FRPA Resource Value: Wildlife
Wildlife

The Wildlife Resource Value Team will address the effectiveness of the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) at maintaining wildlife habitat and species across their natural ranges and over time in British Columbia. Initial evaluations will focus on mechanisms within FRPA that address the conservation of wildlife habitat including:

As of 2006, effectiveness evaluation has been initiated for nine species. Progress is shown on this attached chart. In the coming year these projects will advance through the evaluation steps to the extent that funding allows.

Priority wildlife value effectiveness evaluation questions are:

  1. Is riparian retention sufficient to maintain the structure and function necessary for wildlife? (Plants to invertebrates)
  2. Do ungulate winter ranges (UWR’s) maintain the habitats, structures and functions necessary to meet the species winter habitat requirements, and is the amount, quality and distribution of UWR’s contributing effectively with the surrounding land base (including protected areas and managed land base) to ensure the winter survival of the species now and over time.
  3. Do wildlife habitat areas (WHA’s) maintain the habitats, structures and functions necessary to meet the goal(s) of the WHA, and is the amount, quality and distribution of WHA’s contributing effectively with the surrounding land base (including protected areas and managed land base) to ensure the survival of the species now and over time.
Wildlife Value Team Approach

The Wildlife Value Team follows an approach consisting of several steps:

  1. Identify the key monitoring questions
  2. Select the indicators
  3. Develop methods for measuring the indicators
  4. Test and refine methods in a monitoring protocol
  5. Collect and analyze the data
  6. Report results and make recommendations

A summary of the Wildlife Resource Value Team approach is available here:

Effectiveness Evaluation for Wildlife in British Columbia under the Forest and Range Practices Act

Abstract: The Wildlife Resource Value Team (WRVT) initiated the development of tools and approaches to effectiveness evaluation for wildlife using a selection of six species from among many potential wildlife candidates. Next steps will include testing and implementing the work to date in pilot projects; expanding to other species and habitat elements; and considering how to address effectiveness evaluations for other management tools.

Conservation Analysis

The following conservation analyses have been developed as recommendations by consultants:

Question and Indicator Reports

Discussion papers on the selection of appropriate monitoring questions and indicators have been completed and will be used to develop monitoring protocols and pilot studies. The following discussion papers have been developed as recommendations by consultants:

The following reports are under development:

Protocols

Protocols are under development as recommended by consultants in the following reports:

Pilot Evaluations Resources

The following are Wildlife related resources from other jurisdictions:

A Comparison and Evaluation of Existing Land Management Plans Affecting Spawning and Rearing Habitat of Snake River Basin Salmon Species Listed Under the Endangered Species Act

This report summarizes and evaluates the major provisions of seven land management approaches for their likely effectiveness in protecting and restoring vital attributes of habitat for Snake River Basin salmon species listed as "endangered" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

Conducting Large-scale Conservation Evaluation and Conservation Area Selection Using a Knowledge-based System. GIS/EM4 No. 87

The conservation suitability of land polygons was determined using a knowledge-based system (KBS), implemented in a GIS application framework, in the 56,000 km2 interior Columbia River basin (ICRB). The KBS consists of hierarchically arranged fuzzy-logic networks, which characterize logical relationships among land polygon attributes contributing to conservation suitability. Selecting land polygons using suitability as cost resulted in a network with a small number of relatively large land polygons; using area as cost produced a network of many small, but largely unsuitable, land polygons. The strengths of the KBS are its ability to integrate current knowledge and available data concerning a conservation target of interest in an explicit and flexible manner, as well as its ability to provide visualization of the spatial implications of decisions as a platform for discussion and negotiation with land managers and planners.

Evaluating Effectiveness: A Framework for Assessing the Management of Protected Areas - Guidelines for Management Planning for Protected Areas

What is a management plan for a protected area? Why is one needed? These Guidelines based on global best practice drawn from many areas around the world, represent a working framework for protected areas.

Identified Wildlife

Identified Wildlife Management Strategy web site

Integrating Silvicultural Control of Mountain Pine Beetle with Wildlife and Sustainable Forest Management Objectives

Evaluation of indicators against objectives with data collection providing a baseline for long-term monitoring.

Oregon Dept of Forestry - Monitoring Strategy 2002

The Oregon Department of Forestry's Forest Practices Monitoring Program (FPMP) is producing valuable information for adapting forest management to better protect our natural resources and to serve the needs of the public and stakeholders.

Ungulate Winter Range

Ungulate winter range web site

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