Coast Mountains Natural Resource District Forest Stewardship Plan 2016 - 2021 Amendment 1 For Operations within the Coast Mountains Natural Resource District: Cascadia TSA (including TFL 1), GBR BC Timber Sales North TSA, Kalum TSA, Nass TSA, and Skeena Business Area Pacific TSA (including TFL 41) #200 – 5220 Keith Avenue Terrace, British Columbia, V8G 1L1Tel. (250) 638-5100 Administered by Fax (250) 638-5176 BC Timber Sales Gitxaala Forest Products Ltd. Skeena Business Area PO Box 188 208 4th Ave West Prince Rupert, British Columbia, V8J 3P7 Tel. (250) 848-2214 BCTS Coast Mountains Natural Resource District Forest Stewardship Plan 2016-2021 Amendment 1 Table of Contents 1 APPLICATION OF THIS FSP ........................................................................................................... 1 1.1 The Forest Stewardship Plan Holders .............................................................................................. 1 1.2 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Description of the Skeena Business Area of BC Timber Sales ...................................................... 2 1.4 Description of Gitxaala Forest Products Ltd. (GFP) Tenure Areas ................................................ 4 1.5 Areas within the North Coast FDU Subject to a Cutting Permit or Road Permit ........................... 4 1.6 Term of the Plan ................................................................................................................................. 4 1.7 Forest Development Units ................................................................................................................. 4 1.8 First Nation Engagement and Information Sharing .......................................................................... 4 1.9 Interpretation ....................................................................................................................................... 4 1.10 Content Requirements.................................................................................................................... 5 1.11 Explanation of Objectives, Strategies, and Results ...................................................................... 6 1.12 Parts of this Document that Comprise the Forest Stewardship Plan .......................................... 8 1.13 Acronyms or Terms ........................................................................................................................ 8 1.14 Objectives, Results, and Strategies ............................................................................................... 9 2 KALUM SOUTH FDU ...................................................................................................................... 12 2.1 Soils ................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.1.1 Objective: Soils ......................................................................................................................... 12 2.2 Timber ............................................................................................................................................... 12 2.2.1 Objective: Timber ..................................................................................................................... 13 2.2.2 Objective: Timber ..................................................................................................................... 13 2.3 Wildlife ............................................................................................................................................... 14 2.3.1 Objective: Wildlife ..................................................................................................................... 14 2.3.2 Objective: Grizzly Bear ............................................................................................................ 15 2.3.3 Objective: Wildlife Movement .................................................................................................. 16 2.3.4 Objective: Wildlife Movement .................................................................................................. 16 2.3.5 Objective: Wildlife – Special Management Zones.................................................................. 17 2.4 Water, Fish and Biodiversity within Riparian Areas ....................................................................... 17 2.4.1 Objective: Water, Fish and Biodiversity .................................................................................. 18 2.5 Water in Community Watersheds ................................................................................................... 18 2.5.1 Objective: Community Watersheds ........................................................................................ 19 2.5.2 Objective: Community Watersheds ........................................................................................ 19 2.6 Biodiversity ........................................................................................................................................ 20 2.6.1 Objective: Biodiversity - Landscape Level .............................................................................. 20 2.6.2 Objective: Biodiversity - Landscape Level .............................................................................. 21 2.6.3 Objective: OGMAs ................................................................................................................... 22 2.6.4 Objective: OGMAs ................................................................................................................... 22 2.6.5 Objective: Biodiversity - Seral Stage Forest ........................................................................... 23 2.6.6 Objective: Biodiversity - Rare Plant Communities ................................................................. 24 2.6.7 Objective: SRMZ ...................................................................................................................... 24 2.6.8 Objective: Biodiversity - Fens .................................................................................................. 25 2.6.9 Objective: Wildlife Trees .......................................................................................................... 25 2.7 Visual Quality .................................................................................................................................... 26 2.7.1 Objective: Visual Quality - Scenic Areas ................................................................................ 26 2.7.2 Objective: Visual Quality - Upper Copper River ..................................................................... 27 2.7.3 Objective: Visual Quality - Sue Channel ................................................................................. 27 2.8 Cultural Heritage Resources............................................................................................................ 28 2.8.1 Objective: Cultural Heritage Resources.................................................................................. 28 2.9 Recreation Trails and Sites .............................................................................................................. 30 2.9.1 Objective: Interpretive Forest Sites, Recreation Sites and Recreation Trails ....................... 30 3 NASS FDU ........................................................................................................................................ 33 3.1 Soils ................................................................................................................................................... 33 3.1.1 Objective: Soils ......................................................................................................................... 33 3.2 Timber ............................................................................................................................................... 33 i BCTS Coast Mountains Natural Resource District Forest Stewardship Plan 2016-2021 Amendment 1 3.2.1 Objective: Timber ..................................................................................................................... 34 3.3 Wildlife ............................................................................................................................................... 35 3.3.1 Objective: Wildlife ..................................................................................................................... 35 3.3.2 Objective: Goshawk ................................................................................................................. 36 3.3.3 Objective: Special Habitats for General Wildlife ..................................................................... 37 3.3.4 Objective: Special Habitats for General Wildlife ..................................................................... 37 3.3.5 Objective: Fur-Bearers ............................................................................................................. 37 3.4 Water and Riparian .......................................................................................................................... 38 3.4.1 Objective: Hydrologic Stability of Watersheds ........................................................................ 38 3.4.2 Objective: Water and Riparian – Riparian Features