RESULTS Training Woodlot Reporting to RESULTS Legislative Context and Submission Documentation March 2013 Mei-Ching Tsoi [email protected].

RESULTS Training

Woodlot Reporting to RESULTS

Legislative Context and Submission Documentation

March 2013

Mei-Ching Tsoi

[email protected]

Modules

1. Legislative Context and Business Documentation

2. Online Data Entry Basics

3. Online Data Entry Demo

4. ESF Submission

5. RESULTS Canned Reports

Legislative Context

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Business Documentation

Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA)

FRPA s.29 (3) – Free growing stands for woodlot licence

Woodlot Licence Planning and Practices (WLPPR)

WLPPR s.76 – Annual reports (CF specifies form of an annual report)

WLPPR s.78 – Minister may grant exemptions

WLPPR s.83 – Relief or funding

WLPPR s.84 - Declarations

WoodlotLegal References

Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act

FPCBC70 – Silviculture prescriptions

Woodlot Licence Forest Management Regulation (WLFMR)

WLFMR s. 88 – Silviculture survey

WLFMR s.88.1 – Free growing declarations

WLFPR s.89 – Reporting obligations (annual report)

WoodlotLegal References

Chief Forester Memo to WL Federation – Mandatory ESF April 10, 2007

http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/his/results/Data-Integrity-Issues-for-Woodlot-Licence-Holders.pdf

http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/his/results/business.htm

Preparing Submissions

Submission DeadlineApril 30

Dec 31 (calendar)

Jan 1 (calender year)

Activities/Milestones occurring Jan 1 to Dec 31 (calendar year)

• Harvesting – opening definition, SU’s, disturbance reporting, forest cover• Silviculture activity - silv treatments, planting with planting details (seedlot, trees, exceed limit)• Free growing due or passed – forest cover update* • Declaration of FG milestone

Not associated with submission deadline:

SU Modification of stocking standards - Amendments with or without approvals – may occur anytime

* Woodlots do not have regeneration milestone reporting requirement unless committed in WLP to regen

Reporting to RESULTS can occur throughout the year and not limited only to the deadline period.

Woodlot Licences

Woodlot Reporting Timeline

Generalized Lifecycle Reporting

SubmissionType

Mandatory Approximate Timing SpatialData Required

Details

OpeningDefinition

Yes At Harvest Completion*

Following Amendments

Annual Report Deadline

Yes Includes site plan, tenure.Must be provided to create Opening for all other reporting.

Disturbance Yes Upon Harvest Completion or Annually

Optional Forest Cover update is required with disturbance activity reporting

Silv Activity Yes Upon Activity Completion or Annually

Optional

Forest Cover Yes At Harvest Completion

Free Growing Declaration

Regeneration Declaration (when required or volunteered)

Yes Identifies inventory and silviculture labels as well as damage agents.

Supports milestone declaration.

ReportingLifecycle

* Post Harvest Forest Cover should not have NSR and reflect planting stocking, if possible. Otherwise, opening will have NSR until Free Growing

Submission to RESULTS:

• Forest Information Management Systems that can submit electronically to ESF (eg. EziLink)

• RESULTS Service providers

• Online RESULTS under One SU/one FC polygon scenario – non blanket CPs

Submission Methods

Must have a bceid account and authorized to submit to RESULTS

RESULTS Accesshttp://www.for.gov.bc.ca/his/results/

RESULTS Pre-Conditions

• Cutblock must be status of “HB” or “LC”

Use of Exhibit ‘A’ Online Spatial Function• FTA CP application with spatial by cutblock submitted

• Only one standard unit and one Forest Cover polygon created for the opening

All of the above conditions must be met to use RESULTS online entry.

If require more than one Standard Unit or more than one Forest Cover,

then must use submit via ESF.

RESULTS – Technical Documentationhttp://www.for.gov.bc.ca/his/results/techDocs.htm

Provides processing rules, dependencies, optionality, context of what information and where it is located in RESULTS – clues to which tables to look for.

Online & ESF Submission Requirements – need to refer to both

RESULTS – Training Recordings & documentation http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/his/results/training/index.htm

Refer to Training website for powerpoints, documentation, recordings or any upcoming training opportunities.

More themes exists than what is shown on this slide.

References on RESULTS Website

Business Documentation

http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/his/results/business.htm

Business/Spatial Views http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/his/results/spatialviews.htm

Technical DocumentationApplication and ESF

http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/his/results/techDocs.htm

Training Resources http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/his/results/training/index.htm

RESULTS – Application Support http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/his/results/support.htm