PFIT WORKSHOP Post-FSP Learning's BCTS – Okanagan Columbia March 7 th, 2007 A presentation at the PFIT Post FSP Workshop by Dave Gill on BCTS’s experience implementing FSPs.

TOC BACKGROUND ____________________________ 1 FSP for Business Area (~750,000m3 AAC) 3 TSA’s 2 HLP’s 1 Policy LRMP 6 TFL’s 18 First Nations groups Approved November 2006…. now what?....

Implementation …..Implementation….

IMMEDIATE CHALLENGES ____________________________ Practices Group Transition uncertainties Processes lacking First Nation consultation

ACTIONS TAKEN ____________________________ FSP 101 for Practices Group FSP for Dummies Document

ACTIONS TAKEN (cont’d) ____________________________ Planning Route Card Species at Risk Checklist TSL Access Route Card

MOVING FORWARD ____________________________ Bank of FDP approved blocks Developing Operating Plans Open and ongoing dialogue with Op’s Div Testing the new Genus Planning Module First Nations Consultation How will C&E Interpret our R/S’s?

IF WE HAD THE CHANCE TO DO IT ALL OVER…….. ____________________________ FDU boundaries Work closer with other licensee’s Spend less time on the Section 7 R/S’s Keep “Practicable” in our text

SUCCESSES ____________________________ Planners and ownership Moving beyond lists and formulas A template for BCTS Operating Plans Improved internal communications between the Planners and Practices Foresters

SO..WHERE TO FROM HERE? “Living” Due Diligence/Professional Reliance“Living” Due Diligence/Professional Reliance Implementing the Genus Planning ModuleImplementing the Genus Planning Module Amendments “a fact of life”Amendments “a fact of life” FSP Tracking System?....FSP Tracking System?.... Building stronger relations with First Nations, Stakeholders, and Licensee’sBuilding stronger relations with First Nations, Stakeholders, and Licensee’s