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Bas-Saint-Laurent Model Forest
The Bas-Saint-Laurent Model Forest, encompassing 113,100 hectares of mixed forest
in eastern Québec, is situated in the Lower St. Lawrence region between the St.
Lawrence River and northern New Brunswick. The forest is dominated by stands of
balsam fir, maple and yellow birch. The Model Forest is divided into three distinct
areas: the Nicolas Riou and Lac-Métis seigneuries, both owned by Abitibi-Consolidated,
totaling 47,620 hectares and Le Groupement forestier de l’Est du Lac Témiscouata
area, totaling 65,000 hectares. Bas-Saint-Laurent is experimenting with two different
and innovative forest management strategies: forest tenant farming and group management.
Other project areas include wetland conservation, private woodlot certification
and wildlife.
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Long Beach
Model
Forest
The Long Beach Model Forest Society incorporated in 1994 and was
a member of the Canadian Model Forest Network (CMFN) until the Society dissolved
in 2002.
Long
Beach
consisted of 400,000 hectares of coastal temperate rainforest located
in the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District on the western side of
British
Columbia
’s
Vancouver
Island
. The organization included First Nations and non-aboriginal communities,
and consisted of 44 partner organizations
that encompassed a diversity of interests in the area.
Several significant projects emerged from the
Long
Beach
program, including a hydroriparian study in Clayoquot and Barkley
Sounds to identify the ecological impacts of various riparian management practices
on stream plants, amphibians and invertebrates.
An amphibian monitoring project to assess proposed buffer zones for
amphibian riparian habitat compared the size of amphibian populations in areas bordering
wetlands and streams in old-growth and clear cut areas. An amphibian inventory study
helped land-use planning processes by defining land habitat features linked to high
amphibian populations.
The association’s Hahuulthi project researched and documented the values, knowledge and roles associated
with the Hahuulthi system of the Nuu-chah-nulth in Clayoquot Sound. This project
developed indicators that specifically addressed First Nations values and knowledge,
and offered recommendations to regional planning bodies and agencies on how to apply
a Nuu-chah-nulth-based resource management system.
This project engaged Nuu-chah-nulth people in the Long Beach Model
Forest Program both as leaders and partners, and gave non-aboriginal partners a
greater appreciation of First Nations approaches to resource stewardship.
McGregor Model Forest Association
The McGregor Model Forest Association (MMFA) was established in 1992.
Over its 15-year history, the partnership evolved from an 180,000-hectare research
area to a broader program that advanced sustainable forest management over 7.7 million
hectares, including three of BC’s major timber supply areas.
MMFA’s diverse and innovative program included research, integrated
forest management model development, forest education, and facilitation of collaborative
decision-making. Fifty partner organizations represented communities, First Nations,
industry, government and non-government agencies, individual scientists and practitioners,
and created an innovative approach to sustainable forest management values, goals,
and objectives through participatory and cooperative planning.
The association developed modeling and visualization tools that are
still helping forest managers make long-term management and certification plans
based on social, economic, and environmental factors. MMFA worked with the Omineca
Beetle Action Coalition in dealing with the mountain pine beetle epidemic throughout
the southern half of BC, provided information and services to resource-planning
partners, and shared national CMFN projects with local communities and partners.
MMFA worked closely with international partners, including sustainable
resource management planning initiatives with
Russia
’s
Gassinski
Model Forest
, and a natural resource-based economic development project for the
Khabarovsk Krai area of the Russian far east.
MMFA has evolved into the new Resources North program, which is building
on McGregor’s legacy with a new focus on forest community development.
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