RESULTS Business and Policy Documentation

Submission Specifications Data Requirements

• RESULTS Information Submission Specifications: Licensee Submissions - Chief Forester Transmittal memo (PDF)
• RESULTS Information Submission Specifications: Licensee Submissions 4th Edition (PDF, 1.4MB)
• RESULTS Information Submission Specifications: Government Funded Activities Edition 7a (11 May 2021) (PDF, 2MB)

Submission Procedures

• RESULTS Attachment Standard for Government Funded Silviculture Activities (PDF)
• Procedures on modifying Standard Unit Data (PDF)
• Submitting Forest Cover to RESULTS for Openings with Treed Retention Edition 1.4 (PDF)
• Cariboo Government Actions Regulation (GAR) RESULTS Processing (PDF)

Guidance Documentation

• Guidelines for entering codes for Boreal White and Black Spruce zone & Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification (PDF)
• Districts Roles and Responsibilities (PDF) 
• Amend Code Site Plans under the Forest and Range Practices Act (PDF)
• Guidance Memorandum on Reporting Forest Cover Data for Blocks with High Residual Basal Area (Coastal) (PDF, 2.6 MB)

Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) Submission Procedures

• Procedures for Using FSP-Approved Standards (PDF)
• Addendum to Procedures for Using FSP-Approved Standards (PDF)
• Reference Guide for Forest Development Plan Stocking Standards (XLSM)
• Chief Forester's Procedural Letter on Stocking Standards (PDF)

Woodlot Submissions

• RESULTS Information Submission Specification: Woodlot Licensees 3rd Edition (2016) (PDF, 1.9MB)
• Memo - RESULTS Information Submission Specifications_Woodlots_March 2018

Small Scale Salvage (SSS)

• SSS Forest Licence to Cut opening category guidance for RESULTS data entry (PDF)
• Post Harvest Reporting Requirements Small Scale Salvage Licenses to Cut (PDF)
• Chief Forester and ADM Directive on Silviculture Levies (PDF)

Monosodium Methanearsenate (MSMA) Treatments

• Expectations for the MSMA Provincial Policy (PDF)
• MSMA Management Provincial Policy (PDF)
• MSMA Activity Submission Guide  (PDF)
• Legacy Trees Reporting (PDF)

Wildlife Tree Retention, Resource Features, and Wild Habitat Features

• Reporting Requirements for Wildlife Tree Retention (PDF)

Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification (BEC) Codes

• Ecosystem Mapping Crosswalk Tables (PDF)
• Biogeoclimatic Unit Crosswalk Table (PDF) – 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) – 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.