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COMMITTEE UPDATES
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Strategic Planning (John McClarnon)
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an agenda item for subsequent conference calls will be overview and discussion
on projects various committees are working on -
one project per conference call
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NF
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the Program Management Plan is almost ready to send to Jim Snetsinger
and Tim Sheldan for sign-off
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JG
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the workplan is almost ready but until dollars are firmed up, it will
not be forwarded for sign-off
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approval has been given for $250,000 for Fertilization Planning and direction
has been received to include an allocation for Fertilization
Planning in next year's budget
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FFT funding proposal is going to Treasury Board in September (this will
include seeking approval for incremental work on
fertilization)
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Mel Scott of the Dunkley TSL and Quesnel TSA has a proposal for a fertilization
project this fall ready to send to Jim Snetsinger
for approval.
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There is a potential for more funds for 06/07 - first cut of the proposal
is with Brian. Timelines are tight.
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BS
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The lack of uptake on brushing remains a concern. Nigel is leading a
review with the original planners from each region
to document initial assumptions and look at why
they have not materialized.
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NF
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Concern also around return on investment - there have been a lot of issues around implementation.
Committed to doing a full review during the fall
and winter to make decisions around how to carry
forward in the future.
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ENAR ESDE were the successful bidders on the
RFP for Program Support - working at developing
a contract with Janet Gagné. One of their first
priorities will be organizing the Second Quarter
meeting (possibly in Victoria at Dunsmuir Lodge, tentatively the week of
October 24). Agenda topics and discussions items
should be sent to Janet.
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JG
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Need to address concern raised by Executive that we're coming in under
budget - new NSR figures say there are about 600,000
NSRs in the province. If the NSRs are out there,
why can they not be addressed under FFT? The review
that Nigel is leading will be important as it will
indicate the amount of NSR and set the tone for
next year's budget
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Cranbrook region is finding that the ROI is
not coming up positive so they can't spend money
in some areas - flag ROI to Executive.
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How does this complement the species diversification objective of the
plan - how do we meet somewhat contradictory objectives?
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NF
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Program and Operational
Planning
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Included in Strategic Planning update.
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Implementation (Brian Raymer)
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nothing to report - still working on briefing note
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Performance Measurement
and Reporting (Janet Gagné)
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have done a lot of work on the performance measures for the Program Plan
and now are working at choosing four or five tentative
measures for MAX for next year
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once it's put together, will circulate them to the committee
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JG
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Communications (Nigel Fletcher)
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the framework for the website is now complete; a test site has been circulated
to committee members
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all committees will have their own mini-websites as well
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suggestion to add meeting minutes to the side toolbar
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NF
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District Managers and Operations Managers need to be kept in the loop
around decisions made about FFT that might affect
them. They are worried that policy decisions are
being made that could affect their long-term management.
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The ops/div committee should be made more active and districts made aware
that that is how to bring their concerns forward
to this committee.
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Silviculture Strategy
(Guy
Newsome)
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Have offered contracts for Forest Ecosystems Solutions to six TSAs in
the northern region and to Forsite for six TSAs
in the southern region - have been verbally accepted
and contracts are being drawn up now.
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A letter will be circulated to regions and districts to give them a heads-up
about upcoming meetings around this.
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Terms of Reference for the committee are being finalized.
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One proposals for Type 2 analysis has received allocation approval (YKW)
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proposal for Quesnel has not been received from proponent yet
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not sure where Merritt proposal is at - discuss with Rocky as this is
important
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check with Paul Quackenbush to ensure additional flight area into Chilcotin
has happened
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Inventory
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No update available
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Seed Planning (Mike Madill)
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training on Chief Forester guidelines and standards
is coming up next month. Brian is working with all
areas regarding training sessions.
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B
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Ecosystem Restoration
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No Update available
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Effectiveness Evaluation
(Ivan
Listar)
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have completed the first draft of their Terms of
Reference are are looking at it in more detail now.
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in the process of organizing an Effectiveness Evaluation stakeholder
meeting for September 16 in Kamloops
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CW
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a list of potential stakeholders involved in developing evaluations is
being prepared, as well as a questionnaire to send
out in advance to participants
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CW
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need to get more information from Nancy Densmore re Wildlife Game Prescription
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Research
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No Update available
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Forest Health and Climate Change (Nigel Fletcher)
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there is growing concern about the region underneath some of the mountain
pine beetle areas - need to do surveys in order
to direct companies to what areas they should be
logging
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Species Deployment
(Lorne Bedford)
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making good progress on their report - a draft will be finished by the
end of August with a final report expected the end
of September
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this report looks at longer-term solutions and would not have much impact
on prescriptions being prepared now
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CONSULTANT UPDATES
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ACTION
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Pricewaterhouse Coopers
(Ian
Brown)
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at $8.7 million now, after all information is received, should be at
approximately $9.5 million
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West Fraser is not going forward with funding given to date on TFL 5,
TSA 29 and TSA 24 because they can't identify any
backlog areas for brushing
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an FFT update is going out today to licencees advising four more regions
are going to be opened up to brushing: Okanagan-Shuswap,
Kootenay Lakes, Golden and Boundary TSAs, plus their
neighbouring TFLs. This is in addition to Cranbrook,
Invermere, Nelson and Arrow TSAs already approved.
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ENAR ESDE (Janet Gagné)
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developing workplan for the longer-term contract, presently helping committees
finish their terms of reference and dealing with
outstanding critical issues like measurement
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initial focus will be to look at what are some of the major program risks,
short-term needs, quarterly reviews
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organizing the October planning meeting
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Add Nola Day and Rocky to distribution lists
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NF
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Next conference call Tuesday, September 6
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