Fort St. John Pilot Project

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The Project Executive Summary Detailed Proposal FSJ Pilot Regulation SFI SFMP Annual Reports Forest Operations Schedule     (FOS) Public Advisory Group Presentations Reference Material What's New The Participants Questions & Answers		THE PROJECT Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Louisiana-Pacific (Canada) Ltd., BC Timber Sales, and others have been involved in piloting a project to test fundamental changes in the way forestry planning is done in BC. The project is guided by a provincial regulation, the Fort St. John Pilot Project Regulation. The regulation allows the participants to conduct planning in a way that considers the specific conditions found in the North Peace, and explore improved administrative effectiveness. The participants ensure that the planning systems maintain the level of protection for forest resources that is provided by the original Code. The focus, however, is from “process” to “On the ground results”. The Pilot Project has five major objectives.    -  Incorporate landscape level planning into forestry plans, using the Fort St. John LRMP as the guiding document    -  Combine individual forest development plans into one consolidated plan    -  Eliminate the need for individual approval of most site level plans    -  Establish a process for ongoing public involvement in forestry planning    -  Test certification processes as a means to maintain or improve environmental performance.