West Babine Sustainable Resource Management Plan

The Kispiox LRMP contains the following strategy for within the Babine River SMZ:
Timber harvesting will be limited to selective harvesting or clearcuts less than 15 hectares, a
slower rate of cut will be emphasized, roads will be temporary and will be deactivated when
they are no longer required for forestry, and cutblocks and temporary roads will be located to
minimize impacts on the adjacent protected area.
Management within the SMZ is consistent with the Babine LRUP.
Table 12: Management Direction in the Babine River Special Management Zone
Objective Indicator(s) Target/Measure Management
Considerations
1. To maintain a
single point for
motorized road
access to the
Babine River
Corridor Park,
located at
Nilkitkwa Forest
Service Road, so
wilderness
values can be
protected.
2. To maintain:
the aesthetic
(visual and
auditory)
quality of the
Babine River
Corridor; and
habitat
quality within
the SMZ for
grizzly bears.
Type and location
of roads.
a. Season and
method of
timber
harvesting.
b. Age class
distribution.
No permanent
motorized access
within the SMZ.
All temporary access
will remain at least 300
m from the Park
boundary.
Access Control Points
5 and 6 established
prior to entering the
SMZ for the
Thomlinson Road and
Shelagyote Crossing
(see Map 12, page 77).
Winter harvest only.
Openings < 15 ha in
size.
More than 30% of
forest stands to be
greater than 140 years
in age.
Deactivate roads when no longer
required for forestry.
“No permanent motorized access”
can be achieved through
implementing access control
points, deactivation strategies or
temporary roads.
Locate cutblocks and roads to
minimize impacts to the park.
Emphasis on silvicultural systems
that maintain the integrity of the
SMZ in providing a forested
buffer to the park.
Suggested management: 200 year
rotation.
Maintain critical habitat features
as described for High value
grizzly bear habitat (Section
3.1.2.1, page 22).
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