Cariboo Chilcotin Land Use Plan

CCLUP Biodiversity Conservation

Introduction

The Biodiversity Conservation Strategy was prepared as part of the CCLUP Integration process. The strategy was completed in July 1996 and establishes landscape units and biodiversity emphasis across the region.

Implementation of the CCLUP since 1996 has raised a number of interpretive issues about biodiversity. Consequently the regional Biodiversity Conservation Committee has provided updates to the strategy to more fully explain key aspects.

Many of the general concepts developed in the CCLUP Biodiversity Conservation Strategy are well explained and documented in the earlier Forest Practices Code “Biodiversity Guidebook”:

Biodiversity Guidebook Table of Contents

Regional Biodiversity Conservation and Updates

  • Update Note #1: Key Assumptions and Recommendations For Use of the Inventory Adjustment Factor in the Cariboo Forest Region   (PDF - 149k)

  • Update Note #2: Amalgamation of Small NDT-BEC Units in Relation to Assessment of Seral Objectives and Old Growth Management Area Planning  (PDF - 119k)

  • Update Note #3: Definition of the Fir Group and Pine Group for Purposes of Seral Stage Assessments within NDT 4 of the Cariboo-Chilcotin   (PDF - 125k)

  • Update Note #4: An Approach for Patch Size Assessments in the Cariboo Forest Region (PDF - 496k)

  • Update Note #5: An Integrated Mountain Pine-Biodiversity Conservation Management Strategy   (PDF - 192k)

  • Update Note #6: Procedures for Implementation of the Mountain Pine Beetle-Biodiversity Strategy to Address Current Attack During the Outbreak Phase  (PDF - 100k)

  • Update Note #7b: An Integrated Strategy for Management of Biodiversity and Bark Beetles in Douglas-fir and Spruce Stands -  (PDF - 109k)

  • Update Note #8: Strategy for Management of Mature Seral Forest and Salvage of Mountain Pine Beetle-Killed Timber  (PDF - 95k)

  • Update Note #9: Strategy for Management of Mature Seral Forest and Salvage of Mountain Pine Beetle-Killed Timber Within TFLs in the Cariboo  (PDF - 96k)

  • Update Note #10: Salvage Harvesting of Transition Old Growth Management Areas Heavily Attacked by Mountain Pine Beetle or Spruce Beetle  (PDF - 95k)

  • Update Note #11: New Options for Old Growth Management Areas in Ecosystems with Frequent, Stand Destroying Natural Disturbance  (PDF - 189k)

  • Update Note #12: Stand-Level Retention for Biodiversity  (PDF - 116k)

  • Biodiversity Strategy Report - July 1996 (PDF - 1.4Mb)

  • Appendices (PDF - 709k)

  • Landscape Unit Summaries   (PDF - 53k)

Old Growth Management Areas

Old Growth Management Areas (OGMAs) have been spatially located across all landscape units in the Cariboo-Chilcotin to meet the Biodiversity Strategies old forest requirement.

OGMA maps for each landscape unit:

ftp://ftpwml.env.gov.bc.ca/dist/forest/seral/seral_2008/maps

Periodic Biodiversity Analysis

To facilitate implementation of the Biodiversity Strategy, ILMB provides periodic analyses of seral stage distribution and patch size for each landscape unit/BEC unit combination in the Cariboo-Chilcotin. BEC stands for Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification which is a system that maps and describes ecosystems in all areas of British Columbia.

Seral distribution assessment
Seral distribution reports document the area of current “mature plus old” in each landscape unit/ biogeoclimatic unit combination (LU/BEC) based on available data. The current area is compared to mature plus old targets. Smaller LU/BEC areas may be combined as documented in the “amalgamation tables” to meet mature plus old biodiversity seral targets. The following information is available:

  1. BEC Unit Amalgamation Table - 2008 (PDF - 71kb)

  2. Seral distribution reports - 2008:

    ftp://ftpwml.env.gov.bc.ca/dist/forest/seral/seral_2008/reports


  3. Seral distribution maps by landscape unit - 2008:

    ftp://ftpwml.env.gov.bc.ca/dist/forest/seral/seral_2008/maps

Forest District abbreviations are as follows:
dch - Chilcotin (includes Anahim Round Table SRMP area)
dho - Horsefly (now part of Central Cariboo)
dmh - 100 Mile House
dqu - Quesnel
dwl - Williams Lake (now part of Central Cariboo; includes South Chilcotin SRMP area)

Patch Size Assessment
Patch size assessment reports and maps resulting from the approach outlined in the Regional Biodiversity Conservation Strategy Update Note #4: An Approach for Patch Size Assessments in the Cariboo Forest Region (PDF – 496K):

Patch Size distribution reports - 2007:

ftp://ftpwml.env.gov.bc.ca/dist/forest/patch_assmt/patch_2007/reports

Patch Size distribution maps - 2007:

ftp://ftpwml.env.gov.bc.ca/dist/forest/patch_assmt/patch_2007/maps

The PDF files can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To install Adobe Acrobat Reader for free, please visit the link to Adobe Acrobat.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or require further information regarding Biodiversity Conservation in the Cariboo-Chilcotin please contact:

Robin Hoffos
Planning Team Leader,
Integrated Land Management Bureau
201-172 North Second Avenue, Williams Lake B.C.
V2G 1Z6
fax (250) 398-4836
phone (250) 398-4712
Robin.Hoffos@gov.bc.ca

or

Rick Dawson, RPF, RPBio
Regional Client Services Division
Integrated Land Management Bureau
Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
201 - 172 North 2nd Avenue
Williams Lake BC V2G 1Z6
phone (250) 398-4709
fax (250) 398-4836
Rick.Dawson@gov.bc.ca