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Discussion Land use objectives established under Section 93.4 of the Land Act are only one component of the legal framework that forest licensees are required to adhere to under FRPA. Other agencies have legal authority to establish spatial areas and associated objectives and measures that provide direction for forestry activities. For example, the Ministry of Environment has authority to establish Wildlife Habitat Areas and Winter Ungulate Ranges under FRPA using the Government Actions Regulation (GAR). Land use objectives are enabled through the Land Use Objectives Regulation (LUOR). The LUOR regulation has specific requirements that must be met when establishing land use objectives. The requirements include a mandatory public review and comment period and tests that the Minister (or delegate) uses to ensure requirements are met, including tests that indicate whether the objectives provide an appropriate balance of social, economic and environmental benefits. First Nations are also engaged during development and establishment of land use objectives. Additional Information • A list of legal orders established under Section 93.4 of Land Act. Available: http://archive.ilmb.gov.bc.ca/slrp/legalobjectives/index.html • BCLaws.ca publishes the “Land Use Objectives Regulation”. Available: http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/ID/freeside/17_357_2005 • Land Use Objectives Regulation Policy and Procedures” document. Available: http://www.ilmb.gov.bc.ca/slrp/lrmp/policiesguidelinesandassessements/index.html • Information about the Forest and Range Practices Act. Available: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/code/ Crown Land: Indicators and 70 Statistics Report
4.5 Old Growth Management Areas Why is this Important? Old Growth Management Areas (OGMAs) are a designation established to ensure that old growth forest is retained as a primary element of forest biodiversity. OGMAs are often designated at the landscape unit scale through a land use planning process. OGMAs and associated objectives may either be given legal effect as land use objectives under the Land Act or they may remain as nonbinding policy direction. Forest licensees are required to include legalized OGMAs within their Forest Stewardship Plans. Licensees are not required to utilize non-legal OGMAs, but since OGMAs are often developed collaboratively with stakeholders, many licensees do include non-legal OGMAs in their Forest Stewardship Plans. Key Statistics A total of 15,512 legal OGMAs (1,386,200 hectares) and 34,844 non-legal OGMAs (1,396,707 hectares) have been established in BC (Table 10). The legal OGMAs are contained within approximately 50 separate legal orders. The distribution of legal and non-legal OGMAs varies across sub-regions. Table 10 Legal and Non-legal OGMAs by Natural Resource Sector Ministry Sub-region Sub-Region The Provincial Non-Spatial Old Growth Order 58 applies across the province; however, any legal orders defining either spatial OGMAs or regional non-spatial old growth targets, take precedence over the provincial order. The term “non-spatial” refers to the identification of target amounts for old growth retention without identifying specific areas to be retained through “spatially” describing OGMAs. Currently, the provincial order is applicable to approximately 50% to 60% of the province where other spatial objectives for old growth have not been established. The Cariboo and South Coast regions have 7,782 and 3,797 legal OGMAs, respectively, which represents over 74% of all legal OGMAs established in the province. The Kootenay and Thompson- Okanagan sub-regions do not have any legal OGMAs established, but they do have 31,558 non-legal OGMAs, which account for 86% of the total number of non-legal OGMAs established in the province. The Peace and Cariboo sub-regions do not have any nonlegal OGMAs. 58 Effective June 30, 2004, the Provincial Non-Spatial Old Growth Order establishes non-spatial old growth retention targets across the province. The purpose of the Order is to confirm the extent of timber harvesting opportunities, while also taking clear action to conserve biodiversity values and species associated with old growth forests, particularly in those areas where more detailed non-spatial or spatial old growth retention planning has not taken place. Legal OGMAs Non-Legal OGMAs Quantity Hectares Quantity Hectares Peace 240 250,471 0 0 Skeena 1,822 204,156 496 12,543 Omineca 644 58,640 116 10,161 West Coast 1,227 51,341 1,104 43,961 South Coast 3,797 110,128 1,570 26,364 Thompson-Okanagan 0 0 14,091 549,572 Cariboo 7,782 711,464 0 0 Kootenay 0 0 17,467 754,106 Total 15,512 1,386,200 34,844 1,396,707 Source: GeoBC Geographic Warehouse Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations 71
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Legislation Governing Crown Land Ma
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2.2 Crown Land Ownership by Provinc
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Page 41 and 42: Discussion Unemployment levels tend
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Page 65 and 66: Land Use Direction 4 and Objectives
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