Crown Land: Indicators and Statistics - Ministry of Forests
Crown Land: Indicators and Statistics - Ministry of Forests
Crown Land: Indicators and Statistics - Ministry of Forests
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Additional Information<br />
• <strong>L<strong>and</strong></strong>scape Unit Planning Guide (1999).<br />
Discussion<br />
Although the original intent <strong>of</strong> the 1999 <strong>L<strong>and</strong></strong>scape Unit<br />
Planning Guide was to create legally established OGMAs<br />
throughout the province, several factors have resulted in<br />
a mix <strong>of</strong> legal <strong>and</strong> non-legal OGMAs. Plan areas that do<br />
not have any spatial OGMAs identified (or regional nonspatial<br />
orders) are covered by the Provincial Non-Spatial<br />
Old Growth Order.<br />
Work is underway in the province to legalize some <strong>of</strong> the<br />
OGMAs that are currently non-legal. It is anticipated that<br />
the Fort St. John <strong>and</strong> Mackenzie LRMP areas may have<br />
legally established OGMAs in place by 2012.<br />
Legally established OGMAs provide protection for critical<br />
old growth habitat. Where no legally established OGMAs<br />
exist, licensees can establish their own OGMAs, as long<br />
as they comply with the Provincial Non-Spatial Old<br />
Growth Order, or other regional orders that supersede<br />
the provincial order. In many cases, non-legal OGMAs are<br />
created collaboratively between licensees <strong>and</strong> government,<br />
<strong>and</strong> are included in Forest Stewardship Plans. 59<br />
Presently, legally established OGMAs are only applicable to<br />
forestry activities regulated under FRPA. However, Sections<br />
103 <strong>and</strong> 104 <strong>of</strong> the newly passed Oil <strong>and</strong> Gas Activities Act<br />
provide authority for government to establish OGMAs for<br />
the purposes <strong>of</strong> oil <strong>and</strong> gas activities.<br />
59 In areas with more frequent natural forestry st<strong>and</strong>-replacing events,<br />
such as a beetle infestation or wildfire, establishing a legal reserve<br />
at the l<strong>and</strong>scape scale may not serve their intended purpose over<br />
time. Planners <strong>and</strong> practitioners may choose instead to establish<br />
a non-area-specific old growth retention strategy to manage for<br />
biodiversity.<br />
Available: http://archive.ilmb.gov.bc.ca/slrp/srmp/Background/lup_l<strong>and</strong>scape.html<br />
• GeoBC Geographic Warehouse publishes data on legal <strong>and</strong> non-legal OGMAs.<br />
Available:<br />
https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/geometadata/metadataDetail.do?recordUID=51680&recordSet=ISO19115<br />
<strong>Ministry</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Forests</strong>, <strong>L<strong>and</strong></strong>s <strong>and</strong><br />
Natural Resource Operations<br />
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