Forest Practices > Silviculture

Stocking Standards

• An Overview Reference for the Evaluation of Stocking Standards Under FRPA ( 80 k, pdf, posted Nov. 8, 2006)
• Letter re: Approval/Rejection of Multi-block Stocking Standards in Forest Stewardship Plans (302K, PDF, posted Sept. 11, 2006)
• Power point presentation - Summary for silviculture under FRPA (link to file posted on MOF ftp server, Feb. 20, 2003)
  • Basic Business flow
  • What’s new for silviculture under FRPA
  • What’s not new
  • What are the business needs for information
  • Linkage to other business
• Minimum inter-tree distance and other survey parameters (link to MOF Research Branch)

The linked paper discusses the effect of the silviculture survey parameters (including reduction of MITD) on the free-growing decision probabilities and projected volume at rotation.

• Chief Forester memo on the Incorporation of mixedwood and broadleaves into Forest Stewardship Plan stocking standards, SP amendments, and TSR regeneration assumptions (pdf, 242 k, posted May 6, 2008)
• Chief Forester letter on broadleaf management applies to Forest Development Plan stocking standards (pdf, 21 k, posted Feb 4, 2003)
• Chief Forester's Letter on broadleaf management (pdf, 276 k, posted Dec.17, 2002)
• FPC Transition Flowchart (ppt, 53 k, posted Dec. 17, 2002)

STOCKING STANDARDS

• Reference Guide for Forest Development Plan Stocking Standards (pdf, 333 k, updated March 15, 2007)
• Reference Guide Standards in Excel Spreadsheet format, (1 MB, updated Mar. 15, 2007)

OTHER RELATED INFORMATION

• Western redcedar - issues for managing for desirable characteristics under retention of various levels (600 k, pdf, posted Aug. 5, 2008)
• Biogeoclimatic ecosystem Classification (BEC) (Research Branch)
• Tree Species Compendium posted April 21, 2008
• Chief Forester's Letter on FSP stocking standards based on tree density averaged over the standards unit (pdf,388  k, posted Sept.29, 2006)
• Single Tree Selection (pdf,8  k, posted Dec.12, 2002)
• Sample Habitat Stocking Standards (pdf, 11 k, posted Dec.12, 2002)

For more information on these stocking standards please contact:

• Brian Raymer, (250) 387-8909

Last updated on August 05, 2008
The contact for this web page is: ralph.winter@gov.bc.ca