Business and Policy Documentation

The following documents provide information on RESULTS policies and procedures.

Submission Specifications

• CF Memo (RISS-ls) – Provincial memo from Jim Snetsinger, announcing RESULTS Information Submission Specifications: Licensee Submissions, a document that outlines the form and manner of reporting data to RESULTS.
• RESULTS Information Submission Specifications: Licensee Submissions (Edition 3b) – Edition 3b of the Silviculture Information Submission Guidebook describes submission specifications for electronic submissions to RESULTS via the Electronic Submission Framework, including how to obtain access to RESULTS, and the various reporting components: Opening Key, Opening Definition, Disturbance Activity, Silviculture Activity, Forest Cover Inventory, and Milestone Declaration.  Includes attribute and spatial mapping submission specifications for each report type.  Spatial concepts, mapping and precision standards, legislation reference, and code lists are also provided.  Edition 3b includes revisions to sections 5.7.3.3.1, 5.7.3.4.2 and 5.7.3.5.2.
• RESULTS Information Submission Specifications - Government Funded Silviculture Activities – Requirements for preparing and submitting information pertaining to government funded silviculture activities (treatments and surveys) to RESULTS.
• Aerial Fertilization Reporting Specifications – Aerial fertilization activity reporting requirements are specified in the RESULTS Information Submission Specifications – Government Funded Silviculture Activities (RISS-gf).  The RISS-gf is under revision, and the next edition will include four additional reporting requirements for fertilization activities as described in this document.
• Electronic submissions required – Deputy minister letter notifying licensees that all silviculture reports and amendments are to be electronically submitted to the ministry as of June 1, 2005.

Submission Procedures

• RESULTS Attachment Standard - Government Funded Silviculture Activities – July 16, 2010
• Modifying Standard Unit Data in RESULTS – Procedures on how to modify opening standards unit information in RESULTS to be consistent with, and accurately reflect, information in approved Forest Stewardship Plans, Forest Development Plans, silviculture prescriptions and their amendments, and amended site plans.
• Procedures for Submitting Forest Cover Retention Data to RESULTS (Edition 1.2) – Describes how to submit forest cover with long term reserves or short term retention to RESULTS.  Examples are provided for wildlife tree and other long term reserves, and short term retention associated with common silvicultural systems and/or harvest practices (e.g., group selection, single-tree selection, irregular shelterwood, FPPR 44(4) - no regeneration objectives, unharvested stems)

Memos & Bulletins

• RESULTS DATA Guidelines for entering BWBS BEC codes into RESULTS, Direction on stocking standards and amendment submissions
• RESULTS – Districts Roles and Responsibilities  – Forest Practices Branch memo highlighting roles and responsibilities at various MFR level as it relates to RESULTS application.  This memo also serves as guidance to districts in terms of expectations for managing the information and ensuring data integrity and consistency with the reporting requirement.
• FRPA Administration Bulletin (Number 12) - Amending Site Level Information - Ability to Amend Code Site Plans Under FRPA – This bulletin applies to areas where an FSP has not specified that FRPA standards be applied to blocks harvested under the Code; therefore, these areas are subject to outstanding Code requirements with regard to reforestation obligations

Forest Stewardship Plan Submission Procedures>

• June 27, 2007 Memorandum – Key points for the Procedures for Using FSP-Approved Standards in RESULTS
• Procedures for Using FSP-Approved Standards in RESULTS – These procedures are an Addendum to the Silviculture Information Submission Guide (SISG).  These guidelines describe processes to follow according to a desired action between the FSP tracking system and the RESULTS application such as how to:
  1. Create and amend FSP standards;
  2. Assign and change opening standards; or,
  3. Apply FRPA requirements to openings approved prior to FRPA.
• FSP Stocking Standards Submissions prior to FSP Tracking System – Procedures that were in place prior to the implementation of the FSP Tracking System.
• Reference Guide for Forest Development Plan Stocking Standards – Ministry reference guide to FDP stocking standard based on the Establishment to Free Growing guidebook.  Maybe used as reference for the development of FDP standards.
• Chief Forester's Letter on Stocking Standards – Procedural letter highlighting the removal for Silviculture Prescriptions (SP) approval by statutory decision maker under Bill 75.  The letter also describes procedures related to amendments for areas that had approved SP and areas without an existing approved SP (PDF format).

