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Tree Planting Information

Microsite Selection:

• Microsite Selection and the Informed Planter: A Critical Step (English | Français)

• Microsite Selection Presentations (introduction, seedling requirements, site preparation)

Tree Planting Employment

• TIP:  Use your web search engine to search the web for "Tree Planting in British Columbia".  You will find numerous links to tree planting companies on the web.

• Link to the Employment Standards for Silviculture, Ministry of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government

Tree Planter Health and Safety

• Minimum Safety Guidelines for Tree Planters (English | Français)

• Putting People First – Minimizing tree planters' exposure to seedling pesticides
  
  Note – The information contained in these guidelines is not current and requirements may have changed.  Tree planters should contact prospective employers for the company's health and safety policy and manual.  

• Pesticide and Fertilizer Exposure Reduction for Tree Planters (link to pesticide and fertilizer exposure)

• Pesticide and Fertilizer Use by Tree Planters:  Safety Bulletin Based on Research Summary (link to a more comprehensive summary of the pesticide and fertilizer exposure research) 

• A Tree Planter's Guide to Reduce Injuries (An interactive tool, produced by FPInnovations, that provides guidelines on how to practice safe work procedures while staying healthy and efficient throughout the planting season)

• Fit to Plant (link to Selkirk College's pre-season tree planter training program and other information on planter fitness and nutrition)

Planting Quality Inspections

• Planting Quality Inspection – Guide to completing the FS704
• Planting Quality inspection procedures

Other Documents and Links

• Provincial Seedling Stock Type Selection and Ordering Guidelines Posted June 18, 1998
  
• Opportunities for Improvements to Reforestation Success (link to Forestry Division Service Branch's publications.)
• Forest Floor Planting: A discussion of issues as they relate to various site limiting factors (link to the Resource Practices Branch Silviculture Note 16)

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