Forest cover inventories
Last updated on June 2, 2023The Forest Resources Commission (FRC) recommended a review of the provincial resource inventory process in its 1991 report, The Future of our Forests. The result was the Vegetation Resources Inventory (VRI). The VRI is a photo-based, two-phased vegetation inventory design consisting of:
- VRI phase 1: photo interpretation – Photo interpretation involves estimating vegetation polygon characteristics from existing information, aerial photography or other sources. No sampling is done
- VRI phase 2: ground sampling – Ground Sampling phase uses mandatory Net Volume Adjustment Factor (NVAF) sampling to help calculate inventory adjustment factors
- Forest inventory update - The Forest Inventory is updated annually for new inventories, depletion, regeneration and free growing declarations, as well as wildfires and other natural disturbance to the land base
Contact information
If you have questions about any of these inventories, you can contact the following areas:
Forest Cover Inventories: Inventory Operations Team Lead
bruce.mcclymont@gov.bc.ca
bruce.mcclymont@gov.bc.ca
Ground Sample Inventories: Forest Productivity &Â Sample Data Team Lead
scott.mackinnon@gov.bc.ca
scott.mackinnon@gov.bc.ca
Forest Inventory Update:Â Forest Inventory Team Lead
marc.rousseau@gov.bc.ca
marc.rousseau@gov.bc.ca