RESULTS Business and Policy Documentation
Policies and procedures
Submission specifications data requirements
- RESULTS Information Submission Specifications: Licensee Submissions - Chief Forester Transmittal memo (PDF, 37KB)
- RESULTS Information Submission Specifications: Licensee Submissions 4th Edition (PDF, 1.4MB)
- RESULTS Information Submission Specifications: Government Funded Activities Edition 7c (June 2022) (PDF, 2MB)
Submission procedures
- RESULTS Attachment Standard for Government Funded Silviculture Activities (PDF, 181KB)
- Procedures on modifying Standard Unit Data (PDF, 516KB)
- Submitting Forest Cover to RESULTS for Openings with Treed Retention Edition 1.4 (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Cariboo Government Actions Regulation (GAR) RESULTS Processing (PDF, 207KB)
- Road Reporting Guidance Document Aug 2022 (PDF 314 KB)
Guidance documentation
- Guidelines for entering codes for Boreal White and Black Spruce zone and Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification (PDF, 85KB)
- Districts Roles and Responsibilities (PDF, 117KB)
- Amend Code Site Plans under the Forest and Range Practices Act (PDF, 262KB)
- Guidance Memorandum on Reporting Forest Cover Data for Blocks with High Residual Basal Area (Coastal) (PDF, 2.6MB)
Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) submission procedures
- Procedures for Using FSP-Approved Standards (PDF, 898KB)
- Addendum to Procedures for Using FSP-Approved Standards (PDF, 5.8MB)
- Reference Guide for Forest Development Plan Stocking Standards (XLSM, 641KB)
- Chief Forester's Procedural Letter on Stocking Standards (PDF, 278KB)
Woodlot submissions
- RESULTS Information Submission Specification: Woodlot Licensees 3rd Edition (2016) (PDF, 1.9MB)
- Memo - RESULTS Information Submission Specifications_Woodlots_March 2018 (PDF, 199KB)
Small Scale Salvage (SSS)
- SSS Forest Licence to Cut opening category guidance for RESULTS data entry (PDF, 144KB)
- Post Harvest Reporting Requirements Small Scale Salvage Licenses to Cut (PDF, 713KB)
- Chief Forester and ADM Directive on Silviculture Levies (PDF, 160KB)
Monosodium Methanearsenate (MSMA) treatments
- Expectations for the MSMA Provincial Policy (PDF, 87KB)
- MSMA Management Provincial Policy (PDF, 211KB)
- MSMA Activity Submission Guide (PDF, 249KB)
- Legacy Trees Reporting (PDF, 1.1MB)
Wildlife Tree Retention, resource features, and wild habitat features
Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification (BEC) codes
- Ecosystem Mapping Crosswalk Tables (PDF, 71KB)
- Biogeoclimatic Unit Crosswalk Table (PDF, 51KB) – This table shows the old to new code conversion for most biogeoclimatic units. If a site series conversion is required, go to BECdb.
Survey methods and stratification
- Chief Forester's Forest Planning Practices memo on stratification (PDF, 175KB) – Memo on Forest Planning and Practices Regulation amendments in response to the Forest Appeals Commission stratification ruling.
- Forest Cover Stratification and Milestone Declarations (PDF, 3.6MB) – Examples on how to stratify polygons for RESULTS submissions.
- Silviculture surveys
- Stratification and FSP Stocking Standards (PPT, 18.4MB) – Summarizes the relationship between stratification and FSP stocking standards and implications to decisions that affect stand growth and yield.