5/9/2023 0 Comments Forest landscapeThey are one of the resources that must be considered in the Ministry's integrated resource management of Provincial Forests. Scenic landscapes and aesthetics are one of the amenity resources that make up the Provincial Forest recreation resource. The statutory authority for forest landscape management derives from visual values being a resource. The Forest Landscape Handbook remains the foundation and primary source document for and is an integral part of this chapter on forest landscape management.Īuthority and Policy for Forest Landscape Management It set out, as the goal of FLM, "to retain or enhance forest landscape values in keeping with the concepts and principles of integrated resource management." It also enumerated a set of basic objectives for FLM. It developed a five-step process for implementing FLM techniques and practices. The Forest Landscape Handbook, therefore, set out initial principles, approaches and procedures for landscape management in British Columbia. The Ministry's Forest Landscape Handbook (1981) adapted and applied those concepts and principles for use in British Columbia. ![]() Many of the initial concepts and principles of landscape management were pioneered by the United States Forest Service. incorporating and establishing approved visual quality objectives in all forest plans.developing and applying computer tools to facilitate the assessment of cost, volume and allowable annual cut implications to timber harvesting of different landscape designs.applying FLM principles and practices to forest management activities other than timber harvesting (e.g., recreation site and trail management, wilderness management, recreation corridor management).translating relatively conceptual and subjective expressions of landscape management objectives (i.e., visual quality objectives or VQOs) into more operational silvicultural, timber harvesting and road building guidelines for each area and situation.better understanding of public preferences for different landscapes, and the limits of social acceptability to landscape alteration.Since the introduction of landscape management to British Columbia in the 1970s, and the establishment of basic FLM concepts and principles, FLM has developed into a highly specialized, technical and rapidly evolving activity which currently involves: The primary focus of FLM is the mitigation of the visual impacts of timber harvesting and road building. And about 20% of British Columbia's commercial timber is in visually sensitive areas, such as steep slopes along travel corridors through mountainous regions.įorest landscape management (FLM or landscape management) is the identification and assessment of visual values, and the consideration of those values in the integrated resource management of Provincial Forests. Today, about 85% of the timber harvested in British Columbia is by clearcut logging. Timber harvesting and other activities alter these landscapes. Visual values, therefore, are one of the most important amenity values that make up British Columbia's Provincial Forest recreation resource. British Columbia's world renowned landscapes are a part of its heritage, a source of everyday enjoyment for its residents and the resource base underlying much of its tourism industry. In British Columbia, scenic beauty is a much valued resource. ![]() IIa The Social Acceptability of Landscape Alteration 11.2 Overview of the Forest Landscape Management (FLM) Processġ1.5 Setting FLM Objectives, Priorities and Guidelinesġ1.7.2 Landscape Rehabilitation and Enhancementġ The Forest Landscape Management (FLM) ProcessĢ The Relationship Between the Six Phases of the FLM Process and theįive Steps Identified in the Forest Landscape Handbookģ The Role of FLM Within the Recreation ProgramĤ The Components of a Landscape Inventoryĥ Sensitivity Levels in a Landscape Inventoryħ Setting FLM Objectives, Priorities and Guidelines Through the Hierarchy of IRM Plans
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