This page is a library of links to BC forestry resources – reports, maps, watershed studies, government data, research, and articles from across the province and beyond. We built this database so journalists, researchers, citizens, community leaders and policymakers can easily access information. They are divided into categories – Boundary area, ecology, forest management, climate change, and flooding – but there’s lots of overlap! Please note: some links may be expired or have been removed/changed by the original source.
Boundary Area
- Planned Timber Harvesting at Two Recreation Sites near Rock Creek, BC, Complaint Investigation– Forest Practices Board
- A Log Sort Yard for the Boundary Area, A Feasibility Analysis– Timberland Consultants, LTD report
- Threat Assessment of the Riparian Areas in the Kettle River Watershed– Granby Wilderness Society report
- West Boundary Community Forest Public Presentation 12/2017
- Professional Reliance Submission– Boundary Environmental Alliance, Speak Up for Wildlife Foundation report
- Grand Forks Council Resolutions– City of Grand Forks
- Boundary Timber Supply Area: Rational for the AAC 2014
- Statistical Adjustment of Dense Lodgepole Pine Polygons in the Boundary Forest District v2
- Municipal Natural Assets Initiative: Grand Forks, BC– City of Grand Forks, MNAI report
- Forest Roads and Grizzly Bear Management in the Kettle-Granby Area, Complaint Investigation– Forest Practices Board
- Kettle River Watershed Management Plan– RDKB, kettleriver.ca report
- Forest Stewdardship Plan #601 2017-2021– -BC Timber Sales, Kootenay Business Area report
- Historical Grand Forks Photos and Info, Kalmakov– -Kalmakov.com
- Ecosection Summaries for the Kootenay-Boundary Region– -Ministry of Forests report
- Soil Survey of the Kettle River Valley– -BC Dept of Agriculture (antiquated) report
- Kootenay Boundary Higher Level Plan Order– -BC Ministry of Forests and Range report
- RDKB Regional Heritage Conservation Service Feasibility Study– RDKB report
- Climate Change and the Kootenay Boundary-Kettle River Watershed Planning, RDKB report
- Water Quality and Source Water Protection: Kettle River Watershed– RDKB report
- State of Understanding of the Hydrogeology of the Grand Forks Aquifer– BC Ministry of Environemnt, SFU report
- Kettle River Watershed Management Plan: A Critique– Boundary Environmental Alliance
- Kettle River Watershed Management Plan: Phase 1 Technical Assessment-Summit Environmental Consulting report
- Boundary TSA Timber Supply Public Discussion Paper– BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development FLNRORD report
- Boundary Timber Supply Area: Timber Supply Review– BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development FLNRORD report
- Outback Snowmobile Tours, Application/ Comments Link– BC government
- Interfor Annual Financial Statements– Interfor, KPMG report
- Water Stewardship Information Sources– Ministry of Forest, Land, and Natural Resources FLNR database
- Okanagan River Most Endangered in Province– Global News article
- Floodplain Mapping, Kettle River– BC government
- Floodplain Mapping, Kettle and Granby Rivers- Design Brief– Acres International Ltd report
- Kettle River Watershed Harvest History Map– David Leversee
- Get to Know Your Groundwater Guide– iMap BC
- BC Licensee Area Mapping– BC government
Flooding
- Flooding and Landslide Events, Southern BC 1808-2006– BC Government report
- Clearcutting Forests Causes Water Woes– Peachland View article
- Deforestation in Snowy Regions Causes More Floods– UBC Faculty of Forestry
- Snowline Pattern during the Melt Season
- 2018 BC Floods, 1 Year Update– Canadian Red Cross report
- Sprawling Clearcuts Among Reasons for BC’s Monster Spring Floods– The Narwhal article
Ecology
- FRST 557 Forest Operations Module, Lecture 5a– Hydrology
- Taking Nature’s Pulse: The Status of Biodiversity in BC– Biodiversity BC report
- Selkirk Mountain Caribou Park Petition Fact Sheet– Valhalla Wilderness Society
- Forest Harvesting and Water Quality: Case Study China Creek– UBC School of Community and Regional Planning SCARP report
- Top Ten Watershed Lessons Learned– EPA factsheet
- Snow Survey and Water Supply Bulletin Feb 2019– BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development FLNRORD
- Best Riparian Management Practices Lead to Good Outcomes for All– Forest and Range Evaluation Program FREP extention note
- Evaluating the Effects of Sedimentation from Forest Roads– University of Florida academic paper
- The Importance of Small Streams in BC– Forest and Range Evaluation Program FREP extention note
- Advancing Freshwater Protection– POLIS Project, University of Victoria brief
- Primer on the Ecological Accounting Process– Partnership in Water Sustainability in BC primer
- Improving Wildlife Management and Habitat Conservation– BC Government policy primer
