As part of the process to revise the five year plan for the community forest, the CFGP has been working to update some of the community forest maps, which are available below.
These new maps show all of the latest ministry data which will be used by CFGP staff to plan the next five years of operations in the community forest. The CFGP is open to feedback from the public at any time during the five year plan review, with early feedback welcomed as it can help inform the planning process going forward.
Cortes CF Overview Map:
THLB Overview map DRAFT 20230303
The community forest overview map shows the contributing and non-contributing areas of the community forest landbase in green and brown. Green (contributing) means that there are no legal constraints to harvesting or for the purpose of calculating AAC, and the brown (non-contributing) represents sensitive areas that are excluded for the purpose of calculating AAC, and would typically not see any harvesting.
This revised Overview Map also shows the following new data layers:
– priority old growth deferral and big tree old growth recruitment areas (red and yellow cross hatch),
– legal old growth management areas (OGMA) (pink),
– new roads & CFGP harvested blocks 2015-current (yellow)
– original projected area for VON2 (brown)
The OGMAs reflect old growth areas that are permanently protected. The priority old growth deferral areas are temporary deferrals and not yet legally binding.
Cortes CFA with SEI overlay:
Cortes ComFor SEI Map 20230303 small
The sensitive ecosystem inventory (SEI) overlay map shows the 2011 Ministry of Environment data overlaid with the community forest area, along with the same new data layers:
– priority old growth deferral and recruitment areas (red and yellow cross hatch),
– legal OGMAs (pink),
– new roads & CFGP harvested blocks 2015-current (yellow)
– original projected area for VON2 (brown)
The SEI map data is based on air photo interpretation and is not always accurate on the ground, therefore it is for information purposes only.
There is also a new map that shows potential age-class related Marbled Murrelet and Northern Goshawk habitat on the island along the same new data layers: