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Cheakamus Community Forest Ecosystem Based Management Case Study BC Land Summit, May 2009 The Opportunity BC Ministry of Forests Community Forest Program Joint Partnership: Lilwat Nation, Squamish Nation & Resort Municipality


  1. Cheakamus Community Forest Ecosystem Based Management Case Study BC Land Summit, May 2009

  2. The Opportunity • BC Ministry of Forests Community Forest Program • Joint Partnership: Lil’wat Nation, Squamish Nation & Resort Municipality of Whistler • 20,000 m3 Annual Allowable Cut • Cheakamus Community Forest tenure signed April 9, 2009

  3. The Land Base • Protected Area 14,983 ha • Managed Area – Old Growth 7,569 – Second Growth 5,671 – NSR 334 – Non productive 4,289 – Total 17,846 ha 32,846 ha • Total Land Base

  4. The Goals • Ecosystem Based Management approach • Strengthened Relationships between communities • Employment & Capacity Building for First Nations • Public Education • Revenue to enhance the Community Forest

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  6. The EBM Approach So, what is Ecosystem Based Management? Coast Information Team definition …an adaptive approach to managing human activities that seeks to ensure the coexistence of healthy, fully functioning ecosystems and human communities.

  7. The EBM Approach Ecotrust Canada (ecotrust.ca) Building the conservation economy in coastal BC The intersection of conservation and community economic development promoting innovation and providing services to green and grow local economies

  8. The EBM Approach WHY EBM? Aligns with the partners’ existing land use plans and community values. Desire to move away from “business as usual” Forest Stewardship Council certification

  9. The EBM Approach Challenges Moving to a fundamentally different management model Limited resources for implementation Dealing with complex systems

  10. The EBM Approach 1. Identify current ecosystem representation & protected areas 2. Analyze seral stages of existing forest 3. Highlight sensitive ecosystems 4. Develop management directions

  11. The EBM Approach And….. Integrating Human Well-Being Objectives of the three communities: – First Nations’ cultural values – Sustainability – Recreation – Visuals

  12. The EBM Approach 1. Identify current ecosystem representation & protected areas at multiple scales. • Eco region • Eco section • Soo, Callaghan, and Whistler Landscape Units • Cheakamus Community Forest

  13. C ultural M ana g em ent A reas S ho w h Lak es R ec. R eserve S 2S LR M P W ildlan ds U ngulate W inter R ange M ule D eer M ou nta in G oa t L egal O G M A R edlisted E cos ystem s* W etland s F luvial U nits* B luelisted E cosystem s* F ish stre am s & Lakes (b uffe re d) C heakam us C om m unity Forest

  14. The EBM Approach 1. Identify current ecosystem representation & protected areas 2. Analyze seral stages of existing forest

  15. The EBM Approach 1. Identify current ecosystem representation & protected areas 2. Analyze seral stages of existing forest 3. Highlight sensitive ecosystems

  16. The EBM Approach Highlight sensitive ecosystems • Under-represented seral stages/BEC variants • Red & blue listed ecosystems and species • Riparian & aquatic habitats • Sensitive soils

  17. The EBM Approach 1. Identify current ecosystem representation & protected areas 2. Analyze seral stages of existing forest 3. Highlight sensitive ecosystems 4. Develop management directions

  18. The EBM Approach Management Direction Examples • All red-listed plant communities should be reserved from harvest. • Within blue-listed plant communities, 70% of the area should be reserved from harvest.

  19. The EBM Approach Management Direction Examples • Within cutblocks, >15% of the basal area should be retained as long term structural diversity. • S1 to S3 fish streams and lakes should be buffered with a riparian reserve zone 1.5 times the height of the dominant trees.

  20. A Variety of Approaches Mixed retention - - 19% 19% Mixed retention Group retention Group retention - - 13% 13% Group selection Group selection Mixed retention - Mixed retention - 16% 16% Two Two- -pass retention pass retention - - 53% 53% Standing stem harvesting Standing stem harvesting

  21. A Variety of Approaches • How much and what pattern: landscape context, natural disturbance, riparian • Effectiveness for biodiversity: lifeboating species, structure, windthrow • Growth impacts: group vs dispersed • People factors: safety, costs, public acceptance

  22. Adaptive Management A formal process for continually improving management practices by learning from the outcomes of operational and experimental practices. Bunnell et al. 2003

  23. Adaptive Management Cycle Assess problem Design Adjust Implement Evaluate Monitor

  24. Next Steps • Developing Targets for Seral Stage Distribution • Identifying the High Value Conservation Forests – i.e. Important Wildlife Habitat • Integrating the Human Well-Being Objectives of the three communities: – First Nations’ cultural values – Recreation – Visuals

  25. Thank you

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