- Post-Harvest Condition Of Stream Channels, Fish Habitats, And Adjacent Riparian Areas– Forest and Range Evaluation Program FREP extention note
- Expert Says Forests Killed by Insects or Fire Need to be Protected– Coast Reporter article
- Fuel Treatment Prescriptions Alter Spatial Patterns of Fire– Elsevier Forest Ecology and Management report
- Equivalent Clearcut Area as an Indicator of Hydrologic Change In Watersheds BC– BC Government extention note
- Post Harvest Condition of Stream Channels, Fish Habitats, and Adjacent Riparian Areas– Forest and Range Evaluation Program FREP extention note
- Invasive Plant and Pest Management in Southern BC– BC Government report
- Forestry and Carbon in BC– SkeenaWild Conservation Trust, Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition report
- Snow Survey and Water Supply Bulletin Jan 2020– BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development FLNRORD
- Post Natural Disaster Forest Retention Guidance 2017 Wildfires– BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development FLNRORD info guide
- A GIS Indicator-Based Watershed Assessment Procedure– BC Government report
- 2018 Overview of Forest Health Southern BC– BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development FLNRORD report
- Forest Health Stand Establishment Decision Aid– BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management, Forrex.org extention note
- Field Guide to Forest Damage in BC– BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development FLNRORD info guide
- Streamflow Responses to Road Building and Harvesting– US Forest Service report
- A Watershed Security Fund for BC– POLIS, First Nations Fishery Council, BCWF, BC Freshwater legacy Initiative report
- A Framework for Ecosystem Management in Interior Columbia Basin– US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service report
- Forests and Water Yield Synthesis of Disturbance on Stream Flow Snowpack– Journal of Forestry report
- Report on Gray Wolf Management Practices in B.C.– Wolf Awareness report
- Assessing Upland and Riparian Areas– British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Forest Practices Branch report
- Whitebark Pine logging in B.C.– The Narwhal article
Forest Management
- Where, Oh Where: Hydrology and Watershed Management– BC Forest Professional magazine article
- Thinking Like a Forester– The Forestry Chronicle article
- An Orwellian path to fraud in BC’s forests– Focus on Victoria article
- Applying Solutions from the Great Bear Rainforest Agreements to Vancouver Island, the South Coast, and Beyond– Environmental Law Centre Clinic, University of Victoria report
- Arrow Timber Supply Area Rationale for Allowable Annual Cut (AAC) Determination 2017
- Taking Back Control of Resource Extraction on Public Land– Focus on Victoria article
- Axed: A Decade of Cuts to BC’s Forest Service– Sierra Club BC, CCPA report
- Future of Forests and Communities on Vancouver Island– Island Forest Futures report
- Emergence Of A Biodiversity Concept In Swedish Forest Policy– Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences academic paper
- Establishing a Commercial Crop of Trees on Temporary Access Roads in the BC Interior– Forest and Range Evaluation Program FREP extension note
- Forest Practices Board Recommendations– Forest Practices Board report
- Sustainable Land Use– Real Estate Foundation of BC report
- Improving Forest and Range Stewardship Planning: a Multi-Year Initiative in BC– Office of the Chief Forester in the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resources Operations and Rural Development (FLNRORD)
- Top Ten Forestry Fables– Northwest Institute speech
- Establishment of the Creston Log Sort Yard: a Case Study– BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management, Forrex.org extension note
- Audit of the Ministry of Forests, Land and Natural Resource Operations’ Management of Timber– Office of the Auditor General of BC report
- Public and Private Workers of Canada Winter 2018 Leaflet– Public and Private Workers of Canada PPWC report
- Professional Reliance Review– BC Government report
- The Need to Reform BC’s Private Managed Forest Land Act– Environmental Law Centre Clinic, University of Victoria report
- Forestry Dialogue: Developing A Pathway for the Long-Term Management of BC’s Forests– Northwest Institute for Bioregional Research
- Ecosystems-Based Management Planning Handbook– Coast Information Team report
- News Release: Changes Will Encourage Diversity in BC’s Forest Sector– BC government
- Independent Review of Forest Practices of Nova Scotia
- Government Response to the Independent Review of Forest Practices of Nova Scotia
- Managing the Cumulative Effects of Natural Resource Development in BC– BC Auditor report
- Professional Reliance Review– Herb Hammond report
- News Release: Ministry of Health Needs to do More to Ensure Safety of Drinking Water
- Report on the Budget 2020 Consultation– Legislative Assembly of BC report
