DFMP 2004-2014 April 2006 Weyerhaeuser Detailed Forest Management Plan 2004 – 2014 Volume III Chapter 7: Resource Management Objectives, Strategies and Tactics Chapter 8: Implementation Plan Chapter 9: Performance Monitoring Chapter 10: Future Considerations Weyerhaeuser Company Ltd. Edson, Alberta DFMP 2004-2014 April 2006 Weyerhaeuser Foreword This is Volume III of the Edson Detailed Forest Management Plan (DFMP) for the area managed under Forest Management Agreement # 9700035. This area includes Forest Management Units (FMU) E1, E2, W5, and W6. Each volume of the DFMP can be read as a freestanding report. However, the entire set of three volumes together is the full DFMP. Each volume has a separate Table of Contents, but for consistency they all share a common List of Acronyms and Glossary. i Edson DFMP Volume III – Foreword DFMP 2004-2014 April 2006 Weyerhaeuser Table of Contents FOREWORD..................................................................................................................................... i ACRONYM LIST ..............................................................................................................................vi GLOSSARY ...................................................................................................................................viii 7 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES AND TACTICS ...................7-1 7.1 Fibre Supply.....................................................................................................7-3 7.2 Forest Diversity................................................................................................7-9 7.3 Ecosystem Capacity ......................................................................................7-14 7.4 Watersheds....................................................................................................7-15 7.5 Public Accountability......................................................................................7-17 7.6 Resource Integration .....................................................................................7-19 7.7 Unique Sites ..................................................................................................7-20 7.8 Increasing the Timber Supply........................................................................7-21 7.9 Conflicting Objectives ....................................................................................7-22 8 IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN............................................................................................8-1 8.1 Timber Operations...........................................................................................8-1 8.1.1 Sequencing......................................................................................................8-1 8.1.2 Harvesting and Hauling Methods ....................................................................8-3 8.1.3 Temporary In-Block Roads..............................................................................8-4 8.1.4 Salvage............................................................................................................8-4 8.1.5 Green-up Constraints ......................................................................................8-5 8.1.6 Understorey Protection....................................................................................8-5 8.1.6.1 Planned Protection.....................................................................................8-5 8.1.6.2 Avoidance Protection .................................................................................8-6 8.1.7 Transition Assumptions for Regenerating Stands ...........................................8-6 8.1.8 Silviculture .......................................................................................................8-6 8.1.9 Incidental Coniferous and Deciduous Timber Replacement Strategies on the FMA .................................................................................................................8-8 8.1.10 Marginal Stands...............................................................................................8-8 8.1.11 Potentially Productive Area .............................................................................8-9 8.1.12 The Sundance Provincial Park Special Management Zone............................8-9 8.1.13 Chip Lake Fire Regeneration Protocols ........................................................8-10 8.1.14 Petroleum ......................................................................................................8-11 8.1.15 Periodic and Quadrant Reconciliation Volumes............................................8-13 8.1.16 Cut Control Periods and Periodic Cut Calculations.......................................8-13 8.1.16.1 Weyerhaeuser.........................................................................................8-13 8.1.16.2 Quota Holders .........................................................................................8-14 8.1.16.3 Community Timber Program...................................................................8-15 8.1.17 Weyerhaeuser Non-FMA Volume Chargeability ...........................................8-17 8.2 Landscape Strategies....................................................................................8-18 8.2.1 Biodiversity, Wildlife and Fisheries Resources..............................................8-18 8.2.2 Biodiversity ....................................................................................................8-18 8.2.2.1 Fish and Wildlife.......................................................................................8-19 8.2.3 Operational Planning Considerations............................................................8-20 8.2.4 Grizzly Bear ...................................................................................................8-29 8.3 Access Management .....................................................................................8-30 8.3.1 Values, Issues and Recreational Activities in the Forested Areas ................8-30 8.3.2 Access Management upon the FMA .............................................................8-30 8.3.3 Shining Bank Buck for Wildlife Area Access Management Plan...................8-31 8.3.4 Tactics for Access Management ...................................................................8-31 8.4 Watersheds....................................................................................................8-32 8.4.1 Watershed Analysis.......................................................................................8-32 ii Edson DFMP Volume III – Table of Contents DFMP 2004-2014 April 2006 Weyerhaeuser 8.4.1.1 Process ....................................................................................................8-32 8.4.1.2 Process Improvement ..............................................................................8-33 8.5 Integrating Timber Operators ........................................................................8-35 8.5.1 Quota Holders................................................................................................8-35 8.5.2 Community Timber Program (CTP)...............................................................8-36 8.5.3 Data Sharing..................................................................................................8-36 8.5.4 Reporting .......................................................................................................8-36 8.6 Stakeholder Involvement ...............................................................................8-37 8.6.1 WeyFAC ........................................................................................................8-37 8.6.2 Quota Holder/CTP Group ..............................................................................8-37 8.6.3 Trapping.........................................................................................................8-37 8.6.4 Grazing ..........................................................................................................8-38 8.6.5 General Public ...............................................................................................8-38 8.7 Unique Findings.............................................................................................8-39 8.7.1 Archeological and Historical Information .......................................................8-39 8.7.2 Unique Sites ..................................................................................................8-39 8.7.3 Rare, Endangered or Threatened Animal Species........................................8-40 8.8 Forest Protection and Health.........................................................................8-40 8.8.1 Insects and Disease ......................................................................................8-40 8.8.2 Noxious Weeds..............................................................................................8-40 8.8.3 Fire Protection ...............................................................................................8-41 8.9 Tree Improvement Program ..........................................................................8-41 8.10 Ground Rule Development ............................................................................8-43 8.11 Education and Training..................................................................................8-44 8.12 Landuse Update Process ..............................................................................8-44