Working Forest Policy
Background Materials
The Draft Horsefly Sustainable Resource Management Plan : An Example of the Role of Planning Within the Working Forest
One of the key elements of the Working Forest initiative is the role of land-use planning for improving certainty about the land base within the Working Forest. Many Regional Plans or Land and Resource Management Plans include goals or objectives that are qualitative and general. Translating the intent of those plans into a quantitative expression of the intended results on the land (i.e., targets) will provide greater certainty for all uses.
The Cariboo-Chilcotin Land-Use Plan (CCLUP), approved by government in 1994, is a good example of articulating clear goals for timber use and for non-timber resource values. The broad, area-based targets in the plan have allowed planners, resource-sector interests and the public to focus further planning efforts on how to best achieve those targets and optimize the benefits across all sectors. An example of this further planning is the draft Horsefly Sustainable Resource Management Plan which demonstrates that the objectives of the CCLUP are achievable using the principles of integrated resource management and shared stewardship.
The draft Horsefly SRMP addresses the CCLUP strategies and targets on an area-specific basis, and provides draft objectives and strategies to guide operational planners. The draft Horsefly SRMP does not revisit the land use designations, targets, or strategies identified in the CCLUP.
For more information on the draft Horsefly SRMP, visit the website.
