Managing Identified Wildlife:
Procedures and Measures
Volume 1

February 1999

Authority

Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act
Forest Road Regulation
Operational Planning Regulation
Silvicultural Practices Regulation
Timber Harvesting Practices Regulation

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Table of Contents

CIP

Preface

Acronyms used in this document

Introduction

Provincial status

Species at risk under the Forest Practices Code
Identified Wildlife
Volume 1 species

Management of Identified Wildlife


Coarse filter guidelines
Fine filter management

Part 1 Procedures

Procedure for establishing a wildlife habitat area

Modifying a WHA boundary or removing a WHA

Internet and intranet access
Modifying or varying general wildlife measures

Guidelines for approval of variances

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  Interim measures
  Planning thresholds

  Measuring and tracking timber impacts
  Measuring and tracking animal unit month impacts

  
  Energy and mineral resources
  

  Ministry of Energy and Mines and Oil and Gas Commission involvement Energy and mineral activities

  Policy on sensitive information about species at risk
  

  Mapping protocol

  Mapping procedure
  Hardcopy mapping standards

  Part 2 Prescriptions

  Prescription

  Format of prescription

  
  Fish

  Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus)

  Higher level plan recommendations (RMZ objectives)

  
  Amphibians

  Tailed frog (Ascaphus truei)

  
  Reptiles

  Gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer deserticola)
  Night snake (Hypsiglena torquata)
  Racer (Coluber constrictor)
  Rubber boa (Charina bottae)

  
  Birds

  American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
  American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
  Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis)
  Western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
  Trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator)
  Long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus)
  Ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis)
  Prairie falcon (Falco mexicanus)
  Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)
  Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis atricapillus)
  Queen Charlotte goshawk (Accipiter gentilis laingi)
  Ancient murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus)
  Cassin’s auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus)
  Marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
  Lewis’s woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)
  White-headed woodpecker (Picoides albolarvatus)
  Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
  Grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
  Brewer’s sparrow (Spizella breweri breweri)
  Sage thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus)
  Yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens)

  Mammals

  Pacific water shrew (Sorex bendirii)
  Keen’s long-eared myotis (Myotis keenii)
  Mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa rufa and Aplodontia rufa rainieri)
  Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis)
  Fisher (Martes pennanti)
  Higher level plan recommendations (RMZ objectives)
  Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos)
  Higher level plan recommendations (RMZ objectives)
  Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)
  Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana, Ovis canadensis canadensis)

  
  Plant communities

  Douglas-fir/Garry oak–oniongrass (Pseudotsuga menziesii/Quercus garryana–Melica subulata)
  Ponderosa pine–black cottonwood–snowberry (Pinus ponderosa–Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa–Symphoricarpos albus)
  Ponderosa pine–black cottonwood–Nootka rose–poison ivy (Pinus ponderosa–Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa–Rhus radicans)
  Water birch–red-osier dogwood (Betula occidentalis–Cornus stolonifera)

  Glossary

  Appendices

  1. Cariboo Forest Region: Identified Wildlife by forest district
  2. Kamloops Forest Region: Identified Wildlife by forest district
  3. Nelson Forest Region: Identified Wildlife by forest district
  4. Prince George Forest Region: Identified Wildlife by forest district
  5. Prince Rupert Forest Region: Identified Wildlife by forest district
  6. Vancouver Forest Region: Identified Wildlife by forest district
  7. Wildlife habitat area data form
  8. Terms of reference and membership – Regional WHA Committee
  9. Terms of reference and membership – Wildlife Habitat Area Technical Committee
  10. Interim measure thresholds
  11. Current and projected number of occurrences by species used to model impacts
  12. District thresholds for Queen Charlotte goshawk WHAs

  Figures

  1. Procedure for establishing wildlife habitat areas
  2. Wildlife habitat area mapping procedure
  3. Examples of WHA mapping

  Tables

  1. Recommended interim zones for Identified Wildlife
  2. Useful map themes for WHA mapping
  3. Standard line styles and colours for delineation of WHAs
  4. Wildlife feature symbology
  5. An example of suitability adjustment factors and possible adjustment ratings for grizzly bear
  6. Mid-seral forest objectives for the intermediate biodiversity emphasis option

  
  

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