OPERATIONAL AND SITE PLANNING REGULATION

PART 8 - RIPARIAN MANAGEMENT AREAS

Division 2 - Wetlands

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
  • PART 8 - RIPARIAN MANAGEMENT AREAS
    • Division 1 - Streams
    • Division 2 - Wetlands
    • Division 3 - Lakes
  • PART 9 - COMMUNITY WATERSHEDS
  • PART 10 - GREEN-UP
  • PART 10.1 - UNGULATE WINTER RANGE, IDENTIFIED WILDLIFE AND FOREST ECOSYSTEM NETWORK

PART 8 - RIPARIAN MANAGEMENT AREAS

Division 2 - Wetlands

Riparian classes of wetlands

61. A wetland has a riparian class of one of the following:

(a) W1 if it is greater than 5 ha in size;

(b) W2 if it is between one and 5 ha in size and in the following biogeoclimatic zones and subzones:

(i) Ponderosa Pine;

(ii) Bunch Grass;

(iii) Interior Douglas-fir, very dry hot, very dry warm or very dry mild;

(iv) Coastal Douglas-fir;

(v) Coastal Western Hemlock very dry maritime, dry maritime or dry submaritime;

(c) W3 if it is between one ha and 5 ha in size and is in a biogeoclimatic zone or subzone other than those referred to in paragraph (b);

(d) W4 if it is

(i) between 0.25 and one ha in size and is in a zone or subzone referred to in paragraph (b) (i), (ii) or (iii), or

(ii) between 0.5 ha and one ha in size and is in a zone or subzone referred to in paragraph (b) (iv) or (v);

(e) W5 if the area consists of 2 or more individual wetlands with overlapping riparian management areas and the combined size of the wetlands is 5 ha or larger.

Minimum widths of riparian reserve zones and riparian management zones for wetlands

62. (1) For each riparian class referred to in section 61, the minimum reserve zone and riparian management zone width is the following:

Riparian Class	Riparian Reserve Zone (m)	Riparian Management Zone (m)	Riparian Management Area (m)
W1	10	40	50
W2	10	20	30
W3	0	30	30
W4	0	30	30
W5	10	40	50

 

(2) Despite subsection (1), upland terrain within a bog dominated or muskeg dominated wetland larger than 1 000 ha in boreal, subboreal or hyper maritime climates has no riparian reserve zone or riparian management zone.

(3) Despite subsection (1), for any wetland or portion of a wetland, the district manager may vary the widths referred to in that subsection.

(4) Despite subsection (2), for a wetland referred to in that subsection or a portion of that wetland, the district manager may

(a) require a riparian reserve zone or a riparian management zone, and

(b) specify the widths of those zones.

(5) The riparian reserve zone extends the widths specified in subsection (1), (3) or (4) from the edge of the wetland.

(6) The riparian management zone extends the widths specified in subsection (1), (3) or (4) from

(a) the outer edge of the riparian reserve zone, or

(b) if there is no riparian reserve zone, the edge of the wetland.