Principle Data Areas

The purpose of this list is to show the primary information managed by the Ministry of Forests and Range (MFR), and display which Data Custodian (branch director) is responsible for what information on behalf of the ministry. This includes spatial and non-spatial information. For day-to-day data issues, contact the branch's respective Data Standards Manager.

MFR Data Custodian	Subject Area	Principle MFR Data	Also Steward of	Custodian Ministry (if not MFR)
Aboriginal Affairs Branch	First Nations	Agreements Cultural and Heritage resources Traditional Use Sites
BC Timber Sales	Timber Sales	"Genus" information Timber Sales (for BCTS Registrants see Revenue)
Compliance & Enforcement Branch	Compliance Enforcement	Appeals Enforcement Actions Inspections Penalties
Economics & Trade Branch	Forest Economics	Economic data Export data Forest Productivity Analyses Forest Products Sell Prices Trade Policies
Finance & Management Services Branch	Finance	Accounts (Payable and Receivable) Administrative Assets Budgets Chart of Accounts Contracts Expenditures Expenses Facilities
Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch	Timber Supply	Allowable Annual Cut Operability Zones Timber Supply Analyses
Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch	Vegetation Resource Inventory	Vegetation Resource Inventory Data Permanent Sample Plots National Forest Inventory
Forest Practices Branch	Visual Resources	Visual Landscape Inventory View Points Visual Quality Objectives	Recreation Sites & Facilities ? Recreation Opportunity Spectrum ? Recreation Inventory	MTSA
Forest Practices Branch	Silviculture	Coarse Woody Debris Deferred Areas Forest Health Openings Planting Locations Seedling Survival Silviculture Milestones Silviculture Projects/Activities Standard Regimes Standards Units Stocking Layers	FENs (Forest Ecosystem Networks) / "Reserve" designations	MOE
Information Management Group	Information Systems	Application Infrastructure Data Infrastructure Data Security Freedom of Information requests Records Classification Technology Infrastructure	also Steward of Organizational Units
Nursery Services Section	Forest Science (also see other Forest Science subject areas)	Nurseries Seedlings
Organizational Development Branch	Human Resources	Employees Training & Development
Organizational Development Branch	Organization	Organizational Units (see IMG) Positions
Protection Program	Protection	Aviation Fires Fire Fighting Resources Fire Prediction Fuel Hazard
Protection Program	Equipment	Equipment (Protection)
Range Branch	Range	Range Improvements Range Inventory
Research Branch	Forest Science	Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification (a.k.a. Biogeoclimatic Zones) - including ecological data collection Forest Biology Forest Productivity Analyses (Experimental Plots) Pesticide Use Tree Species (/Vegetation Species) Scientific Research
Resource Tenures & Engineering Branch	Roads	Bridges Culverts Deactivation Roads
Resource Tenures & Engineering Branch	Licences/ Permits/ Tenure	Access Management Administrative & Legal Boundaries (e.g. district boundary; Exhibit A) Apportionment (re TSAs) Community Forest Pilots Cut Blocks Cutting Authority Cutting Permits Designated Areas Forest Tenures Licences Range Tenures Resource Development Permits Reserves Timber Marks Timber Supply Areas (TSAs) Timber Supply Blocks (TSBs) Woodlot Licences	Ecological Reserves	MOE
Revenue Branch	Appraisals	Appraisals Cruise Information Levies Stumpage Rates
Revenue Branch	Client	Clients (& BCTS Registrants) Contacts Contractors
Revenue Branch	Harvest	Credit Management Receivables Revenue - Scale, Range, & Miscellaneous Invoices Scaling - Piece & Weight Harvest Scale Information & Scale Sites
Strategic Policy & Planning Branch (oversees)	Plans	Business Activity Framework Forest and Range Reports Forest Investment Account Legislation Planned Deliverables Resource Management Plans Regional Plan (Land Use Plan) Sub-regional Plans (LRMP) Local Plans (IWRP, LRUP) - Forest Practices Operational Plans (FSP, FDP, SP, LP) - Forest Practices
Strategic Policy & Planning Branch	Policy	Legislation (Acts & Regulations)
Tree Improvement Branch	Forest Science	Gene Resources Orchards Seedlots Seeds & Cones Sample Trees Sample Plots Vegetation Lots

Discrepancies, oversights (or downright errors!) can be reported to:

Jeremey Janzen, Senior Data Architect
tel 250.387.8449 fax 250.387.5132
Email: jeremey.janzen@gov.bc.ca