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Lake class: defined in the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act Operational Planning Regulation as a designation made by the (forest) district manager for lakes with a riparian class of L1 that indicates the width of a lakeshore management zone and the practices that are appropriate within that zone.

Lakeshore management area: the lands directly adjacent to a lake, in which forest practice standards are designed to maintain the unique combination of fish, wildlife, water, and recreation values that occur on and around lakes. For the purposes of the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act it means an area established adjacent to a lake with a riparian class of L1, consisting of a riparian reserve zone, determined in accordance with Part 10, and a lakeshore management zone.

Lakeshore management zone: defined in the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act Operational Planning Regulation as that portion of the lakeshore management area established by the district manager around a lake with a riparian class of L1 that is outside of any riparian reserve zone or, if there is no riparian reserve zone, that is located adjacent to the lake.

Land and resource management planning (LRMP): an integrated sub-regional consensus-based process requiring public participation that produces a land and resource management plan for review and approval by government. The plan establishes direction for land use and specifies broad resource management objectives and strategies.

Land use goal: a formal statement regarding the desired future state for land that is to be achieved through land use planning and management.

Landscape ecology: the study of the distribution patterns of ecosystems, the ecological processes that affect those patterns, and changes in patterns and processes over time.

Landscape Objective: A concise, measurable statement of a desirable future condition for a resource or resource use which is attainable through management action and that applies to a specific geographic area.

Landscape unit: planning areas established under the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act by the district manager up to 100 000 hectares in size, based on topographic or geographic features such as a watershed or series of watersheds.

Local planning: a term describing a variety of resource planning initiatives undertaken to develop integrated approaches to resource use and development. Typically they have been undertaken to resolve potential land use conflicts in local areas smaller than LRMPs.

Local resource use plan (LRUP): a plan approved by the district manager for a portion of the Provincial forest that provides area-specific resource management objectives for integrating resource use in the area. These plans are prepared pursuant to Section 4(c) of the Ministry of Forests Act. Also referred to as local plans.

Logging plan: an operational plan that details how, when, and where timber harvesting and road construction activities will take place in a cutblock; describes the measures that will be taken to rehabilitate landings, excavated or bladed trails and other areas where the amount of soil disturbance exceeds the maximum allowed under the silviculture prescription; and includes other matters required by regulation.