Thore is a necessity to preserve a restricted number of very large wilderness areas
which surround representative Samples of ail forest habitat types in British Columbia.

ecosystem associations are maintained in a relatively undisturbed state. These
Preserves would contribute to fourism economies, and be British Columbia's
contribution to global habitat preservation goals of the United Nations.

Each Forest District will have on staff a minimum of one fisheries biologist, one wildlife
biologist, one recreation specialist, and one landscape specialist.

The only way to introduce consideration of other than industrial logging values into the
Ministry of Forests management regime is to legislate hiring of staff who wouid be
mandated to protect other than traditional measures of forest value.

Old growth forests will be Preserved in each biogeoclimatic region of British Columbia.
Preserved old growth forests will be left intact in drainage basin units.

Examples of British Columbia S old growth forest must be Preserved as both a legacy to
the future, and as a greenprint' for study of how undisturbed forest ecosystems operate.

Silviculture
A tree nursery will be established in each Forest District. Nursery stock will be

recruited from the area local to the nursery.

Distribution of a score of tree nurseries across B.C. would help spread forestry related
employment, and insure Preservation of genetic diversity.

A seed bank will be established which will preserve as diverse a stock of plant and tree
species indigenous to B.C. as possible, including tree specie samples from a full range of
soil, altitude, and latitude locations.

In an era of global climate change and human degradation of many forest environments it
is only common sense to preserve the greatest possible variety of genetic stock for
future research and cultivation Purposes.

Silviculture in any forest harvest unit will be designed to be implemented within one
year of harvest completion.

Implementation of a plan for the re-growth of any harvested forest land should occur
immediately after harvest.

Silviculture in any harvest unit will include planting of a range of tree species
ecologically suited to the habitat.

The practice of planting only a single species of tree in cut-over forests promotes a
monoculture that is not ecologically or economically sound. A Single variety of trees
planted in a harvested area can lead io devastating pest infestations, and a habitat
unsuitable for the widest range of flora and fauna.