Forest Management
Landscape Planning
Harrop-Procter Community Forest employs a landscape-level approach to forest management. Our
landscape-level approach begins with a comprehensive assessment of our 11,000 ha landbase that
considers a broad range of ecological and social forest values.
When HPCF was in the process of applying for a community forest license in the late 1990’s, we approached Silva Forest Foundation, a leader in ecosystem-based forest conservation and management, to develop an Ecosystem-based forest use plan for the Harrop-Procter Watersheds. This plan,
based on the principles of landscape ecology and conservation biology, takes a precautionary approach to protecting water quality, wildlife habitat, old growth forests and structures, and biodiversity. It reserves riparian areas, old growth forests, and sensitive and potentially unstable terrain in a Protected
Landscape Network. It also delineates First Nation’s cultural areas, headwaters protection areas, and potential eco-tourism and wildlife viewing areas.
Reserve network in 1998 Silva landscape-level plan Over the past 10 years, HPCF has been comprehensively assessing and mapping our landbase with the
objective of improving the core data layers on which we base our forest management. We have been
systematically collecting:
* Terrain, soils, and ecosystem data;
* hydrological, stream, water quality, and fish habitat data;
* forest type and timber data;
* forest health and productivity data;
* wildlife habitat data;
* non-timber forest products data; and
* archaeological assessment data.
Over the next few years, HPCF will be using this improved data to update and refine our landscape-level forest planning.
Stand-level forest planning and operations
Based on the results of our landscape-level forest assessments and plans, HPCF has identified areas
within our landbase that can support sustainable timber management. These areas are subject to more
detailed, stand-level site assessments of terrain, soils, ecosystems, timber, and wildlife habitat. Stand-level
reserves are identified to protect small riparian areas, sensitive soils, old growth features, and wildlife habitat.
HPCF utilizes a broad range of silvicultural systems and harvest methods, based on forest type, terrain,
site sensitivity, soil moisture, and forest health considerations. All of our harvesting operations utilize
partial cutting techniques to retain mature trees dispersed throughout the harvest area.
 The majority of our harvesting to date has been high-retention single-tree or small group selection, with 60% retention of canopy trees. We have also used small patch logging, mixed-retention shelterwood
logging, and low-retention seed tree logging in dry lodgepole-pine dominated stands. All of our logging attempts to mimic natural forest disturbances.
CP143 Site Plans and Maps
Road Site Plan Sect C4 CP143 July 2010
Road Sect C4 Site Plan Map July10
Site Plan CP143 Block 9 July 2010
CP143 Block 9 Site Plan Map_July 2010
Site Plan CP143 Block 10 July 2010
CP143 Block 10 Site Plan Map_July 2010
Site Plan CP143 Block 11 July 2010
CP143 Block 11 Site Plan Map July 2010
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