Two companion documents have been developed to address the management of Identified Wildlife. These documents are referred to as the Identified Wildlife Management Strategy. Under the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act, Identified Wildlife are those species1 and plant communities that have been approved by the chief forester and deputy minister of Environment, Lands and Parks or designate as requiring special management.
The first document, Species and Plant Community Accounts for Identified Wildlife provides a summary of the status, ecology, distribution and habitat requirements for each identified species or plant community. It is a resource document for government planners, foresters, wildlife managers and for those interested in the ecology of Identified Wildlife. It provides background technical material for the second document.
Managing Identified Wildlife: Procedures and Measures outlines specific management prescriptions for identified species or plant communities and describes the procedure for establishing, modifying and removing a wildlife habitat area. Management prescriptions consist of wildlife habitat areas and general wildlife measures. Wildlife habitat areas are mapped areas of limiting habitat that have been approved by the chief forester and deputy minister of Environment, Lands and Parks as requiring special management. General wildlife measures are legally established management practices for wildlife habitat areas that have been approved by the chief forester and deputy minister of Environment, Lands and Parks.
Together, these documents provide the necessary information and provisions to promote conservation of those species at risk from forest and range practices whose needs are not adequately addressed in other Forest Practices Code guidebooks or regulations.
1 For the purposes of this document, species also refers to subspecies.