BCTS FSP # 643 British Columbia Timber Sales Chinook Business Area Forest Stewardship Plan FSP # 643 Chilliwack Natural Resource District Prepared by: Enrique Sánchez, RPF BCTS Planning Forester Email: [email protected] Telephone #: 604-702-5748 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] Telephone: 604-702-5700 BCTS FSP # 643 Blank Page BCTS FSP # 643 Blank Page BCTS FSP # 643 Table of Contents Signatures of Persons Required to Prepare the Plan ......................................................................................... 3 1 ............................................................................................................................................. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 2 .................................................................................................................................................. Interpretation ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10 2.1 Abbreviations and Definitions : ................................................................................................... 10 2.2 Term of the Forest Stewardship Plan: ........................................................................................ 12 2.3 General Information ................................................................................................................... 12 2.3.1 Forest Development Unit: ................................................................................................... 12 2.3.2 Professional Reliance and Accountability ........................................................................... 12 2.3.3 Site Plans and Standard Units ............................................................................................. 12 2.3.4 Cumulative Effect of Multiple and Overlapping Forest Stewardship Plans ........................ 13 2.3.5 Areas excluded from this Forest Stewardship Plan ............................................................ 13 2.4 Forest Development Plan (FDP) Blocks and Declared Areas ...................................................... 13 2.5 Land Use Designations ................................................................................................................ 14 3 ..................................................................................................................................... Results or Strategies ....................................................................................................................................................................... 20 3.1 Soils ............................................................................................................................................. 20 3.1.1 Relevant Established Objectives: Sections 5, 12.2, 35 and 36 of the FPPR........................ 20 3.1.2 Results, Strategies and Measures ....................................................................................... 20 3.2 Timber ......................................................................................................................................... 20 3.2.1 Relevant Established Objectives: ........................................................................................ 20 3.2.2 No results or strategies required ........................................................................................ 20 3.3 Wildlife ........................................................................................................................................ 21 3.3.1 Relevant Established Objectives: ........................................................................................ 21 3.3.2 Results, Strategies and Measures: ...................................................................................... 21 3.4 Water, Fish, Wildlife and Biodiversity in Riparian Areas............................................................. 22 3.4.1 Relevant Established Objectives ......................................................................................... 22 3.4.2 Results, Strategies and Measures: ...................................................................................... 22 3.5 Fish .............................................................................................................................................. 24 3.5.1 Relevant Established Objectives: ........................................................................................ 24 3.5.2 Results, Strategies and Measures: ...................................................................................... 24 3.6 Biodiversity ................................................................................................................................. 25 3.6.1 Relevant Established Objectives ......................................................................................... 25 BCTS FSP # 643 3.6.2 Results, Strategies and Measures: ...................................................................................... 25 3.7 Cultural Heritage Resources ....................................................................................................... 27 3.7.1 Relevant Established Objectives ......................................................................................... 27 3.7.2 Results, Strategies and Measures: ...................................................................................... 27 3.8 Recreation Resources ................................................................................................................. 29 3.8.1 Relevant Established Objectives: ........................................................................................ 29 3.8.2 Results, Strategies and Measures ....................................................................................... 29 3.9 Visual Quality .............................................................................................................................. 31 3.9.1 Relevant Established Objectives ......................................................................................... 31 3.9.2 Results, Strategies and Measures ....................................................................................... 31 3.10 Measures to Prevent the Introduction and Spread of Invasive Plants ....................................... 32 3.10.1 Results, Strategies and Measures ....................................................................................... 32 3.11 Natural Range Barriers ................................................................................................................ 34 3.11.1 Relevant Established Objectives: ........................................................................................ 34 3.11.2 Results, Strategies and Measures: ...................................................................................... 34 4 .......................................................................................................................... Additional FSP Information ....................................................................................................................................................................... 35 4.1 Stocking Standards ...................................................................................................................... 35 4.1.1 Specification of Situations and Circumstances under Section 16 of FPPR .......................... 35 4.2 Appendix A: FSP # 643 Stocking Standards: ................................................................................ 36 4.2.2 Stocking Standards Considerations ..................................................................................... 38 5 ..................................................................................................................................................... Appendices ....................................................................................................................................................................... 39 5.1 Appendix B: General Requirements ........................................................................................... 40 5.1.1 Table B-1: FSP Maps ........................................................................................................... 40 5.1.2 Table B-2: Forest Development Units (FDU): ..................................................................... 41 5.1.3 Table B-5: Road permits in effect ....................................................................................... 44 5.1.4 Table B-6: Cutblocks in Effect:............................................................................................ 46 5.1.5 Table B-7: FSP Amendment Log ......................................................................................... 50 5.2 Appendix C: Western Larch Expansion (Re: Climate Change)..................................................... 51 5.3 Appendix D: Biodiversity Legal Objectives Orders ..................................................................... 53 5.3.1 AINSLIE LU LEGAL OBJECTIVES.....................................................................................