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OVERVIEW OF PROVINCIAL LAND USE PLANNING & POLICY FRAMEWORK

OVERVIEW OF PROVINCIAL LAND USE PLANNING & POLICY FRAMEWORK. Les Hawkins Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management. Presentation Overview. FRPA Land Use Objectives. Introduction. Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA)… …….a new forest management regime for BC. FRPA Overview.

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OVERVIEW OF PROVINCIAL LAND USE PLANNING & POLICY FRAMEWORK

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  1. OVERVIEW OF PROVINCIAL LAND USE PLANNING & POLICY FRAMEWORK Les Hawkins Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management

  2. Presentation Overview • FRPA • Land Use Objectives

  3. Introduction Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA)… …….a new forest management regime for BC

  4. FRPA Overview • Focus is on Results • Provides opportunities for public input early in planning • Clear objectives for managing & protecting values

  5. Reduce Maintain • Cost • Administrative Complexity • High Environmental Standards • Public acceptance • Balance of social, economic, environmental issues • Timber supply FRPA Strengthen Resource Capacity • Within government’s resource capacity • Global Competitiveness • Freedom to Manage • C&E Regime Goals of FRPA

  6. FRPA Values

  7. FRPA Framework Legislation 3 Pillars 2 Supports

  8. Compliance & Enforcement • Inspect & Enforce: • Results & Strategies in approved operational plans • Practice requirements in Act & regulations • Due Diligence

  9. Objectives • Government sets objectives for forest & range values • Objectives address forest & range values • Objectives apply to all agreement holders

  10. Differences in FSP and FDP • Plan map • Forest Stewardship Plan • Shows areas within which forest development may occur • Forest Development Plan • shows cutblocks and roads

  11. Activities by Forest Companies—cont. • Site plans • Not approved by government • Must be available to the public, First Nations and others for viewing • At reasonable time • At location closest the site

  12. Land Use Planning – Scale Provincial Regional Sub-regional Landscape Operational

  13. Land Use Planning Hierarchy

  14. Land Use in BC – putting it all together Planning(Regional, LRMP, Landscape) Min. Sustainable Resource Management Data, Information, Analysis(agencies) Economic and Social Objectives(sectors; communities; govt.) Laws Allocation, Tenures, Management Parks, Wildlife Tourism, Agriculture Forests, Range Subsurface Resources Etc. Min. Water, Land & Air Protection Min. Forests Min. Energy & Mines / OGC Land & Water BC Operations 12

  15. TWO TYPES OF OBJECTIVES • Objectives Set By Government • Other Objectives Set Under FRPA

  16. OBJECTIVES SET BY GOVERNMENT • FRPA Sec. 149 – 11 Objectives or values set by government that must be met or licencee can propose alternative results and strategies that the Minister may approve: Soils, Timber, Wildlife, Biodiversity, Cultural Heritage, Visual Quality, Forage & Associated Plant Communities, Water, Fish, Recreation Resources, & Resource Features. • Land Use Objectives (established under the Land Act, enabled by Sec. 4 of the Forest Practices Code

  17. OTHER OBJECTIVES ESTABLISHED UNDER FRPA • Forest Planning & Practices Regulation Sec. 11 – Objectives. Forest Stewardship plan must specify intended results, strategies, and mapping for each of the following objectives set by government: • Interpretive Forest Sites, Recreation Sites & Trails, Wildlife Habitat Areas, Ungulate Winter Range, Lakeshore Management Zones, Water Quality (community watersheds & fisheries sensitive zones), Visual Quality Objectives, Scenic Areas • Grand parented Forest Practices Code Objectives. • Ungulate Winter Range, Scenic Area, Wildlife Habitat Area, Community Watershed, Emergency Bark Beetle management Area, Area with Significant Downstream Fisheries Values, Area with Significant Watershed Sensitivity, Lakeshore Management Zone, Interpretive Forest Site, Recreation Site or Trail, Forest Ecosystem Network

  18. Summary • Strategic Plans guide landscape-level and operational plans • Government sets objectives that must be met by license holders in their plans (e.g. Forest Stewardship Plans) • Biodiversity objectives and retention of old forest areas are part of a broader strategy to manage for biodiversity across the landscape

  19. Timeframe for Implementation

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