MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR, MARCH 2001

The Guide to Forest Land Use Planning has been updated to reflect changes to forestry-related law and policy that have occurred since the Guide was last updated in November of 1999. New developments that are reflected in the March 2001 updates to the Guide include the following:

• Approval of new Higher Level Plans as well as the completion of Land and Resource Management Plans in a number of areas;
• development of regulations related to community forest agreements;
• bringing into force of amendments to the Forest Land Reserve Act and associated legislation which provide a new regime for managing privately owned forest lands;
• new editions of several Forest Practices Code Guidebooks, including the Silviculture Prescription Guidebook, Visual Impact Assessment Guidebook, Range Use Guidebook and the Establishment to Free Growing Guidebooks; and
• various amendments to the Forest Act, Forest Practices Code and other legislation which impacts on land use planning on public forest lands.

We welcome your questions or comments about the Guide. Additional information and materials on forest land use planning may be found at our website at www.wcel.org, and we can be contacted through the form found at www.wcel.org/frbc/Feedback/. 

Provided funds are available, we hope to update the Guide again in the future. If you wish to receive notice of future updates, please send us your email address using the form on the website at  www.wcel.org/frbc/updates.htm.

Andrew Gage,
March 2001

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The author and West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation would like to thank the many people who made generous contributions of their time and knowledge to assist us with preparation of this Guide. Special thanks to Laurel Brewster, B.Sc. (Forestry) for her generous volunteer contribution of writing, research and editing assistance and for her steadfast stewardship of the Guide through the early stages of distribution and the development of the workshops.

Thanks also to Daryl Brown, Jim Cooperman, Meg Fellowes, Bill Henderson, Ann Hillyer, Rick Jeffery, Erik Karlsen, Ümit Kiziltan, June McCue, Dave Neads, Gary Runka, Wayne Sawchuk, Bruce Sieffert, Anne-Marie Sleeman, Merran Smith, Derek Thompson, Chief David Walkem, and Robert Zwick, for their initial advice, review of the first draft, and for all the helpful suggestions for improvement.

We would also like to thank the many people in government agencies who helped find information and explain policies and procedures, particularly in the Land Use Coordination Office, Ministry of Forests, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and Parks Canada.

Funding for this research and extension work was provided by Forest Renewal BC — a partnership of forest companies, workers, environmental groups, First Nations, communities and government. Forest Renewal BC funding — from stumpage fees and royalties that forest companies pay for the right to harvest timber on Crown lands — is reinvested in the forests, forest workers, and forest communities.

Funding assistance by Forest Renewal BC does not imply endorsement of any statements or information contained herein.

Mark Haddock, September 1998

The West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation is a non-profit, charitable society devoted to legal research and education aimed at protection of the environment and promotion of public participation in environmental decision-making. It operates in conjunction with West Coast Environmental Law Association, which provides legal services to concerned members of the public for the same two purposes. We are grateful to the Law Foundation of British Columbia for core funding of West Coast Environmental Law.

This publication is a comprehensive guide to the laws, regulations and policies governing forest land use planning in BC. It provides information concerning strategic land use plans, higher level plans and operational plans, as well as an overview of the land use designations and the legislation applicable to forest land use in BC.

This Guide is educational and does not constitute legal advice. Readers concerned about a particular forest land use planning issue in a particular situation are strongly urged to seek advice from a lawyer.

Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data

Haddock, Mark, 1956-
    Guide to forest land use planning

ISBN 0-919365-17-5

1. Forest management—Law and legislation—British Columbia. 2. Forest conservation—Law
and legislation—British Columbia. 3. Land use—British Columbia—Planning. I. Brewster, 
Laurel, 1972- II. West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation. III. Title.
KEB345.H434 1998 343.711’076498 C98-911181-4 KF1750.H434 1998

This Guide was originally printed in March 1999 with vegetable based inks. The tabs are constructed of Sandpiper, a Canadian paper made of 100% recycled post consumer stock that is hydrogen peroxide bleached. The inside pages were printed on Arbokem, a new Canadian paper stock composed half of agricultural waste and half of 100% post consumer fibre, all of which is processed chlorine-free. 

 

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