The forests of B.C. are owned by the residents of the province. There is no justification
for hiding of management information that would illuminate how well or how poorly
forest resources were being stewarded.

2. The Ministry of Forests will fully fund an independent citizen controlied advisory/audit : 7 od
group in each Timber Supply Area (T.S.A.). Ministry of Forests and forest industry fo
employees will sit on the advisory group as technical advisors only.

The Ministry of Forests has the most abysmal public participation record of any :
ministry of the provincial government. Legislation is required to force the Ministry of ae
Forests to openly and fairly deal with the legitimate forestry related community _
concerns. Institutionalized advisory groups should be free of manipulation by those who
have a direct stake in the forest industry.

Potable Water License ' - . i-
1. Logging in any watershed supplying potable water to a municipality or other focal 7 ab
government body will only be logged with permission of the water license holder. 7

It should be a basic right of British Columbia residents to enjoy clean water. It is
ludicrous that logging licenses should be allowed to degradate the quality of drinking
water supplies with no reference to community approval.

2. Any deterioration of water quality caused by logging in a watershed supplying potable |
water by license will be remedied at full cost by the Province. Benchmark water quality
testing will be the responsibility of the licensee.

If the quality of a community water source is adversely impacted by logging, and this ee
Geterioration can be proven by comparison of water samples, then it should be the a
responsibility of the Province to fund remedial improvement measures. .

Harvest
1. Harvest in any watershed wil! be allowed only upon acceptance of a logging/silviculture
plan for the entire creekshed or watershed component.

Watersheds are living webs of life. Industrial forestry activity in a watershed shouid
only be allowed upon acceptance of a comprehensive management plan for the entire
creekshed or portion of a larger watershed.

2. Each creekshed or other watershed component will be managed by an identifiable Forest
service Staff ‘steward’ through ail stages of inventory, harvest and silviculture.

Forest management is currently administered by a succession of specialists who are
responsible for inventory, road building, harvest, and silviculture. There is little
continuity in this system. While each discrete part of forest management may be
handled weil, there is no overseer who is publically identified with the overall health of
the watershed. By assigning a specific individual to steward a watershed, a wholistic
management ethic would better take root.

MTS.