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File: 12500-12

June 19, 2001

To Distribution List

Dear Sir/Madam:

Re: Review of Landscape Unit Planning Implementation and Effectiveness
Monitoring Framework, June 2001

The attached draft report, Landscape Unit Planning Implementation and Effectiveness Monitoring Framework, June 2001, outlines the proposed approach for monitoring landscape unit planning (LUP) across the province. The document is intended as a draft for further review and feedback purposes. This framework has been developed as a result of three provincial workshops involving MOF, MELP, industry and ENGO participation.

In addition, the LUP monitoring framework has been developed in accordance with direction in the Landscape Unit Planning Guide, specifically that a monitoring process is required in order to track overall effectiveness for conservation of biodiversity and stand level retention targets. The implementation of landscape unit planning must proceed in an efficient and consistent manner across the province to achieve the government’s goals of conserving biodiversity and implementing the Code within approved timber supply impact levels. Management controls are critical to ensuring efficiency and consistency across the province.

The LUP monitoring framework consists of implementation and effectiveness components. Implementation monitoring is intended to determine the extent to which management direction is being interpreted and followed for old growth and wildlife tree retention while minimizing impacts on timber supply. Effectiveness monitoring employs indicators that are intended to measure the effectiveness of current policy in meeting the province’s conservation of biodiversity and retention of stand structure through LUP goals or objectives. The report contains background on the recommended approach taken for implementation and effectiveness monitoring and a series of monitoring tables, reports and indicators for both components. It is the monitoring tables, reports and indicators that actually form the core of the monitoring framework to be operationally implemented. Please refer to Appendix F of the report in order to review the tables, reports and indicators. Most of the information is to be automatically derived and rolled up from LU information compiled in LU data sets. The report also outlines a proposed approach for assessment of impacts, workshop feedback, recommendations and a summary.

This report is now being distributed to all workshop participants in order to obtain input on the proposed approach and contents of the framework. We would appreciate your assessment of the approach and content of this framework to determine the feasibility of implementing it or need for further refinement. We realize that there is presently a significant reorganization of MOF and MELP underway and that some aspects of the report pertaining to roles and responsibilities will need to be revised. Nevertheless, we feel it is timely to review the monitoring framework direction and content given the overall need to maintain critical momentum on the landscape unit planning initiative.

Please provide your feedback or refer any questions you may have to Graham Hawkins (, tel: 250-356-0438 / fax: 250-387-1487) by July 20. Your input will be used by the LUP Monitoring Team to further refine the approach and/or contents of this framework as needed prior to further piloting and operational implementation over the next year.

Yours truly,

Ralph Archibald
Director
Forest Practices Branch

pc: Rod Davis, Director, Habitat Branch

Attachment: Landscape Unit Planning Implementation and Effectiveness Monitoring Framework, June 2001

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