Old Growth Sample Clauses
The 'Old Growth' clause defines how old-growth timber or forests are identified, managed, or protected within the context of an agreement. Typically, this clause specifies criteria for what constitutes old-growth, such as tree age, size, or ecological characteristics, and may restrict logging, harvesting, or development activities in these areas. Its core function is to ensure the conservation of ecologically significant forests by setting clear guidelines and limitations, thereby preventing the depletion of irreplaceable natural resources.
Old Growth. The dispersed nature of the old growth forest of several EVCs in the Region including Shrubby Wet Forest and Wet Forest, is such that in some cases, it would be necessary to include a considerable area of non-old growth of already well-represented EVCs in order to achieve comparatively small gains in old growth forest protection. This would have resource availability implications. Reserving small isolates of old growth also presents operational and management problems particularly in relation to the identification of old growth forest in the field and the delineation of identifiable boundaries. The national reserve criteria provide for protection by prescription when certain values are dispersed in the landscape and it is not practicable to place reserve boundaries so as to capture them effectively or efficiently. The Agreement recognises that further protection is afforded to old growth forest values outside of the formal and informal CAR reserve elements through areas identified by the Code of Forest Practices for Timber Production prescriptions for exclusion of timber harvesting from streamside buffers and slopes of 30 degrees or more.
Old Growth. The dispersed nature of the old growth forest of several EVCs in the Region is such that in some cases, it would be necessary to include a considerable area of non-old growth of already well-represented EVCs in order to achieve comparatively small gains in old growth forest protection. This would have resource availability implications. Reserving small isolates of old growth also presents operational and management problems particularly in relation to the identification of old growth forest in the field and the delineation of identifiable boundaries. The national reserve criteria provide for protection by prescription when certain values are dispersed in the landscape and it is not practicable to place reserve boundaries so as to capture them effectively or efficiently. The Agreement recognises that further protection is afforded to old growth forest values outside the formal and informal CAR reserve elements through areas identified by the Code of Forest Practices for Timber Production prescriptions for exclusion of timber harvesting from streamside buffers and slopes of 30 degrees or more. 1 Coastal Dune Scrub Mosaic 11,200 8,925 80 6,640 59 6,640 - - - - - 2 271 1,990 2 Coast Banksia Woodland 3,475 1,382 40 ▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ - - - - - - ▇▇ 569 *3 Damp ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Woodland 40,883 14,306 35 E, V 7,884 55 7,877 7 - - - - - 438 5,944 ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 23 23 100 R, V 17 73 17 - - - - - 6 - - 6 Sand Heathland 8,289 7,402 89 6,795 82 6,795 - - - - - 2 302 304 7 Clay Heathland 683 685 100 R 605 88 319 287 - - - - - 0 79 8 Wet Heathland 14,390 7,408 51 6,629 46 6,428 201 0 88 0 - - 63 627 *9 Coastal Saltmarsh 7,710 7,059 92 E, R, V 4,391 62 4,391 - - - - - - 207 2,107 *10 Estuarine Wetland 8,377 12,266 146 E, V 6,641 54 6,641 - - - - - - 547 4,813 ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 59 59 100 R 59 100 59 - - - - - - - - 12 Wet Swale Herbland ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ R 193 100 193 - - - - - - - - *15 Limestone Box Forest 1,430 746 52 R, V 330 44 188 142 - - - 34 - 10 361 16 Lowland Forest 258,999 116,680 45 39,932 15 17,247 22,685 476 32,271 1,834 2,952 0 1,277 37,925 17 Riparian Scrub Complex - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - 5 18 Riparian Forest 9,687 9,014 93 V 6,226 69 3,660 2,566 13 828 987 101 - 307 512 19 Riparian Shrubland 4,375 1,660 38 R 760 46 418 342 - 0 - - - 230 111 20 Heathy Dry Forest 88,161 85,014 96 53,345 61 41,061 12,284 582 18,989 6,174 817 - 182 4,871 21 Shrubby Dry Forest 272,744 263,821 97 127,961 47 69,760 58,201 3,219 95,620 24,177 1,301 - 102 11,429 22 Grassy D...
Old Growth. Old growth is a generic term to describe forests with old trees. Old growth generally has a complex stand structure with many microhabitat niches that have developed over a long period of time. While there is no single definition, in British Columbia, for management purposes, old growth is often described based on the age of the trees - usually 250+ years on the coast and 140+ in the interior (Old Growth Review Panel 2020). For the purpose of this Management Plan, old growth refers to a stand of trees 250 years or older. Most of the operable area of the SQCF landbase has been previously logged, with most of the remaining old growth located at higher elevations and in difficult to access areas. Maintaining an appropriate level of old growth is one of the overarching goals for the Community Forest. SQCF is committed to managing for old growth through the application of provincial and district policies such as Landscape Unit Plan objectives. The primary mechanisms for managing and maintaining a component of old growth stands and structure within the Community Forest at the landscape and at the stand level are through consistency with established objectives for Old Growth Management Areas (OGMAs) and Wildlife Tree Retention Areas (WTRAs). Old growth structure will be maintained or promoted through appropriate harvest systems and block level retention strategies. When applied in younger stands, these strategies improve structural diversity and can lead to the development of old growth structure over time. Old growth may be recruited by not logging some areas that were previously logged. Various areas of the SQCF are prioritized for non-timber values and in which timber harvest is prohibited or restricted (i.e. Cultural Sites, Wildland Zone, Wildlife Habitat Areas and Ungulate Winter Ranges). Portions of these areas contain old growth or include younger stands which will develop into old growth over time, thus also contributing to the maintenance and recruitment of old growth values.