RESULTS business and policy documentation

The following are documents providing information about policies and procedures for the RESULTS application particularly relating to submissions.

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 5th Edition (Sept 2023) (PDF, 1.4MB)
• RESULTS Information Submission Specifications: Government Funded Activities Edition 8a (2025) (PDF, 928KB)
• Forest Investment Program Reporting Standards 

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)
• EP-Research Installation Reporting October 2022 (DOCX, 106KB)

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)

Planned Reporting Changes as of August 2025

• Summary of planned changes (2025) (PDF, 165KB)
• Slideshow (2024) (PDF, 6.8MB)

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

• Reporting Requirements for Wildlife Tree Retention (PDF, 60KB)

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.