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British Columbia Timber Sales Chinook Business Area Forest Stewardship Plan Chilliwack Forest District B.C. Timber Sales 2007 Original Prepared by: Guy Fried, RPF Planning Forester, Chilliwack E-mail: [email protected] 2014 update prepared by: Enrique Sanchez, RPF BCTS Planning Forester Email: [email protected] Multi-use Management British Columbia Timber Sales, Chinook Business Area 46360 Airport Road Chilliwack, BC V2P 1A5 Web address: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/bcts/areas/TCH.htm Email:[email protected] Page 2 of 104 Signatures of Persons Required to Prepare the Plan The BCTS Timber Sales Manager has entered into an agreement with the plan holders indicated below and signs this plan on their behalf: • Leq'a:mel Forestry Limited Partnership • Cascade Lower Canyon Community Forest General Partnership Corp. • Matsqui First Nation Development Corporation, or Matsqui First Nation Development Limited Partnership. • Shxw'owhamel Ventures Ltd. • Yale First Nation British Columbia Timber Sales - Chinook Business Area 46360 Airport Road Chilliwack, BC V2P 1A5 Phone: (604) 702-5700 Fax: (604) 702-5711 Preparing Forester 46360 Airport Road Chilliwack, B.C. V2P 1A5 Date: ~~. 70 () I ~ Page 3 of 104 Blank Page Page 4 of 104 Table of Contents Signatures of Persons Required to Prepare the Plan .......................................................................................... 3 Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................................ 5 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................. 7 1 Interpretations ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................................................... 8 1.2 TERM OF THE FSP ............................................................................................................................... 9 1.3 FOREST DEVELOPMENT UNITS ............................................................................................................ 9 PROFESSIONAL RELIANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY ........................................................................................... 9 SITE PLANS AND STANDARD UNITS ................................................................................................................. 9 CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF MULTIPLE AND OVERLAPPING FOREST STEWARDSHIP PLANS ............................ 10 2 RESULTS or STRATEGIES ...................................................................................................................... 16 2.1 SOILS: ................................................................................................................................................. 16 2.2 TIMBER: .............................................................................................................................................. 17 2.3 WILDLIFE: ........................................................................................................................................... 18 2.4 WATER: ............................................................................................................................................... 19 2.5 FISH: ................................................................................................................................................... 20 2.6 BIODIVERSITY: .................................................................................................................................... 20 2.7 CULTURAL HERITAGE RESOURCES: .................................................................................................. 22 2.8 RECREATION RESOURCES: ................................................................................................................ 23 2.9 VISUAL QUALITY: ................................................................................................................................ 24 3 ADDITIONAL FSP INFORMATION ............................................................................................................ 25 3.1 PROTECTION OF CUT BLOCKS AND ROADS FROM AN FDP TO AN FSP: .......................................... 25 Timber Sale Licenses (TSL), Licence/CP in Effect: .......................................................................................... 27 3.2 STOCKING STANDARDS (SEE APPENDIX A): ...................................................................................... 28 3.3 MEASURES TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION & SPREAD OF INVASIVE PLANTS: ............................. 29 3.4 NATURAL RANGE BARRIERS: ............................................................................................................. 30 Appendix A: Stocking Standards: ................................................................................................................. 31 Appendix B FSP Maps, FDU & Declared Areas ....................................................................................... 41 Table B2: FSP Maps: ......................................................................................................................................... 41 Table B3: Forest Development Units: .......................................................................................................... 42 Table B4: Declared Areas: ............................................................................................................................... 43 Table B5: Road Permits in Effect. ................................................................................................................. 45 Appendix C: Biodiversity Legal Objectives Orders ................................................................................. 46 Appendix D: ........................................................................................................................................................ 97 RECREATION TRAILS AND INTERPRETATIVE FOREST OBJECTIVES ............................................................... 97 Appendix E: ......................................................................................................................................................... 99 DM LETTERS DEFINING SCENIC AREAS IN THE CHILLIWACK DISTRICT ........................................................ 99 Appendix F: ....................................................................................................................................................... 101 VISUAL QUALITY OBJECTIVES IN THE MISSION TREE FARM LICENCE (MTFL) FDU ................................. 101 Page 5 of 104 Blank page Page 6 of 104 INTRODUCTION This Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) has been prepared in accordance with the Forest and Range Practices Act (FPPR) as well as additional associated provincial and federal legislation.for the use of the British Columbia Timber Sales, Chinook Business Area, Leq’a:mel Forestry Limited Partnership, Cascade Lower Canyon Community Forest General Partnership Corp, Matsqui Development Corporation, Shxw’owhamel Ventures Ltd, and Yale First Nations. The purpose of the FSP is to outline objectives set forth by the Government of British Columbia related to forest management activities proposed on crown lands. The achievement of the objectives, established within the FSP, is measured through results, strategies and/or measures. The intention of the objectives is to identify the strategic issues by describing a desired future condition for a particular resource or resource use, while results, strategies and/or measures describe how the desired outcome will be achieve. A result is defined in the FPPR as a “description of measurable or verifiable outcomes in respect of a particular established objective, and the situations or circumstances that determine where in a Forest Development Unit (FDU) the outcomes will be applied.” A strategy is defined in the FPPR as a “description of measurable or verifiable steps or practices that will be carried out in respect of a particular established objective, and the situations or circumstances that determine where in a FDU the steps or practices will be applied.” This FSP, where applicable, embraces and outlines measurable and verifiable results, strategies and/or measures that are compatible with government established forest management and resource objectives. Harvesting rights and apportionement as the time of this submission are: License # Licensee Management Unit AAC BCTS Fraser TSA 246,745 m3 BCTS TFL-26 1,602 m3 A79504 Leq’a:mel Forestry Limited Fraser TSA 9,112 m3 Partnership K3J Cascade Lower Canyon K3J 30,900 m3 Community Forest General Partnership Corp. A84106 Matsqui First Nation Fraser TSA 6,316 m3 Development Corporation, or Matsqui First Nation Development Limited Partnership. A91368 Shxw’owhamel Ventures Ltd Fraser TSA 4,240 m3 A79507 Yale First Nation Fraser TSA 4,180 m3 The Licensee’s referred to in this FSP are the signatories of the FSP. These licensees are from this point forward known in this document as ‘holder(s) of the plan.” Page 7 of 104 1 Interpretations 1.1 Definitions and Abbreviations In this FSP: CHC-2001 means Chinook Chilliwack – Results/Strategy or Measure reference number “CP” means Cutting Permit “Extremely High Risk to Invasive