Interface Forest Fire Management

Year
2006
Number
LR6
Sponsor(s)
Kimberley

BE IT RESOLVED that the Ministry of Forests and Range revise its post-logging requirements for Crown land bordering, or within the response area of, local governments by: - Reducing the re-stocking requirements to meet long-term fire interface protection goals; - Recognizing aspen and other fire-resistant species as counted regeneration species; - Utilizing low type grass treatments to reduce the fire hazard posed by longer wild grass species; - Controlling noxious weeds; and - Providing adequate funding to manage, on a long-term basis, these reduced stocking areas.

Convention Decision
Not Admitted for Debate