Quality Assurance

• RESULTS Data Discrepancy Protocol – ADM and Chief Forester Memo and attachment describing the RESULTS Data Discrepancy Resolution Protocol, a recommended process for resolving attribute and spatial data issues.
• Jim Snetsinger Memo – Memo identifying the project Charter for the Strategic Cleanup of Key corporate Information in RESULTS.
• RESULTS Quality Assurance Framework – Document describing the Ministry's action plan to address RESULTS data quality issues.
• RESULTS Strategic Clean-up Presentation – Powerpoint overview of project scope.

Woodlot Submissions

• Process for Addressing Outstanding Data Integrity Issues for Woodlot Licence Holders in the RESULTS Application
• Woodlot Guide Submission to RESULTS short form – Short guidance on electronic woodlot silviculture reporting requirements.
• Woodlot Guide Submission to RESULTS full ESF instructions – Comprehensive guidance on electronic woodlot silviculture reporting requirements.

Small Scale Salvage

• Post Harvest Reporting Requirements Small Scale Salvage Licences to Cut – Guidance that clarifies free growing liabilities and data input standards to RESULTS for the SSS Program.
• Chief Forester and ADM Memo 2007 – Memo describing MFR Executive directive on silviculture levies for SSS silviculture tenures equal to or less than one hectare
• ADM Memo 2006 – Memo describing MFR direction for spatial data integrity as a result of changes to SSS tenure submission requirements
• Small Scale Salvage Three Year Strategic Plan – For the period covering 2007/8 - 2010/11

Monosodium Methanearsenate (MSMA) Treatments

• ADM Memo – Assistant Deputy Minister (OD) memo on Expectations for the Implementation of the Provincial Policy regarding MSMA-treated trees.
• Policy – Assistant Deputy Minister (OD) and Chief Forester provincial policy for the Management of MSMA-treated trees in British Columbia.
• Guide – Guide to the Submission of MSMA Activity Reporting Requirements to RESULTS via the ESF.
• Legacy Trees Brochure – Legacy trees reporting form.

Wildlife Tree Retention, Resource Features, and Wildlife Habitat Features

• FRPA General Bulletin Memo – Memo re: reporting requirements for Wildlife Tree Retention (accompanies General Bulletin No. 8) General Bulletin No. 8)
• General Bulletin No. 8 – FRPA General Bulletin No. 8 on reporting requirements for Wildlife Tree Retention

Delegation Matrices

Documentation on who is approved under FRPA to carry out delegated tasks. Includes who has delegated authority for various approvals including stocking standards and amendments (a function performed in RESULTS), and for specifying the form and manner of submissions to RESULTS.

• September 26, 2006 memo
• May 31, 2005 memo

BEC Codes

• Ecosystem Mapping Crosswalk Tables for Various WFP Tenures – This set of tables presents the BEC site series code for each ecosystem unit mapped in various WFP mapping projects.
• Biogeoclimatic Unit Crosswalk Table – This table shows the old to new code conversion for most biogeoclimatic units. If a site series conversion is required, go to BECdb

Survey Methods and Stratification

• Chief Forester's memo on stratification – Jim Snetsinger memo on FPPR amendments in response to the FAC stratification ruling.
• Recommended policy on stratification – Examples on how to stratify polygons for RESULTS submissions. Under review by MFR and industry.
• Silviculture Surveys Home Page – A FPB web site with resources pertaining to Silviculture Surveys.
• Stratification and FSP Stocking Standards – Powerpoint presentation summarising the relationship between stratification and FSP stocking standards, and implications to decisions that affect stand growth and yield.

Glossaries

Dictionaries and glossaries of forestry terms.

• MFR Acronyms
• MFR Integrated Data Dictionary
• Glossary of Forestry Terms (MFR)
• Silviculture Terms (CFS)
• Inventory Terms (CFS/NFI)

ARCHIVED (dated) RESULTS Policies and Procedures

Archived business and policy documentation can be found in the Business Archive.