FFT Site Preparation Activity

This activity requires that a mapping standard, an overall standard (FS1001), and an activity-specific standard be followed. Where a Site Preparation Project requires Access considerations, additional standards identified on the access page will need to be entered into PINES.

• When a Danger Tree Assessment is required as part of a Site Preparation Project, additional standards identified in the FFT Danger Tree Assessment Activity will need to be entered into PINES.
• For Forestry Licence to Cut (FLTC) Projects see the Standards for FLTC Overstorey Removal
• For Innovative Timber Sale (ITSL) Projects see the Standards for FLTC Overstorey Removal

Activity Standards

• General Standard (FS 1001) (PDF)
• Mapping Standards (Chapter 6 – Spatial Data Format) (PDF)
• Activity Specific Standard – Mechanical Site Preparation (PDF)
• RESULTS Information Submission Specifications: Government Funded Activities - To avoid the link going to an older version please visit RESULTS Business and Policy Documentation and click on the latest version under RESULTS Business and Policy Documentation.
• Species and Ecosystems at Risk LBI Standard (applicable to various activities) (PDF)
• Land Based Investment First Nations Information Sharing Guidelines (PDF)
• LBI Information Sharing Matrix (PDF)

Other Related Information

• Silviculture Strategies
• An Assessment of Tree Condition and Worker Safety Concerns in Mountain Pine Beetle-killed and Fire-damaged Lodgepole Pine Stands in Central Interior British Columbia (PDF)
• Notes to the Field - An assessment of Tree Condition and Worker Safety Concerns in Mountain Pine Beetle-killed and Fire-damaged Stands (PDF)
• Clarification of Recipient Responsibilities for Silviculture Workers under Worksafe BC Legislation (PDF)
• Silviculture Guidelines and Practices for Maintaining or Recruiting Key Habitat Objectives (PDF)
• Strategies for Maintaining or Recruiting Habitat in Areas Affected by Mountain Pine Beetle and other Catastrophic Events (PDF)
• FRDA Fundamentals of Mechanical Site Preparation (PDF)
• FRDA Herbicide Handbook (006) (PDF)

If this activity occurs in a declared and known area that impacts a species or ecosystem at risk, an identified wildlife species, or a regionally important species, the applicant must indicate in their PINES submission the specific species/ecosystem and have available, on request, the location of recovery plans and/or other documents that detail the protective measures to be taken.

• For further information on species and ecosystems at risk, see the MOE Endangered Species and Ecosystems page
• For further information on identified wildlife, see the Identified Wildlife Management Strategy page

Useful Forms and Templates

By downloading these documents you have waived the Ministry/Province from any liability and save harmless the Ministry/Province from the use of the these contract documents.

Provincial Version

• FFT Site Preparation Services Contract 2009 (DOC)
• FFT Site Preparation Schedule A 2009 (DOC)
• FFT Site Preparation Schedule B 2009 (DOC)
• FFT Site Preparation Schedule C 2009 (DOC)
• FFT Site Preparation Schedule D Insurance 2009 (DOC)

Recipient Version

• FFT Site Preparation Services Contract 2009 Recipient (DOC)
• FFT Site Preparation Schedule A 2009 Recipient (DOC)
• FFT Site Preparation Schedule B 2009 Recipient (DOC)
• FFT Site Preparation Schedule C 2009 Recipient (DOC)
• FFT Site Preparation Schedule D Insurance 2009 Recipient (DOC)