OPERATIONAL AND SITE PLANNING REGULATION

PART 7 - RANGE USE PLANS

Division 2.1 - Range Use Plan Content

B.C. Reg. 107/98 Deposited April 2, 1998
O.C. 0426/98 effective June 15, 1998 (Consolidated to December 12, 2003)

• OPERATIONAL PLANNING REGULATION
  • PART 1 - INTERPRETATION
  • PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION
  • PART 3 - FOREST DEVELOPMENT PLANS
  • PART 4 - LOGGING PLANS
  • PART 4.1 - SITE PLANS
  • PART 5 - SILVICULTURE PRESCRIPTIONS
  • PART 6 - STAND MANAGEMENT PRESCRIPTIONS
  • PART 7 - RANGE USE PLANS
    • Division 1 - Definitions
    • Division 2 - Information Supplied by District Manager
    • Division 2.1 - Range Use Plan Content
    • Division 2.2 - Amendment of Range Use Plan to Protect Forest Resources
    • Division 3 - Notice, Review and Comment
  • PART 8 - RIPARIAN MANAGEMENT AREAS
  • PART 9 - COMMUNITY WATERSHEDS
  • PART 10 - GREEN-UP
  • PART 10.1 - UNGULATE WINTER RANGE, IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE AND FOREST ECOSYSTEM NETWORK

PART 7 - RANGE USE PLANS

Division 2.1 - Range Use Plan Content

53 A person who prepares a range use plan must ensure that the range use plan includes

(a) maps, schedules and other information for the range land under the plan sufficient to permit adequate assessment, by the district manager and resource agencies, of the area’s forest resources and proposed range practices to be carried out on the range land under the plan,

(b) for a plan prepared under section 27 (1) of the Act, the signature of

(i) the holder of the agreement under the Range Act, or

(ii) a person who has authority to sign the plan on behalf of the holder, and

(c) an expiry date.

Grazing content

53.1 In additional to the requirements of section 53, a person who prepares a range use plan for grazing must ensure that the plan includes all the following:

(a) a map given by the district manager under section 52.1;

(b) measures to address strategies supplied by the district manager under section 52.2;

(c) measures to minimize damage to trees that are not free growing;

(d) a grazing schedule that includes, for each area of use, all of the following:

(i) total animal unit months as defined in the Range Act;

(ii) livestock class;

(iii) livestock number;

(iv) period of use;

(e) for key areas, the information given by the district manager under section 52.2;

(f) measures to address water quality objectives given under section 52.2.

 

Hay cutting content

53.2 In addition to the requirements of section 53, a person who prepares a range use plan for hay cutting must ensure that the plan includes all the following:

(a) a map given by the district manager under section 52.1;

(b) measures to address strategies supplied by the district manager under section 52.3, to achieve or maintain desired plant communities for the area to be harvested;

(c) an average stubble height for the area to be harvested;

(d) a date for the intended commencement of harvesting;

(e) range readiness criteria or other factors that determine timing of harvest, given by the district manager under section 52.3.

 

Limited content for unfenced grazing land

54 A range use plan must include, for any unfenced grazing land under the plan, only a grazing schedule, and the number and class of livestock that will graze there.

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