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It is stated in the supporting regulations of the Forest and Range Practices Act that an authorized person who carries out a primary forest or range activity (includes woodlots) must ensure that the activity "does not damage or render ineffective a "Resource Feature". Section 5 (1) c of the Government Actions Regulations defines a resource feature as "Crown land used for research or experimental purposes". The spatial information for all priority Ministry of Forests and Range Research Installations and Inventory Growth and Yield permanent sample plots in B.C. is currently available to both government and non-government agencies. The data is stored in the Land Resource Data Warehouse (LRDW) (http://lrdw.ca/ ) and can be accessed by government and industry staff using ArcGIS, iMapBC, and Forest Mapview.

For ArcGIS users:

The Research Installation spatial data layer is located in the LRDW at:

WHSE_FOREST_VEGETATION.RESPROJ_RSRCH_INSTN_GVT_SVW. This layer is accessible to all government employees with an IDIR account).
RESEARCH INSTALLATIONS INDUSTRY VIEW. This layer provides the same spatial information and can be downloaded by corporate BCeID account holders from the LRDW Distribution Service at http://aardvark.gov.bc.ca/apps/dwds/home.so .

The Inventory Growth & Yield permanent sample plot spatial data layer is located in the LRDW at:

WHSE_FOREST_VEGETATION.GRY_PSP_STATUS_ACTIVE. This layer displays all active G&Y PSPs and is accessible to all government employees with an IDIR account.
GROWTH AND YIELD SAMPLES - ACTIVE STATUS. This layer can be downloaded by corporate BCeID account holders from the LRDW Distribution Service at http://aardvark.gov.bc.ca/apps/dwds/home.so .

WHSE_FOREST_VEGETATION.GRY_PSP_STATUS_ALL. This layer displays the entire complement of G&Y PSPs, including active, inactive, and destroyed plots and is accessible to all government employees with an IDIR account.
GROWTH AND YIELD SAMPLES - ALL STATUS. This layer can be downloaded by corporate BCeID account holders from the LRDW Distribution Service as described above.

For iMap users: (mapping sites can be found at http://www.nric.ca/)

Start the program by clicking on the iMapBC BCeID/IDIR Logon link and entering your user name and password (do not use the iMapBC public site logon). Select the Layers Tab from the top menu bar and then click Add on the top right side. Click on the ‘Forest Grasslands and Wetlands’ folder in the add layers dialog box and check off 'Forest Research Installations – Government' or 'Forest Research Installations – Industry' if using a corporate BCeID account, to add the layer. You may also choose to add the 'Growth and Yield Active' or 'Growth and Yield All' layers from this same folder. Zoom into your area of interest or use the Find Location feature to select an area of interest. You can query the underlying attributes by selecting the "i" icon to the left of the layer name and then selecting display information ("i" button) on the top menu icon bar and clicking on the feature of interest.

For Forest Mapview users: (mapping sites can be found at http://www.nric.ca/)

Start the program by clicking on the iMapBC BCeID/IDIR Logon link and entering your user name and password (do not use the iMapBC public site logon). To add the Research Installations, select the Layers Tab on the top left of the menu bar and then click on the 'Research' folder under the Map Layers heading on the right side of the screen. To add the Inventory Growth and Yield samples, select the 'Land Cover' folder. Zoom into your area of interest or query attribute information as per the iMap instructions above.

Note:

The Growth and Yield program maintains its own website. For program information, standards and procedures, and software downloads, please visit: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hts/vri/ip/index.html

If you have any questions about the Research Installation database, please contact Phil LePage.

If you have any questions about the Growth and Yield database, please contact Bob MacDonald.

Last Modified: 2007 APRIL 10.
Webmaster: For.Prodres@gov.bc.ca