Post-mountain pine beetle, the impacts of salvage harvesting has cumulatively increased impacts to important environmental, cultural, and socio-economic values within the traditional territory of Saik’uz First Nation. SERNbc is collaborating with Saik’uz First Nation and Provincial representatives to develop a meaningful ecosystem restoration plan to identify degraded ecosystems and restoration opportunities that will build longer-term capacity and skills for Saik’uz members and businesses. The development of the plan is currently underway with completion expected in 2023. The plan will undertake a holistic assessment of the territory and plan restoration treatments that focus on priority objectives which may include:
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.
