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From chaos to resiliency

It is my view the actions associated with BC forest stewardship are chaotic and not organized or clear to meet the needs of the 21st century BC Forest Asset for British Columbians. These actions frequently overlap one another, are not provided clear guidance that reflects the varied nature of the Forest Asset across the province, and do not deliver on learned advice from UNB Dean Gordon Baskerville and UBC Professor Emeritus Dr. Fred Bunnell. This will result in failure to achieve the loosely mentioned government direction of increasing value-added wood production and moving toward community resiliency.

If we are to get the most value out of the varied nature of the forest resources across BC, it is my opinion foresters must be provide greater guidance and use their knowledge and innovative skills to manage the Forest Asset. A framework is needed to guide decision-makers and operations foresters on long-term stewardship, the application of management and extraction principles and a provincial vision. Such a Framework is presented in here. From chaos to resiliency-applying a framework

History and influence of the MacMillan Bloedel LUPAT

I was asked by the Forest History Association of BC to provide an article on the MacMillan Bloedel Land Use Planning Advisory Team. It has been published by them in their Newsletter (Issue No 116. December 2023, pages 14-24) LUPAT article-final  I found several components of the MB Designed Forest System and LUPAT that apply to our challenges of today. It is important we learn from the past in moving into the 21 century forest stewardship.

Forest landscape plan balancing forest values

Determining how to achieve community resiliency through balancing values within a Forest Landscape Plan area requires a sound methodology that also provides guidance to FLP implementation decision-makers as well. A suggested methodology is presented in Community resiliency-balancing decision-making.

Building a knowledgeable forest dependent community

The BC modernization of forest policy initiative is fragile unless there is an effort to build forest resource knowledge within forest dependent communities. Currently the BC Ministry of Forests is not considering this a priority. A graphic description of the importance of this need is presented in Forestry knowledgeable community

Enhanced forest inventory-graphic presentations

Achieving government modernization goals requires identification and integration of key components with an enhanced forest inventory and LiDAR imagery.  Related components included in:

Community resiliency-enhanced forest inventory importance

Community resiliency

21st century BC forest asset vision powerpoint version

Building a value-added investment climate

BC forest renewal framework-landscape unit planning-action plan graphics