and from timber that will be made available once the province-wide timber reallocation process is completed.

Forest and Range Agreements have been replaced with Forest Consultation and Revenue Sharing Agreements are no longer handled by the First Nations Relations Branch. These new agreements can be found with the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations & Reconciliation here: Forest Consultation and Revenue Sharing Agreements.

The following Forest and Range agreements are still in effect.

¹ Revenue Sharing is over a 5 year period.
² Revenue Sharing is over a 6 year period.
³ Denotes Squamish FRA is over a 1 year period.
⁴ Denotes this agreement is a Westbank IM Agreement extension.
⁵ Denotes Takla FRO is over a 9 month period.
⁶ Reflects only the additional volume authorized under this agreement (i.e. excludes Direct Award agreement volume).
⁷ Denotes Tsey Keh Dene FRO is over a 2 year period.
^B-# Denotes the number of bands participating in the Forest and Range Agreement.
^{+ abt} Denotes this agreement has an Area Based Tenure associated with it. The Woodlot volume is EXCLUDED from the Timber Volume value. Please refer to the Agreement for specifics.
^{incl abt} Denotes this agreement has an Area Based Tenure associated with it. The Woodlot volume is INCLUDED with the Timber Volume value. Please refer to the Agreement for specifics.

Expired Forest and Range Agreements

The following agreements have expired but will remain online for historical purposes.

¹ Revenue Sharing is over a 5 year period.
² Revenue Sharing is over a 6 year period.
³ Denotes Squamish FRA is over a 1 year period.
⁴ Denotes this agreement is a Westbank IM Agreement extension.
⁵ Denotes Takla FRO is over a 9 month period.
⁶ Reflects only the additional volume authorized under this agreement (i.e. excludes Direct Award agreement volume).
⁷ Denotes Tsey Keh Dene FRO is over a 2 year period.
^B-# Denotes the number of bands participating in the Forest and Range Agreement.
^{+ abt} Denotes this agreement has an Area Based Tenure associated with it. The Woodlot volume is EXCLUDED from the Timber Volume value. Please refer to the Agreement for specifics.
^{incl abt} Denotes this agreement has an Area Based Tenure associated with it. The Woodlot volume is INCLUDED with the Timber Volume value. Please refer to the Agreement for specifics.