Quesnel Forest District - Biodiversity

Section 9 Biodiversity Objectives

Objectives set by government for Wildlife and Biodiversity

The objective set by government for biodiversity at the landscape level is, without unduly reducing the supply of timber from British Columbia’s forests, to design areas on which timber harvesting is to be carried out that resemble, both spatially and temporally, the patterns of natural disturbance that occur within the landscape.

The objective set by government for wildlife and biodiversity at the stand level is, without unduly reducing the supply of timber from British Columbia’s forests, to retain wildlife trees.

Elements in Regulation

Maximum cutblock size (Click for details)

Harvesting adjacent to another cutblock (Click for details)

Wildlife tree retention (Click for details)

Restriction on harvesting (Click for details)

Coarse Woody Debris (Click for details)

Section 3 to 5 (HLP) elements different than Reg (Click for details)

Documents related to Section 9

Date	Subject	Current Direction?	FPPR Section	DM to Review?	Document Name
Sep 25, 2002	25% stem count letter effective from April 1, 2003	y	9	n	25% stem count.pdf
Sep 24, 2003	IAMC recommend. MPB-Biodiversity strategy	y	9	n	IAMC OGMA.pdf
Jan 29, 2003	QFD Policy Management of MPB and Seral stage distribution	y	9	y	QFD OGMA Seral.pdf
Oct 5, 2000	Rationale for approval of large blocks in QFD	y	9	y	Large Block Rationale.pdf
Feb 1, 2001	Paper "Integrated MPB_Biodiversity Conservation Management Strategy"	y	9	n	MSRM Link
May 9, 2002	Letter response to Dm: "Integrated MPB_Biodiversity Conservation Management Strategy"	y	9	n	IAMC BIO Letter.pdf
Mar 5, 1999	Stand Level Biodiversity guidelines QFD	y	9	n	Stand Level Bio.pdf
Oct 25, 2000	CWD Quesnel TSA steering committee	y	9	n	QFD CWD.pdf

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