Five Year Forest and Range Resource Program 1995-2000

Submitted to the Legislative Assembly in accordance with the
Ministry of Forests Act, Section 9.
July 1995

Disclaimer: This is not an official copy of this document.
[*] An asterix in square brackets indicates an update since print publication.

Table of Contents

Highlights

Introduction

Mission
Mandate
Application of mission and mandate
How the Forest Service delivers its mission


Providing better support to the field
Promoting equity and fairness

Long-term trends
Organization of this report

Resource sustainability

Ecological classification system
Sustainability of non-timber resources

Watersheds
Protected Areas Strategy
Sustainability of the recreation resource
Sustainability of the range resource

Sustainability of timber resources

Timber Supply Review

Forest Land Reserve
Growing forests for tomorrow

Basic silviculture
Incremental silviculture

Backlog reforestation

Seed and nursery operations
Developmental silviculture
Forest health

Fire protection

Fire suppression program

Planned and integrated use

Information for integrated resource management

Research
Range
Recreation
Forest and range resource inventory

Planning for integrated resource management

Inter-ministry cooperation and coordination
Land and resource management planning
Landscape-level planning

Operational planning

Timber
Providing access to the forest
Other operational planning

Monitoring

Forest Practices Code
Public consultation
New agencies
Compliance and enforcement
Code training

Aboriginal issues

Treaty negotiations
Interim measures

Encourage an efficient and world-competitive industry

Forest Renewal Plan

Giving back to the forests through enhanced forestry
Restoring and protecting the forest environment
New skills and jobs for forest workers
Strengthening communities that rely on the forests
Expansion of Woodlot Licence Program
More jobs and value from every tree that is cut

Small Business Forest Enterprise Program (SBFEP)

Testing alternative silvicultural systems and marketing of logs

Forest Worker Development Program
Increasing international scrutiny of forest management

International forestry agreements
Trade threats

Assert the financial interests of the Crown

Revenue objectives

Identify and claim forest and range due to the Crown
Collect revenue due to the Crown
Treat clients fairly and equitably
Identify new revenue opportunities
Maintain an efficient and effective revenue process

Revenue management priorities

Related reports

Forest Service organization

1995-96 Estimates

Operations Vote