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Engineering and Geoscience in the Forest Sector |
COAST FOREST CONSERVATION INITIATIVE: ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT
Shannon Janzen RPF
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Ecosystem Based Management(EBM) is evolving in the Central and North Coast of British Columbia with full implementation expected by March 2009. This presentation describes the current status of EBM as well as the history behind the process.IMPLICATIONS OF ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT
Glynnis Horel PEng
9:40 am - 10:15 am
Objectives for ecosystem-based management (EBM) of forest development for the central and north coast of British Columbia will soon become formalized in law. This presentation describes the unique provisions of EBM relevant to terrain stability, streams and fans, and watershed assessments that geoscientists and engineers practicing in the forest sector in these regions will need to be familiar with.FOREST PRACTICES BOARD PERSPECTIVES ON ENGINEERING AND GEOSCIENCE UNDER FRPA
Bruce Fraser PhD RPF
10:45 am - 11:25 pm
The Forest Practices Board mandate is to audit and investigate the adherence of forest industry and government practices to the current regulatory regime embodied in the Forest and Range Practices Act. In the FRPA environment, much responsibility for sound practices is effectively delegated to professionals, acting in the public interest, under the technical and ethical guidelines of their parent organizations. Yet, there is little in the world of forest management that can be addressed from only one professional perspective. Recent Board audits and investigations, to be discussed here, are emphasizing issues of biophysical and economic complexity, cumulative environmental impact and interdisciplinary responsibility.THE ROLE OF ROOT REINFORCEMENT AND GROUNDWATER INTERACTIONS ON SLOPE STABILITY
IN COASTAL BC
Victoria Stevens GIT
11:25 am - 12:00 pm
Slope stability in forested terrain is a fine balance of driving and resisting forces – forces that are subject to fluctuation with time and disturbance. Examination of the interplay between these forces indicates that the role of root reinforcement should not be considered in isolation but as an integral “root-groundwater-soil” interaction process.FP INNOVATIONS – FERIC RESEARCH UPDATE: IMPROVING SAFETY AND COMPETITIVENESS AT THE ROAD-TRUCK INTERFACE
Séamus Parker PEng RPF, Allan Bradley PEng RPF
1:45 pm - 2:25 pm
This session will provide an overview of recent progress developing steep grade descent guidelines for log trucks, which is being endorsed by the B.C. Forest Safety Council's TruckSafe initiative. A summary of investigations into the impacts of vehicle technologies on roads will also be discussed. These projects are helping to develop policies and guidelines for trucking operations on forest roads and highways.WorkSafeBC RULES AND REGULATIONS – PROFESSIONAL RELIANCE AND EXPECTATIONS
George Matheson PEng
2:25 pm - 3:00 pm
Developing effective health and safety regulations generally results in a mix of prescriptive and performance requirements. In 2007, WorkSafeBC has taken Part 26, Forestry Operations of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation through a regulation review process. This session will provide an overview of the review process and focus on changes that will impact employers and registered professionals involved in forestry operations in BC.LMH 56 – AN UPDATE ON RISK RELATED TO PROFESSIONAL WORK UNDER FRPA
Doug van Dine PEng PGeo, Mike Wise PEng, Glenn Moore PEng
3:30 pm - 4:10 pm
The Forest Practices Code of BC Act (FPC) of 1995 was a prescriptive-based piece of legislation that emphasized landslide hazard management. A change to the Forest Road Regulation of the FPC in 1998 introduced landslide risk management. The BC Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) of 2004 replaced the FPC and introduced two significant changes: 1) FRPA is results-based, as opposed to prescriptive-based, and shifts the onus of reliance and liability from government to Licensees and resource professionals, including Professional Engineers and Professional Geoscientists. 2) By introducing the term “material adverse effect”, consideration of the consequences of landslides, and therefore a landslide risk management, is now mandated. BC Ministry of Forests Land Management Handbook 56 (LMH 56), published in 2004, provides a framework for landslide risk management in forest development planning and development. This presentation will review the concepts of landslide risk management, and discuss some benefits and challenges of applying landslide risk management under FRPA.FISH PASSAGE THROUGH DRAINAGE STRUCTURES
Richard Thompson
4:10 pm - 4:45 pm
Fish passage through closed bottom structures is a recognized problem throughout the Pacific Northwest. The Ministry of Environment working with the Ministry of Forest and Range, Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Forest Industry has developed a standardized method to priorize the watersheds we assess, and a risk model to help determine which structures should be fixed first. This presentation will also give professionals some insight into the challenges faced in designing new structures to ensure they continue to pass fish.
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Please note the Important Dates below:
October 27