- Restoring Forestry in BC– Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives CCPA report
- Opportunities to Improve the Forest and Range Practices Act– Forest Practices Board report
- A Forestry Dialogue Agenda– Northwest Institute for Bioregional Research event outline
- Interior Forest Sector Renewal- Policy Discussion Paper
- A Conversation on BC Forests– Healthy Forests Healthy Communities database
- Conservation of Resilience, Renewal and Complexity in BC’s Forests
- A Land Ethic for Resource Managers– Silviculture magazine article
- Log Sort Yard Economics, Planning and Feasibility– US Forest Service report
- Community Forest Indicators 2018– BC Community Forest Association report
- Brief but Tortuous History of Forestry in BC– Northwest Institute presentation
- Road Deactivation Across BC– BC Forest Professional magazine article
- Tactical Forest Planning– Forest Practices Board report
- Nova Scotia Vows to Reduce Clear Cutting– CBC News article
- Forest Practices Code of BC Biodiversity Handbook
- Strategy for Implementation of the Retention Silviculture System– Chilliwack Forest District BC Timber Sales Program
- History of Information Technology in the BC Forest Service
- Significant Events in Timberland and Forestry Legislation in BC
- BC First Nations Forest Strategy– BC First Nations Forestry Council report
- Submission to Interior Forest Sector Renewal Engagement– BC Rural Centre
- Community Forests, Community Benefits– Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition report
- Making Forest Policy More Effective– Omineca Beetle Action Coalition report
- BC Community Forest Association Submission to the Interior Forest Sector Renewal Engagement
- Recommendations to Support the Revitalization of the BC Interior Forest Sector– BC First Nations Forestry Council report
- Restoring Forestry In BC– Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives CCPA report
- BC Rural Centre Submission to the Interior Forestry Revitalization Initiative
- UBCM Session: Forest Policy Decision-Making
- Investigation: Canada’s Growing Wood Pellet Industry Threaten Forests– Stand. Earth report
- Words Hide Truth– Prince George Citizen article
- BC First Nations Forest Strategy- Implementation Plan
- Forestry Doesn’t Pay the Bills– Focus on Victoria article
- Political Amnesia, and the Long, Slow Fall of Timber in BC– The Tyee article
- A Blueprint for Watershed Governance BC– POLIS report
- 2018 Economic State of the B.C.Forest Sector– BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development FLNRORD report
- Reforestation in the Interior Douglas-Fir Subzone SIR53– Forest Practices Board report
- Learning About the BC Forest Sector– Healthy Forests Healthy Communities database
- BC’s Forest Industry and the Regional Economies– Pricewaterhouse Coopers report
- Sustainability and Strategy In The Canadian Model Forest Program– UBC report
- A New Future for Old Forests– report
- https://engage.gov.bc.ca/app/uploads/sites/563/2020/09/STRATEGIC-REVIEW-20200430.pdf
- ‘You can’t drink money’: Kootenay communities fight logging to protect their drinking water– The Narwhal article
- FRPA Phase II Changes-Joint ENGO Submission
- The Real Story of Water Protection in BC: Glade Creek– Glade Watershed Protection Society
- Principles of Watershed Management– US EPA training module
Climate Change
- Adapting Resource Management to Climate Change in the Kootenay Boundary Region– BC Government report
- Maintaining Natural BC for our Children, Selected Law Reform Proposals– Environmental Law Centre, University of Victoria report
- AGLG Mission Audit Report– Auditor General report
- Flexibility key as B.C. faces new wildfire reality, forests minister says– CBC.ca article
- Urban Policymakers IPCC Global Warming in Cities– Indian Institute for Human Settlements
- Top 10 Fires Seasons in BC Since 1950– CBC.ca article
- History of Quebec’s Declaration of Climate Emergency Campaign– Climate Action Network Canada brief
- FLNR Climate Change Strategy 2015-2020– Ministry of Forest, Land, and Natural Resources FLNR
- Cumulative Effects of Forest Disturbance and Climate Variability on Streamflow in the Deadman River Watershed– Forests journal, MDPI
- Potential Changes in Forest Composition Could Reduce Impact of Climate Change on Boreal Wildfires– Research Gate, Ecological Applications report
- Wildfires and Climate Change Push Low-Elevation Forests Across a Critical Climate Change Threshold for Tree Regeneration– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences report
- Forest Defense is Climate Defense– Oregon Wild report
- Forest Health and Climate Change– The Forestry Chronicle article
- Toolkit for Economic Preparedness– Economic Disaster Recovery Project report
- Intact Ecosystems Provide the Best Defense Against Climate Change– Nature Climate Change
- Memo: Responding to the Urgency of Climate Change– District of Highlands