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COMMITTEE
UPDATES
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ACTION
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Strategic
Planning (Nigel
Fletcher)
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the Forest Practices
Branch is working with AAIB to develop development
project criteria
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draft two of
the Project Management Plan will be available
for review the end of February with sign-off
planned for the end of March
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a briefing note
on First Nations involvement and consultation
(to include staffing capacity) is being developed
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a meeting on
the Logic Model, FN, committee re-organization
is scheduled with Ray Schultz
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Lorne is heading
up implementation of three species initiatives
that have been approved by Executive
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Nigel is working
on a briefing note on committee restructuring
that resulted from the Dunsmuir meetings
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important work
is being done to incorporate BC Safety Council
standards on all FFT projects - a copy of the
December 6, 2006 memo from Doug Konkin is to
be included in all FFT projects
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Program
and Operational Planning
(Nigel Fletcher)
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a committee has
been launched, headed by John McClarnon, to
bring the regions, districts and branches on
line regarding records management - two more
district representatives are needed for this
committee
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a FFT staff meeting
is planned for February 8th and 9th
in Williams Lake District. It will include
a one day field trip.
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a briefing note
on the Delivery Model has been requested for
the end of January to incorporate a transitional
strategy for next year
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a meeting on
First Nations consultation strategy is scheduled
Thursday Jan. 12th with lawyers from
Aboriginal Affairs and the Attorney General
to review draft FFT consultation guidelines.
The draft should be available for broader review
shortly.
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John will consult
with branches and regions in development of
the 2006-07 workplan.
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Implementation (Brian Raymer)
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a briefing note
on transitional issues has been developed with
seven different models in order to support flexibility
to suit local realities
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a template is
being developed for RFPs for implementation
contractors and should be ready at the end of
January. The template will include criteria
lists and scoresheets
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Performance
Measurement and Reporting (deferred)
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Communications (Nigel Fletcher)
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The website is
continually being refined and updated - anyone
who has any concerns or material to add should
let Nigel know.
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A committee to
develop communications plans (both internal
and external). The committee is comprised of
Alanya Smith, Al Randall, Nigel Fletcher and
John McClarnon. An ITQ is being solicited for
developing the communications strategy.
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It is very important
that this communication strategy address the
issue of internal communications between branches,
regions and districts.
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Silviculture
Strategy (Rocky Chan)
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plans are tentatively
underway in the SIR for Type 2 silviculture
consultations in Merritt, Williams Lake, Kamloops
and 100 Mile House for next year (the region
plans on a minimum of 3 consultations and a
maximum of 5)
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Type 2s will
be used to develop 5-year implementation plans
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In the Northern
Interior region the last Type 1 consultation
was recently completed and no Type 2s are planned.
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Inventory
(deferred)
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Seed
Planning (Brian
Barber)
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§
The branch is
continuing with its Seed Needs Analysis for
both the SIR and NIR
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plans are underway
to initiate development of a project charter
for guiding seed strategy for next year-a meeting
is planned within the next two weeks
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there is a need
for a guideline or seed policy for approved
seed for FFT projects
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Ecosystem
Restoration (Colene
Woods)
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Forex is conducting
workshops on restoration techniques aimed at
FFT staff, implementation contractors and practitioners
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a Challenge Dialogue
is being planned for a restoration strategy
across government. Janet Gagné is designing
the process
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Effectiveness
Evaluation (Alanya
Smith)
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draft monitoring
questions are out for review now-comments are
due back within the next two weeks
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Research
(Gord Nigh)
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§
ad hoc proposals
for funding research projects in the regions
are still to go to the Operations Planning Group
for approval
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questions are
being raised about why the entire research budget
has been allocated by the branch in Victoria,
leaving regional researchers with no opportunity
to access this funding
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Forest
Health and Climate Change
(Brian Barber)
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§
a draft report
on Climate Change will be distributed for limited
review by the end of February and then to Executive
by the end of the fiscal
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consensus on
this issue needs to be built among senior management
of the ministry
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Species
in Beetle Blocks
(Nigel Fletcher)
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§
the report written
by Pat Martin is now posted on the website -
Executive endorsed three initiatives recommended
by the report
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Enaresde
Update (Janet/Sheldon
Gagné)
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§
working on the
draft procedures for First Nations consultation-meeting
with Diane Good of Aboriginal Affairs and Geoffrey
Moyes of Attorney General this Thursday, then
the draft will be sent out to this group for
review
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a briefing note
on committee reorganization is being prepared,
will be sent to John and Nigel for review, then
out to the larger group
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a meeting was
held January 5 as a continuation of Workshop
A from the Dunsmuir meeting. Results will be
shared via the website.
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Pricewaterhousecoopers
Update (Ian Brown)
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all funding is
still fully committed
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the quarterly
report will be presented to John and Nigel this
Friday for comment
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3-4 projects
on impeded stands have been fully approved,
with 3-6 to finalize before the end of the fiscal
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Northern
Region - Operational Update (Susan
Hoyles)
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§
the first draft
of the region's workplan will be presented to
RMT at the end of February and then presented
to the IAMC in early March so other agencies
are aware of projects
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is third-party
funding to be includes in workplans? Nigel will
consult with John and report back (see QA's
at end)
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Nigel
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Southern
Region - Operational Update (Mike
Madill)
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§
trees sown: 1.89 million trees
for Su 2006, and 7.78 Million for Sp 2007
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Q and
A's
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Q. In preparation of the 2006 - 2007 Work Plan, are the regions to
keep track of all the FFT projects occurring
in their region including the PwC contracts
or just MoFR?
A. Regions should track the projects that they are responsible for
funding/approving this would include Regional
funds administered by PwC. Contracts through
licensees administered by PwC are not recorded
in the Regions work plan.
This will
be clarified more as we embark on preparing
next year's Work Plan.
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Next
Meeting
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Tuesday,
January 31, 2007
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