Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association

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1 Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association

2 Overview 2 Concerns with Development Historical Harvesting Activities Current Forest Management Planning of Harvesting Timber Supply Considerations Working Together Questions

3 Concerns with Development in Watersheds: 3 Public Concerns Licensee Concerns Public Access Public Access Loss of Old Growth Historic Roads & Rec. Trails Loss of Habitat & Biodiversity Timber Supply Landslides Stumpage Revenue Water Quality & Quantity Public Education & Research

4 Harvesting in Watersheds: Historical Logging 4 Increased Peak Streamflows No Hydrological Assessments No Equivalent Clear-cut Area Analysis No Machine Free Zones No Reserve Buffers on Streams No Monitoring Disturbed Stream Channels Prior to 1980: Increased Sedimentation No Drainage Planning No Hydrological Assessments No Drainage Planning No Monitoring Sloughing & Slides No special regulation for Community Watersheds Public Dumping No Limiting Access Drainage Diversions No Drainage Planning or Monitoring

5 Current Forest Management 5 Cultural Heritage Values Timber Wildlife Visual Quality of Landscapes Soils Forest and Range Practices Act: 11 Core Values Forage & Associated Plant Communities Fish Water & Watersheds Biodiversity Resource Features Recreation Photo Credits: Kailee Woodbeck, Catherine Aiken, kootenay-lake.ca, Doug Thorburn

6 Forest Management in BC: The Forest Stewardship Plan 6 Comments accepted from stakeholders Forest Management Operational plans are developed considering stakeholders comments General Public Forest Stewardship Plan Regional Districts Referral to Stakeholders First Nations Private Land Owners Water Users Commercial Tenure Holders Photo Credits: Kailee Woodbeck, Catherine Aiken, kootenay-lake.ca

7 Harvesting in Watersheds: Current Harvesting 7 Continual Road and Culvert Maintenance Semi-Annual Road and Culvert Inspections Silviculture Surveys Reforestation Post- Harvest Planning Current Community Watersheds: Managed Under the Forest Range and Practices Act, 2004 Hydrological Assessments Equivalent Clear-cut Area Calculation Layout & Design Drainage Planning Inspections and On-Site Supervision Environmental Management System Harvest Operations Reserves & Machine Free Zones Terrain Stability Stream Assessments

8 Timber Supply Area-Kootenay Lake Timber harvesting land base ,890 Ha ,850 Ha ,324 Ha ,540 Ha 0 100, , ,000

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10 Kootenay Lake Timber Supply Area, Terrain Stability Old Growth Management Area Caribou Habitat (Government Action Regulation) Harvesting & Wildfires (Past 10 Years) Visual Quality Objectives (2014) Community & Domestic Watershed

11 Working Together to Enhance Watershed Management 11 Partition stumpage revenue from watershed harvesting for enhanced watershed management Restrict public access to all newly developed watersheds Improve access for wildfire fighting Stumpage Revenue Access Wildland urban interface treatments Fix or rehabilitate historical roads that pose risk to water quantity and quality Fix or rehabilitate recreation trails that are effecting drainage Licensees work to remediate historical mining and logging practices Watershed Management Planning Education & Research Encourage Gov t to take active role in public education on forest management Lobby for more watershed research by government and post-secondary institutions

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