RFD - Contiguous Forest Mapping Project

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Islands Trust  Request For Decision Page 1 
 
 
 
 
REQUEST FOR DECISION 
 
 
To: Trust Council  For the Meeting of: June 16, 2020 
     
From: Local Planning Committee  Date Prepared: June 11, 2020 
     
SUBJECT: Contiguous Forest Mapping Project 
 
 
RECOMMENDATION: 
That the Trust Council circulate the “Contiguous Forest Mapping in the Islands Trust Area Report” 
prepared by Cabin Forestry Ltd, and the “Map Book, Forest Ecosystems in the Islands Trust” to local 
trust committees and Bowen Island Municipality for information. 
   
CHIEF ADMINISTATIVE OFFICER’S COMMENTS: 
This work is undertaken at the direction of the Local Planning Committee and in cooperation with the 
Islands Trust Conservancy, and the Coastal Douglas-fir and Associated Ecosystems Conservation 
Partnership (CDFCP).  The completion of this work fulfils Trust Council Strategic Plan Strategy No. 1, and 
provides material for undertaking Strategy No. 2. 
  
 
1 PURPOSE:  
To present the results of the contiguous forest mapping project requested and funded by the 
Islands Trust Local Planning Committee. 
 
2 BACKGROUND: 
 
At its regular business meeting on June 11, 2020, the Local Planning Committee passed the following 
two resolutions: 
 
That the Local Planning Committee request that Staff develop a Project Charter, budget, scope and 
timeline creation of model development permit areas for Local Trust Committee-Bowen Island 
Official Community Plans bylaws to protect Coastal Douglas-fir zones throughout the Trust Area, and 
information from upcoming delegation to TC and work being done on salt spring island be 
incorporated into the project. 
That the Local Planning Committee forward the “Contiguous Forest Mapping in the Islands Trust 
Area Report” prepared by Cabin Forestry Ltd, and the “Map Book, Forest Ecosystems in the Islands 
Trust” to Trust Council with a recommendation to circulate to local trust committees and Bowen 
Island Municipality for information. 
 
The Islands Trust and Islands Trust Conservancy (ITC) are working to advance Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) 
protection throughout the Islands Trust Area, and to prioritize protection of remaining areas of 
contiguous forest cover.  
 
In August, 2019, the Local Planning Committee passed resolution 2019-016: 
 
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That the Local Planning Committee direct staff to spend up to $15,000 to map contiguous tracks 
of the Coastal Douglas-fir zone and its associated ecosystems in partnership with the Coastal 
Douglas-fir and Associated Ecosystems Conservation Partnership (CDFCP).  
Islands Trust staff worked with Islands Trust Conservancy Staff to contract, through a competitive 
process, Cabin Forestry Ltd. to conduct this work. The project objective was to map patches of 
connected forest across the full extent of the Islands Trust Area, including all islands and islets, with a 
goal of identifying important areas of contiguous forest for protection.  
The A/Manager and A/Ecosystem

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