This project will identify Crown lands in the Northeast, Omineca, and Skeena Forest Regions that could be reforested to achieve long-term forest and greenhouse gas/carbon benefits in conjunction with multiple ecosystem values. The objective of this work is to identify priority under stocked areas, in and out of the THLB, that do not have legal reforestation obligations and would benefit from reforestation treatments. Such areas may include fire, insect, and disease killed stands and other denuded areas such as seismic lines, non-status roads, and others. Treatment of candidate areas should provide benefits for multiple ecosystem values and not overlap with areas being assessed for treatment under other Provincial programs.
SERNbc uses three general criteria to select specific ecosystems for restoration activities, which include:
Vulnerable, degraded and damaged ecosystems are a high priority for ER activities if they have high functional importance in terms of providing important ecological services. This functional importance or management priority increases when the ER needs of a subject ecosystem is not being addressed by existing programming.
Potential ER projects must align with SERNbc’s objectives as identified in our strategic plan. All ER projects undertaken by SERNbc need to be supported by data and analysis that describes their current state, desired future condition, management objectives, and treatment rationale.
