Community Forest Program Review and Update

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Community Forest Program Review and Update

• BCCFA Conference AGM
• April 23, 2005
• byRon GreschnerSenior Timber Tenures Forester

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AGENDA

• Overview of Legislation changes
• Accomplishments over the last year
• Summary
• Questions

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Overview of changes in Legislation

• -FRPA
• -Bill 33 (Forest Act)
• -Community Tenures Regulation
• -Community Forest Agreement Reg

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FRPA Jan 2004

• FPC repealed
• Community Forests have to do FSP (under FPPR)
• Transition provisions During transition Community
  Forests can submit FDP under FPC/WLFMR or FSP
  under FRPA/FPPR
• Any FDP (existing or submitted during transition)
  is valid till its approval date expires or it is
  replaced with a FSP
• Transition period ends Dec 31, 2005.

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Bill 33 (May 2004)

• deletes section 43.5(1-3 5) of the Forest Act
• adds section 43.2 to the Forest Act
• these 2 changes in essence change Community
  Forest Pilot Agreements to Probationary
  Community Forest Agreements
• adds section 43.51 to the Forest Act allows for
  direct invitations to apply
• adds section 43.52 to the Forest Act which allows
  RM/DM to change the area or boundary of a CFA

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Community Tenures Regulation (July 2004)

• under the Forest Act
• describes who/what constitutes an eligible
  applicant
• describes application requirements
• describes evaluation of applications
• describes assessment of PFCA
• describes how Direct Invitations to apply works
• describes when a change in area or boundary may
  occur

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Community Forest Agreement Regulation

• - under FPC
• allows for Community Forests to use WLFMR for
  operational planning (FDP)

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Accomplishments over last year

• Grant to BCCFA
• CFPA assessments
• CFPA activity
• CFA program expansion
• website

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British Columbia Community Forest Association
(BCCFA)

• August 2005 MOF grants BCCFA 25,000 as seed
  money to help guidebook delivery sessions,
  extension services, develop website

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CFPA assessments in 2004

• 4 of the 8 active CFAs assessed in 2004
• 2 offered long term licences
• 2 offered extensions

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CFPA activity 2004

• 312,00 m3 harvested
• 1,444,400 stumpage revenue generated
• 4.60/m3 avg (range .025 to over 20)

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CFA program expansion since 2004

• 2004 2005
• issued 8 11
• offered 3 2
• invites 4 26
• Total 15 37
• 3 earlier this week! Whistler, Pemberton,
  Squamish

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Website

• Website updated
• added pictures
• new layout
• link to BCCFA website
• http//www.for.gov.bc.ca/hth/community/index.htm

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Sample picture (minister Harris in Powell River)
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Summary

• Changes to legislation
• number of assessments
• program expanded

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QUESTIONS??