LBIS FFT: Current Reforestation and Timber Supply Mitigation 5 Year and Annual Operating Plan

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1 LBIS FFT: Current Refrestatin and Timber Supply Mitigatin 5 Year and Annual Operating Plan Purpse The Land Based Investment Strategy (LBIS) was develped in 2010 t ensure that the gvernment gals and pririties are achieved ecnmically, efficiently, and effectively in a results-based management framewrk. This is achieved by directly linking the Ministry f Frests, Lands, and Natural Resurce Operatins (FLNRO) service plan gals, bjectives, and strategies t the funding f silviculture activities such as planting trees r fertilizatin thrugh the Frest fr Tmrrw (FFT) Investment Categry. The LBIS has identified FFT; specifically the current refrestatin and timber supply mitigatin subcategries, as strategic pririties. The Land Based Investment silviculture 5-year and annual peratin planning prcess is based n Frest Management Unit 1 input (district staff, BCTS, licensees, and ther lcal stakehlders) balanced with a prvincial and reginal silviculture based resurce management gals and targets. The intent is that identified lcal natural resurce needs will infrm and assist in the develpment f prvincial and reginal gals, bjectives, and pririties. The purpse f the five-year silviculture plan is t clearly identify the timing and lcatin f silviculture activities scheduled fr an area ver the next five-year perid and is meant t include all ptential LBIS funded targets and activities within each District whether they ccur n Timber Supply Areas (TSA), Tree Farm Licenses (TFL) r Innvative Timber Sale Licenses (ITSLs) that are funded by the FFT prgram. Prcess 5 Year Planning Mdel Hierarchy Prvincial Scpe (Gals, Objectives, and Indicatrs) Resurce Practices Branch Prvincial Rle; Make the final decisins n investment directin. Develp and refine criteria fr pririty setting and prvide detail required fr directin f funding. Crdinate prvincial rllup f the peratinal plans/budgets; Iterative prcess between regins and Branch t balance ut and rll up plans. Crdinate reginal prduct/plan develpment and prvide supprt. 1 While the current resurce districts may be the mst efficient gruping fr the frest management unit cmmittees. The term frest management unit is used in this dcument t dente that the lcal cmmittees shuld be tailred in scale and membership t meet lcal business needs.

2 Prvide peratin guidance, supprt and plicy directin t regins and districts (including unit cst benchmarks). Manage FRPAs s.108 budget. Prvincial Tls; Land Based Investment Strategy (Pririties and Investment Principles) LBIS Appendix CR and TSM Outputs and frecast targets Prpsed Land Based Investment Planning Cmmittees fr Frest Management Units / Prpsed Planning Mdel LBIS Silviculture Funding Criteria fr Frests fr Tmrrw Annual prvincial rll up (1) and balancing f Reginal Plans Reginal Scpe (Reginal Strategies and Indicatrs) Reginal Leads (8) Reginal Rle; Prvide supprt and guidance t Districts. Perfrm peratinal planning rle when required. Crdinate reginal rllup, ratinalizatin and review f the District/FMU 5 year plan and annual budget/delivery plan; Iterative prcess between districts and regins t balance ut and rll up plans reginal pririty, reginal issues an impacts. Crdinate management unit (MU) prduct/plan develpment issues. Liaisn between prvincial headquarters, district management teams (DMT) and BCTS reginal ffices. Reginal apprval prir t submissin t Resurce Practices Branch that the prpsed plan is in accrdance with the LBIS. Reginal Tls; As abve and belw mdified fr regin specific variances - MBP Pririty Units, Cast/Nrthwest/Sutheast criteria versus Central interir criteria. District and/r FMU Scpe (FMU Strategies and Indicatrs) District Leads District Rle; Lead the plan develpment OR prvide District perspective n prpsed plan fr TSA and in cperatin with licensees n TFL lands Districts set strategic cntrl f setting the gals and pririties fr the TFL general directin, district r Regins will g t TFL hlders directly with guidance, TFL will cmplete frecasted gals and $$. District Manger sign ff n the 5 year and the annual plan that he is in agreement with the brad directin in accrdance with the District Stewardship gals. Develp budget request utlining utputs and unit csts OR wrk with Reginal staff t prvide District perspective. Identify eligible grund. Identify treatment delivery agents and pssible implementatin scenaris. Wrk in cperatin with Regins t develp and submit plans at the reginal level.

3 District Tls; As abve mdified fr FMU specific variances, lcal cnditins, frest health impacts (Williams Lake 2010 Catastrphic Wildfire Planning). Infrmatin links see belw. Infrmatin Links 1. The existing Silviculture Strategies At-a-Glance 2. The existing LBIs planning pprtunity maps at 3. RESULTS frward planning data RDD006-Activity Reprt 4. Standards and FFT plicies fr Species Selectin, Site Index, Return n Investment year and Annual Operatin Plan template (annual funding template and csts benchmarks) attached Planning Templates The five year plan represents prjectins based n knwn infrmatin and, as such, these ttal estimates will change as new infrmatin is available. Fr example, if a new majr wildfire ccurs in a District the 5 year plan wuld be updated t reflect the shift in activities in the future t deal with the new large scale disturbance. The utputs recrded in the District/Reginal/Prvincial tables fr the first tw years shuld be feasible based n capacity and biphysical capabilities and shuld be reflective f the LBIS Appendix utputs / targets and frecasted funding levels. The LBIS FFT silviculture 5 year plan will be updated each year t reflect the status f prgress tward the gals and reflect any changes t Prvincial, Reginal, and/r FMU level gals and bjectives. The later three years f the 5-year plan shuld reflect realistic achievable utputs and be based n the directin f the verall LBIS s sme areas may be indicated as flat-lined, r ramping up r dwn, in respnse t pririty unit designatins and new large scale catastrphic disturbances. The annual peratinal plan represents the upcming fiscal year planned utput and assciated budget request. This infrmatin will assist with the determinatin f the up-cming fiscal years prvincial, reginal and district budget allcatins. This ensures that peratinal plans used fr budget develpment are linked t the prvincial LBIS gals and bjectives. It is suggested that in preparing the annual perating and 5-year plans t start with an initial request based n best knwn infrmatin and cmmitted gals t date (ie scheduled planting, brushing, spacing and fertilizatin fr the up-cming fiscal) and mdify n based n directin fr the unit being planned in regards t pririty fr treatment and expected capacity. These initial plans will be updated ver the

