Assessment of the Status of Forest Inventories in British Columbia
The purpose of this review is to update the 2006 Association of BC Forest Professionals (ABCFP) “Assessment of the Status of Forest Inventories in British Columbia.”

Forests For BC – Info Poster
Another opportunity to share your views on BC  forest management

This report describes trends in renewable resource management in British Columbia by tracking increases in the complexity of provincial laws governing forest and range management and by documenting changes in funding and staffing.

Forest Practices Board publishes a Special Investigation Report regarding compliance with legislation and reporting of forest activities and we are not doing so well. Quote from the report “…we do not have confidence that the forest ministry can adequately describe the current condition of the managed forest or track changes in its condition into the future…”

A letter to the editor from Anthony Britneff re: Not Satisfactorily Re-stocked (NSR) area in BC was published in the the November-December edition of BC Forest Professional. The letter is in response to a previous article on NSR by BC’s Chief Forester, Jim Snettsinger (published in the Sept-Oct edition).

The 2010-2011 Forest Capital of Canada Speaker Series is happening November 14th through 16th in the Cariboo Regional District. See the flyer for details

The issue of Not Satisfactorily Re-stocked (NSR) area is hotly debated and important for the future of BC forests. Previously the letter from the BC Chief Forester (published in the BC Forest Professional) was posted on this website. Now we have posted an overview paper by Ben Parfitt (Silviculture Magazine) and the views of a retired Forest Service employee, Anthony Britneff (BC Forest Professional). The issue has attracted the Forest Practices Board who announced last month a Special Report study. More commentary on the issue can be seen on the Western Silviculture Contractors Association website from their2011 Conference Proceedings.

Letter’s and presentations from the past month of Fall Community Dialogue Sessions.

• Chief Foresters letter in the BC Forest Professional regarding ‘Not Satisfactorily Restocked’ (NSR) forest lands.
• Bruce Fraser’s insightful presentation from the Victoria Community Dialogue Session regarding the ecological and financial “Limits to Growth.”
• Mary Jo Hamey’s letter to the Initiative after the Midway Community Dialogue session regarding conservation and monitoring of ecosytems and species at risk.

Here is some information to inform the dialogue and debate. The May-June ‘BC Forest Professional’ published an article by Anthony Britneff, RPF (ret) regarding the state of Not Satisfactorily Restocked forestland. This was followed up in the July-August edition by a letter to the editor from BC’s Chief Forester, Jim Snetsinger, RPF.

Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry  final report outlining the impacts of the forest crisis. All points pertinent to our initiative are highlighted in yellow.