SLIDES: Harrop-Procter Community Forest

• Main Author: Faust, Ramona
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Colorado Law Scholarly Commons 2005
• Subjects: community forests; community-owned forests; communal forests; Harrop-Procter Community Forest; General Manager; location; population; governance; forest development; Crown government forestland; Southern Interior of British Columbia; Canada; Kootenay Lake; north of Sandpoint; Idaho; endangered and threatened species; Stagleap Caribou Herd; Selkirk Grizzly population; regional map; West Arm Provincial Park; Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park; Procter; Harrop; communities; valley bottomland; south shore; families; 250 residences; population increase in summer; creek-fed water systems; gravity-fed water systems; steep forested mountains above homesteads; hobby farming; forest stewardship; community stake hold; Ministry of Forests; logging companies; Community Forest Initiative; involvement in logging plans; broad-based community forest support; grass-roots initiative; Harrop-Procter Watershed Protection Society; community meeting 1996; options for land stewardship; land-use conflicts; Lasca Creek Protests 1991; community survey; outright preservation; status quo logging; community-run business; vote in favor of community-run forest; ecosystem-based planning; Silva Forest Foundation; planning and mapping; intense community education; constituency building; Harrop-Procter; innovative forestry practitioners; political lobbying with other communities; BC government; three community-forest pilot projects; community forest proposal; business plan; forest management plan; FMP; community and stakeholder approval; First Nations approval; land base available with an allowable annual cut; District Manager of the Ministry of Forests; community forest pilot agreement; probationary term; Harrop-Procter Forest Agreement 2000; permits; community management; close proximity to community; economic benefits; unique governance structure; Harrop-Procter Community Co-operative; woodlot licenses; tree farm licenses; in perpetuity; timber harvest; volume-based licenses; other forms of tenure; operating areas; timber supply area; forest licensee; allowable annual cut; district manager's discretion; government priorities; community forest production; steep terrain; unstable soils; timber harvesting; politically divisive issue; industrial forest companies; strategic business planning; sort logs to highest value; diversify into lumber and value-added products; frugal and creative; funding sources; patient lenders; manage human resources seasonally; Forest Stewardship Council Certification; market niche; organic herb farm; non-timber forest products; outsourcing sawing; planing; drying; herbal products sold locally; tenuous financial success; high start-up costs; high overhead costs; Sunshine Bay Botanicals; youth mentorship program; water monitoring; sustainability trials; forest stand composition monitoring; fish habitat studies; population studies; hydrologic assessment; grizzly bear habitat; archaeological impact assessments; archeological; wildlife habitat recruitment surveys; hiking trails; challenges; weather; forest fires; learning curve; softwood lumber dispute with the United States; volatile log market; volunteer-run business; land base without roads; extended pilot agreement; log prices low; mountain pine beetle outbreaks; access routes; harvest lodgepole pine leading stands; low-value species; goals for the future; reduce debt; purchase or lease land; value-added business park; model community forestry; learn from other communities; Business Organizations Law; Forest Management; Land Use Law; Natural Resource Economics; Natural Resources and Conservation; Natural Resources Law; Natural Resources Management and Policy; Property Law and Real Estate; Public Administration; Public Policy; Recreation; Parks and Tourism Administration; State and Local Government Law; Urban Studies and Planning; British Columbia; Ramona; West Arm; First Nations
• Online Access: https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/community-owned-forests/13; https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=community-owned-forests

Presenter: Ramona Faust, General Manager, Harrop-Procter Community Forest, Canada 41 slides