Backlog Reforestation
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To meet Forest Renewal BC's objective of sustainable harvest, a key investment objective
is to put more land into timber production. This land includes areas harvested prior
to 1987 which are not yet growing healthy commercial forests.
The EFP backlog reforestation program aims to establish healthy commercial forests
on backlog sites in BC which are not satisfactorily restocked (NSR). The Forest
Practices Code of British Columbia Act defines a backlog area as an area from which
the timber was harvested, damaged or destroyed before October 1, 1987; and which,
in the district manager's opinion, is insufficiently stocked with healthy,
well-spaced trees of a commercially acceptable species.
Not satisfactorily restocked is a broad term that encompasses many levels of site
disturbance, site quality, etc. The definition has changed over time as survey
procedures and management objectives evolved. NSR estimates are used to produce
a silviculturally meaningful statistic, one that can be used to plan and
implement reforestation activities.
In 1996, Forest Renewal BC announced funding of a 10-year, $250 million backlog
reforestation program. This builds on the backlog reforestation work previously
funded by Canada-British Columbia Forest Resource Development Agreement (FRDA I,
1985 - 1990). Through backlog reforestation, and reclassification of NSR sites
to satisfactorily restocked (SR), or non-productive (NP), the area of treatable
backlog NSR is steadily shrinking. Activities also include brushing of earlier
plantations to ensure the previous investments produce healthy commercial forests.
The Forest Renewal BC Enhanced Forestry Program funds research and training
to improve reforestation by increasing the success of early seedling growth on
backlog NSR sites. Improved knowledge can greatly reduce the risk of costly
regeneration failure and harvest delays.
This Website includes information on vegetation management, site preparation,
fertilization, and site selection, and provincial summary reports on the
status of the backlog program in British Columbia. These reports are useful
in future planning activities.
Keywords: Backlog Reforestation · Brushing · Free Growing Surveys ·
Fertilization · Planting · Seedling Production · Site preparation ·
Cone collection · Silviculture · Enhanced Forestry Program · EFP
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