Kamloops District Licensee Meeting Agenda s2

Okanagan TSA Steering Committee Meeting Minutes Okanagan Shuswap Forest District 9:00 – AM – 12:00, October 26, 2006 Okanagan Shuswap District Conference Room. Chair: Brian Bedard, BCTS Scribe: Rich Toperczer, Ministry of Forests

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Old Business

Topic Discussion Description Meeting Notes Lead Professional All Standing topic at meetings. reliance I-Team Rick Smith Standing topic. Update on issues that I-team is  Meeting in Vernon with field tour to review retention planning and Peter Love dealing with. range issues (forage production). ACTION:Rick will send around photos of retention to OKTSASC members.  Road permit fee for maintenance. Need to figure out who will do the work if nobody wants to or uses the road.  Forest Health waiving of CP extention fees for post 2003. District will be recommending to RED that these fees get waived if licensee will defer harvest into MPB. GAR orders for UWR are out. Better communication will occur in future.  LUO for LRMP is up for public review. Considerations will be reviewed in January with licensees.  Chief forester is happy with retention levels. DOS will be assessing retention.  DFO has best management practices. Follow the practices and you will not be required to refer to DFO. ACTION: Peter to distribute to OKTSASC members.  Harry Jennings is working on allowing one licensee to sign FSP amendments for others in the same FSP.  New stocking standard guide due out soon (Brian Ramer).  MoFR needs more dialogue on Roberta Reader document before endorsing it.  New guidance on “measurable/verifyable” and “practicable” on PFIT website. Guidance on lakeshore mgmt zones coming. Admin guide update coming soon. Bulletin #2 to clarify 196 and 197 blocks to come out soon.  Culture/climate group is working on roles of MoFR and industry under an FSP/FRPA. Regional consistency will be endeavored by the I-Team.  Option to submit a transition FSP if a licensee does not have a FSP approved by Jan 1. FSP’s, issues etc. All Licensees to pick topics of concern for an open  Concern over late info supplied. MoFR will adjudicate based on discussion the best info at the time. ACTION: Brian Westgate will send out guidance package on range measures to SC members.  Sec 7 notice and measures guidance will be sent to other districts. First Paul The District is proposing a First Nations/Steering  Some bands have responded enthusiastically, others have not Nations/Steering Knowles Committee Forum designed as a communication link responded. Looking at having a meeting before Christmas. Committee between members of the Steering Committee and local  Objective is discussion based exchange with technical focus. Not communications First Nations representatives. consultation based. (ie. MPB guidelines and FN values, improving forum Action: Paul was to seek FN interest, and to operations of FN, implementation of FROs and FSPs, funding on provide interested parties with a draft terms of IR lands) ACTION: Paul/Laverne will provide attendee list prior to reference to work on at the first meeting. first meeting to SC members. Association Paul Standing Topic  Assn is working on concerns with WY/FAC case on how a Update Knowles professional follows FRPA and Foresters Act.  Guidance papers comments accepted until Nov 3.  Nominations accepted until Nov 13 for new Council postitions.  Harrison Hot Springs AGM in Feb.  Staff changes: Brian Robinson was hired as Manager of Professional Development and Member Relations, and Dwight Yochim was hired as Director of Professional Practice and Forest Stewardship. Council is going through process of hiring a new Executive Director.

New Business

Topic Discussion Description Meeting Comments Lead OKSFD Client Rick Smith Results of the Okanagan Shuswap Forest District  No survey yet, but want to do one and would like licensee survey Client Survey. involvement. Led my Andree Maxwell and Kimm Magill-Hoffman. Safety Issues on John Details of Accidents or incidents on FSR be  MoFR would like to share road safety info with licensees and ask FSRs Donnelly reported/discussed then forwarded to John Donnelly that licensees share info on FSRs and other roads as applicable. for filing Can analyze trends. John can deal with safety contacts within companies, and summarize for SC members as appropriate.  Scotch Cr road agreement has been negotiated for $7K/yr for 5yrs. GAR orders for Harold GAR orders have now been approved. Discussion  Non-approved FSPs can pull R/S out prior to approval, approved MDWR, Moose, Waters regarding FSP R/S and mapping. FSPs may need an exemption. Designated areas must be shown Goat and Caribou on FSP maps, including goat and caribou. Fisheries sensitive Harold  September email spoke of timelines but no communication from streams Waters MOE forthcoming.  Fisheries Sensitive streams in FPC have been grandfathered and will come out as orders.  Next phase is to work on LRMP streams. This process is just beginning.  ACTION: Rick Smith will find out more info and report back to SC. Break down of aac Bernie What is the split between the various small tenures  AAC apportionment is broken down, but DOS does not have a apportionment by Kaplun/Peter and FN considering the volume that will come from copy of the disposition plan, may not be public yet, nor official. IFPA uplift and Love Pine stands.  Unofficial figures and target profiles are: BCTS, Bill 28 vol, 154K TSR 3 same profile as majors, IFPA 25K with higher Pl content, uplift, 107K with 90% affected and 50% Pl; FN Bill 28, 116K same profile as majors, IFPA and uplift 270K with 90% affected and 50% Pl. Timelines are as FN sign agreements, get license and have FSP. OKIB, Penticton can sign but have not yet for Bill 28 vol. Uplift vol will be under MPB agreements, do not need FRO, none signed yet but all 11 bands are eligible to sign. Can be 2 agreements but 1 license.  Woodlots and Comm Forests, no update on how that will be split.  Unallocated vol will divert back to the MoFR.  Competitive NRFLs will likely take the rest of the vol. (90% affected with 50% Pl with areas 4ha and greater non-Pl leading to be removed for future harvest.)  Need some help from licensees to identify areas, rather than open up the TSA to a gold rush for NRFLs. Areas that have been identified have been less vol than previously identified.  Disposition plan will be forwarded when it becomes available and public. BCTS Brian If need to build a road through a Licensee block with  Communicate with other licensees to let them know of plans. development in Bill Bedard/All silvicultlure obligation, how is the SP amended to  NAR needs to be amended in SP and change in results. 28 areas reflect the change in NAR. Range Priorities Paul Knowles  Forage maintenance and enhancement in transitory range. for MoFR Forage has decreased over the years. This is predominantly an attitude change by the Forest Service as managers of the range resource at this time.  

Future meeting Dec 12, 2006; 9am DOS. Schedule