BULKLEY TSA PLANNING AND HOW IT HELPS SILVICULTURE DECISIONS ON THE GROUND

1. BULKLEY TSA PLANNING AND HOW IT HELPS SILVICULTURE DECISIONS ON THE GROUND Bill Camenzind, R.P.F, Bulkley/Cassiar District Jay Baker, Silvicon Services Inc. January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

2. Stand Tending in Historical Context • Traditional, ISIS based Scheduling • Stand Level Considerations Only • Every One’s Own “Pet Projects” January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

3. Questions From This Approach? • What Are We Buying? • What Are The Priorities? • Where Are the Opportunities? • What is the Strategic Direction? January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

4. Strategic Initiatives Underway • Bulkley LRMP • Subsequent LUP’s • Timber Supply Review • The Bulkley Silviculture Committee Which Led to…. January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

5. The Bulkley Silviculture Strategy • Links Strategic Direction to Operational Implementation • Addresses Timber Supply Issues • Establishes Investment Priorities • Establishes Product Targets January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

6. Product Targets • A Range of Forest Products based on a Range of Stand Densities. • Provides for Products and Values both Known and Unknown. • Keeps Options open... (Not all our eggs in one basket) January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

7. GeneralForest Product classes. • Premium Sawlog Potentially higher value stands (i.e Low density pruned stands). Density range 600-1000sph • Sawlog Moderate density stands with end products suitable for dimensional lumber production. Density range 1000-2200sph January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

8. Product Classes (continued): • Increased Yield Higher density Stands that may provide commercial thinning opportunities. Density Range 2200-5000sph • Unspecified Areas where other resource values are a priority. No specific density targets January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

9. The Targets January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

10. Targets Established...Now What? • What is the Current State of the Emerging Forest? • What Opportunities Exist to Modify Existing Conditions? • What are the Priorities for Investment? January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

11. The Bulkley Approach to Answers • Bulkley Silviculture Ranking Key • Modified Survey Methodology • “Effective Density” Tipsy/Tass • Spatially Explicit Planning Tools Linked to a District Incremental Silviculture Opportunities Plan January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

12. Bulkley Silviculture Ranking Key • A key that assigns a numeric value to all stands based on specific attributes • Landscape Zonation • Site Index • Effective Density • Expected TSR Impacts • Forest Health January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

13. Modified Survey Methodology • An approach to targeted, cost effective data collection • Less Data Required in Obvious Situations • Considers Habitat Potential (Large Ungulates) • Determines Effective Density January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

14. “Effective Density” Tipsy/Tass • A Method to Determine a Stand Density Specifically for Modelling Purposes • Defined as a Stem that will form part of the canopy at crown closure. • >50% of median crop tree height. January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

15. Spatially Explicit Planning Tool • ArcExplorer • Desktop Tool to View and Query the Landbase • Powerful database with Multiple Applications • Demonstration to follow (time permitting) January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

16. The Results to Date! January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

17. As We Traveled Down This Path, We Couldn’t Help But Wonder If We Were Forgetting Something? January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

18. The Adaptive Management Approach: • The Bulkley Assessed the Problem • Designed a Solution • Implemented a Management Strategy • Monitored the Results • We are Now Evaluating the Results • And Will Adjust Practices if Required January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

19. Links To The Bulkley SFMP The SFMP Process will: • Evaluate the Results of This Management Strategy and other Scenarios Through Modelling Exercises • And Provide Direction to Adjust Practices and Strategies if Required January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

20. Acknowledgements: • Pacific Inland Resources (a division of West Fraser Mills Ltd.) • FRBC & The FIA • MoF Bulkley / Cassiar District • MSRM & WLAP • The Bulkley Silviculture Committee January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop

21. Contacts: • Bill Camenzind Bulkley Cassiar District: Bill.Camenzind@gems5.gov.bc.ca • Jay Baker Silvicon Services Inc.: Jay.Baker@silvicon.com • More Info Available at: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/prupert/ district/bulkley/index.htm January, 2003 January, 2003 NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop NIVMA/NSC Winter Workshop