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BC Timber Sales - forest stewardship plans

Last updated on April 24, 2024

A forest stewardship plan (FSP) is a map-based, landscape-level plan of potential forest development activities that are intended to take place in the plan area. A forest stewardship plan must be prepared by all forest agreement holders including BC Timber Sales.

Provisions under the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) have been amended under the Forest Statutes Amendment Act (Bill 23, 2021). To learn more about Forest Landscape Plans which will gradually replace the current Forest Stewardship Plans, click here.

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The forest stewardship plan must be approved by the B.C. government before authority is given to agreement holders to carry out activities on the land, including harvesting and road related activities. Forest stewardship plans have a term of up to five years or, if extended, up to 10 years.

Purpose of a forest stewardship plan

A forest stewardship plan identifies areas where forest development, such as harvesting and road work, may occur over the term of a plan. It will also provide First Nations, stakeholders, the public, resources agencies and other agreement-holder’s an opportunity to review and comment on the agreement-holder’s plans for forest development in an area. The forest stewardship plan will identify how the agreement-holder will be consistent with government objectives for the plan area through results and/or strategies.

The government objectives address values specific to:

  • Soils
  • Water
  • Fish
  • Wildlife
  • Biodiversity
  • Cultural heritage resources
  • Timber
  • Forage
  • Recreation
  • Resource features
  • Visual quality

Forest landscape plans

Forest landscape plans (FLPs) are a new part of the planning framework in British Columbia. FLPs establish clear outcomes for the management of forest resource values within defined areas. As FLPs will replace forest stewardship plans, BCTS is supporting the evolution of the planning framework by participating in FLP pilots and working groups that are developing the FLP framework. Learn more about forest landscape plans.

Forest operations maps

Recent amendments to the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) require forest stewardship plan (FSP) holders to make a forest operations map (FOM) available for public review and comment as part of the cutting/road permit review and approval process. BCTS will be making use of the Ministry of Forests FOM on-line portal to make its FOMs available for public review and comment. The content on the forest operation map will include BCTS proposed timber sales licences and road building activity.

Public review and comment

BC Timber Sales forest stewardship plans are available for public review and comment before being approved by the B.C. government.

Please contact the BC Timber Sales business area for more information or to review plans in person.

BC Timber Sales forest stewardship plans

BC Timber Sales forest stewardship plans by business area:

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Babine (TBA)

 

Cariboo-Chilcotin (TCC)

 

Chinook (TCH)

 

Kamloops (TKA)

 

Kootenay (TKO)

 

Okanagan-Columbia (TOC)

 

Prince George (TPG)

 

Peace-Liard (TPL)

 

Strait of Georgia (TSG)

 

Skeena (TSK)

 

Stuart-Nechako (TSN)

 

Seaward-tlasta (TST)

 

 

Contact information

For questions and comments about BCTS forest stewardship plans, contact the BCTS business area.

For general questions about BC Timber Sales and policy, contact us:

Office
250-356-1918

Forests.BCTimberSalesHQOffice@gov.bc.ca
Mailing
BC Timber Sales
PO BOX 9507 STN PROV GOVT
Victoria, BC
V8W 9C1