4 late fall and winter as infrmatin frm surveys and prescriptin becmes finalized and knwn. The gal is t merge the 5 year updates and annual peratinal plan int an annual 12 mnth peratinal timeline. Assumptins 1. LBIS Investment Principles apply t all levels f building the plan 2. Silviculture Investment Criteria fr FFT applies t all levels f building the plan a. Investment Principles b. Criteria fr Implementatin will be used t build the plan and apply filters t eligible prjects. E.x Pririty is Wildfire Refrestatin fr 2010 catastrphic wildfires and any ther earlier wildfires. c. Determinatin f silvicultural respnse t prvincial level timber supply issues will be based upn the ability t mitigate impacts n timber supply caused by catastrphic disturbance r cnstrained 2 timber. d. Apprximately 70% f the FFT silviculture investment categry budget will allcated t deal with the significant timber supply issues in the central interir, pririty management units fr treatment t be identified based n the degree f impact n mid and lng-term timber supply caused by catastrphic events Operatinal activities within these pririty units will be based n: i. Funding f pririty 1 units t the level f delivery capacity and in alignment with the eligibility criteria fr stand selectin; ii. Funding f pririty 2 and 3 units with the remaining funds t the level delivery capacity and in alignment with the eligibility criteria fr stand selectin e. Apprximately 30% f the FFT silviculture investment categry budget will be distributed t thse FMU utside f the central interir based n their current cntributin t the nn-impacted Allwable Annual Cut (AAC) 3. Funding Pririties a. Entrenched item (eg: seedlings being grwn fr planting in subsequent fiscal years) b. BCTS FFT ITSLs and FLTC s issued under Frestry Licence t Cut Regulatin sectin 4 are tls t be utilized t reduce csts but are nt t be the sle determinant f areas t treat c. Surplus funds will be managed annually and accrding t the brader LBIS gals, directin, and pririty ranking fr all investment Categries and directin frm the Deputy Minsters ffice. 4. Targets (utputs/dllars) a. Base line targets fr planning purpsed is the current years reginal funding and utputs as mdified by fcus n pririty units and in cnsultatin with the Current refrestatin and Timber supply mitigatin leads fr mre clarity. b. A reasnable pprtunity fr cntributin t achieving the LBIS gals may include a prpsed vs stepping up needs/pprtunities t mitigate TSM fr example c. Pririty ne units increasing ver time frm the current baseline d. Pririty tw and three units may be decreasing ver time frm the current baseline depending n their current size in relatin t the prvincial prgram 2 Public plicy decisins that reduce harvest levels (e.g Gvernment Actin Regulatins)

5 b. Years 2 and 3 t be frecasted based n funding current years reginal funding levels by fcus n pririty units. Year 4 and 5 will generally fllw year Tree Farm Licence, Cmmunity Frests, and Wdlt utputs and budgets will be part f the 5 year plan. 6. Plans must be built based n the assumptin that eligible stands as per activity standards (SI, ROI, Leading Species, NSR) 7. Plans will be built based n an assumptin f capacity t delivery r realistically achieved within a single year and within cst benchmarks 8. Only activities that clearly meet the criteria elements as utlined abve are eligible t be included in the plan template. Other request must be accessed thugh the LBIS brader prcess. 9. Regins will be respnsible t rll up and balance the 5 year District Plans and the annual peratins plan within their respective regin. 10. Resurce Practices Branch (RPB) will be respnsible t rll up, balance, and apprve the Regin plans fr submissin int the LBIS appendix tw and the annual allcatin prcess. 11. Treatments utside f the eligible criteria must be apprved by RPB and be undertaken in cnjunctin with anther LBIS investment categry 12. Planning flexibility; a. The annual peratinal plan will be the determinant fr the yearly allcatins f funds and perfrmance measures, hwever, an peratinal variance f 10% f utputs and funding is allwed between targeted activities within an investment categry as lng as aggregate funding levels are nt exceeded Timelines Branch: Mnth f May send ut 5 year planning dcument and templates t Regins and Districts set up calls with Reginal representatives (8 r as requested) t g thrugh initial Q&A 1. Ptential weeks fr ne n ne Q&A Reginal and District Teams a. August 8 th b. August 15 th c. August 22 th Districts: September 4 th Submissin t Regins frm Districts if applicable Regins: September 10 th Submissin frm Regins t Resurce Practices Branch All Invitees: September 12th : Brader LBIS and silviculture meetings fr CR and TSM in Richmnd fr team review the current plans bth the 5 year and the initial peratinal funding request. The grup will be lking at the status f requested funding against frecasted budgets, and the trends f gals against LBIS Pririty Units. Staff frm District and Regins will be attending.