Provincial Forests are established by Order in Council and
cover areas of crown iand that best serve B.C. by
providing a mix of tree crops, forage, and forest
recreation. Under a periodic review process, land
withdrawals will be permitted only after careful
consideration of the resulting impact on forest, range and
recreational values compared to the social and economic
benefits of the alternate use,

Much of the area in question on Bagle Mountain was added
to the Indian-Arm Provincial Forest in July 1984, when the
old Port Moody Conservation Reserve was eliminated. This
area is included within the ‘working forest' portion of
the TSA which contributes to the AAC.

Tt should also be noted that since the last analysis
(1985) over 10 090 ha of forest land has already been
alienated from the TSA for parks purposes. (Coquinalla
and Cascade Recreation Areas)

Integrated Resource Use Within Provincial Forests
(pamphlet enclosed)

It is Ministry of Forest policy to plan within Provincial
Forests on an ‘Integrated Resource Use' basis.

[ntegrated use includes all interests in Provincial
Forests whether they are compatible with timber production
or not, [tk can be defined os "The deliberate and careful
olannaing of the integration of various resource Uses, ko
intecfere with each othec as Little as possible and to
comolement each other as much as possible, with due regard
for the order of importance in the public interest in each
inanagement area, to achieve the optimum social and
aconomic benefit to the people of British Columbia”.

Provincial Forests must he managed to yield a desirable
blend of all these uses. This can mean using a common
land base simultaneously or in temporal succession,
usually with specific management prescriptions governing
how the activities will take place, [ft also may involve
zoning certain areas to give priority to specific uses
where that proves to be most the efficient use of the
overall land base to meet a multiplicity of objectives.