Key Management Considerations for the Silviculture Program Sample Clauses

Key Management Considerations for the Silviculture Program. Given the forest management environment facing the Community Forest “Beyond the Beetle” and local expectations of the Community Forest, the silviculture program may be different than on other adjacent management units. The following should be considered:  We are market loggers and have no associated milling capacity, therefore basic silviculture regimes should be flexible and able to meet future wood requirements (as best as they can be defined).  The goal of mitigating or improving the mid-term timber supply forecast should be the focus of basic silviculture regimes and intensive silviculture programs.  The silviculture program should be able to incorporate community values at the stand level.  Certification may require modifications to silviculture regimes to meet specific certification requirements or indicators.  The silviculture program should also help minimize the susceptibility of the forest to future forest health infestations and address considerations for climate change.  At times, the intensive silviculture program may be adapted to use Government short- term job creation funding, which may have its own stand priorities that are different than the timber supply focused community forest goals. This is acceptable since we also have an objective for local job creation.  Silviculture programs should incorporate site-limiting factors into decision-making processes, be cost effective, meet Ministry approval, and limit the Community Forest’s financial and legal liabilities.