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Private Forest
                     Matters                                    Spring 2012 Issue                   Show and Tell Tour, see page 3




In This Issue
PFLA “Show and Tell Tours”
Want You!                       1


10 Wildly Successful Wildfire
Prevention Tips                 2


Out and About with PFLA         3


Save the Date! Private Forest
Landowners Association
Annual General Meeting          4




                                       Domenico Iannidinardo (Manager of Resource and Environment Integration—TimberWest)
                                       and Morgan Kennah (Manager of Sustainable Timberlands and Community Affairs—

PFLA Contact                           Island Timberlands) hand out information packages to tour participants.



Information                         PFLA “Show and Tell Tours”
Private Forest Landowners
Association (BC)
                                    Want You!
                                    Remember when you were in high school? A big part of learning was
P.O. Box 48092
                                    reading: books, so many books. History, ideas, theories—all communicated
Victoria, BC V8Z 7H5
                                    through words and images on paper.
Tel: 250 381 7565
                                    Maybe you were a straight-A student who devoured textbooks, wore
Fax: 250 381 7409
                                    out a pathway to the library and couldn’t wait for your next homework
www.pfla.bc.ca                      assignment.
Rod Bealing                         Maybe you were less enthusiastic about book learning, spent more time
Executive Director                  navel gazing and expressed your creativity through the wild excuses you
Private Forest Landowners           conjured to explain why your homework wasn’t done.
Association
                                    Regardless of where you landed on the spectrum of classroom participation,
rod.bealing@pfla.bc.ca
                                    every now and again, an opportunity arose that engaged everyone.
Ina Shah
                                    Yes. You guessed it, the ever-popular field trip.
Office Manager
Private Forest Landowners
Association
info@pfla.bc.ca                                                                                    >> Continued on page 3

                                                                                              Private Forest Matters –Spring 2012 (1)
10 Wildly Successful Wildfire
    Prevention Tips
    Fire season is upon us. Wildfire             You and your crew should have
    poses a serious threat to forest            access to an inventory of appro-
    management objectives. Here at the          priate fire management resources
    PFLA, we promote best management            and equipment:
    practices (BMPs) that help minimize         · Hand tools
    potential risks and maximize forest
    health.                                     · Pumps

    Here are 10 wildly successful tips          · Retardants
    to help prevent, and in the event           · Water supplies
    that it happens, be prepared for,
                                                · Tanker trucks
    wildfires.
                                           5. Know how to get to your water.
    1. Have a plan. Like most things          Make sure you have clear access
       in life, having a plan can seri-       to your water source. If a winter
       ously mitigate the harm caused         wind knocked over a tree that
       by unexpected events. Develop a        now obstructs your ability to get
       written or verbal fire prevention       to your pond, this is a problem.
       and management plan, appropri-
       ate to the level of fire risk and    6. Know when not to operate.            8. Manage your forest’s fuel load.
       hazard on your property.               Monitor weather conditions and          Fires need fuel to burn. Consider
                                              during high-risk seasons avoid          seasonally appropriate prescribed
    2. Know your trouble spots. Being         activities that cause sparks:           burning to minimize forest debris.
       aware of potential problem areas
       can actually help reduce the risk        · Fires                            9.   Nobody cares about your land
       of problems arising. Take stock.         · Machines                              as much as you do. Restrict pub-
       Have a clear inventory of low and                                                lic access during periods of high
                                                · Equipment                             and extreme fire risk. According
       high-risk areas on your property.
                                                · Chain saws                            to Smokey Bear, 9 out of 10 forest
    3. Be prepared. Ensure operational
                                                                                        fires are caused by human beings.
       personnel are adequately trained         · Cigarettes
       and equipped to conduct safe and                                            10. Report wildfires immediately.
                                           7.   Know thy neighbour. Consider
       effective fire suppression duties.                                               Perhaps this goes without say-
                                                a cooperative fire management
                                                                                       ing, but in case it doesn’t, report
    4. Have the right tools. Knowing            strategy with nearby neighbours.
                                                                                       wildfires immediately to the
       what to do is one thing, having          Cooperating can reduce costs
                                                                                       appropriate authorities.
       the proper equipment is another.         while increasing efficiency and
                                                person-power.



    Out and About with the PFLA
    Foresters of the Future                PFLA Hometown Meetings                  Coastal Invasive Plant
    PFLA was pleased to present our        We’re delighted to announce the         Committee AGM and Forum
    annual “Foresters of the Future”       PFLA Hometown Tour was a roaring        PFLA looks forward to attending the
    lecture series to a class of enthu-    success, and we’re gushingly grate-     CIPC’s 7th annual general meeting
    siastic young forestry students at     ful to all of you who took the time     and forum, June 7, 2012 (10 a.m. to
    Vancouver Island University—           to join us. As chuffed as we are with   4 p.m.), at Royal Roads University.
    yet another excellent opportunity      our communication tools these days,     This year’s theme, Vectors of Spread,
    to educate and inform about the        nothing beats in-person, face-to-face   includes: hands-on workshops, local
    stewardship of BC’s private man-       conversation for understanding          expert knowledge, café-style dia-
    aged forests.                          what matters to you. Thanks also        logue and more. Spread the word,
                                           to everyone who responded to our        not the weeds!
                                           newsletter survey.

(2) Private Forest Matters – Spring 2012
Morgan Kennah explains Island Timberlands’           Fish habitat is protected by retaining streamside trees and restricting management activities in
salvage operation and hazard abatement               the riparian zone.
programs to Private Managed Forest Land
Council executive director, Stuart McPherson.
                                                     PFLA Show and Tell Tours                                       >> Cont’d from page 1
                                                     The rare moment when you, and                   “Show and Tell Forest Tours”, as we
                                                     your classmates, buoyed by the                   like to call them, are a staple of the
                                                     promise of somewhere new, piled                  PFLA communications program.
                                                     onto a yellow school bus and                     Most recently, forestry experts from
                                                     bounced your way to a never-                     Island Timberlands and TimberWest
                                                     before-visited destination.                      took the Private Forest Managed
                                                     Forests, First Nations, marine                   Land Council on a tour of their
                                                     biology, whatever the subject, it                Shawnigan and Koksilah (respec-
                                                     suddenly came alive. The abstract                tively) operating areas. While this
                                                     world of textbooks brought to life               trip focused on two of our larger,
Private Managed Forest Land Council                  through the tactile experience of                active owners, we’re already plan-
members study information used in the                sensing, feeling, seeing, real things            ning our next tour to highlight one
assessment, planning and implementation of           in real life.                                    of our smaller forest owners.
forest management activities. Detailed data
marks tree height values, forest retention           It turns out, of all the commu-                  We can’t emphasize enough what
areas, fish-bearing streams, riparian zones,          nication tools PFLA has at our                   a valuable tool these field trips are
biodiversity, and terrain hazard stability.          disposal—events, presentations,                  in helping people understand our
                                                     networking, Facebook, Twitter,                   commitment to the stewardship of
                                                     newsletters, website, blog posts,                BC’s private forests.
                                                     briefings—the most valuable com-                  If you’re a managed forest owner
                                                     munication tool in the shed is the               interested in hosting a tour, or if
                                                     ever-popular, time-tested field trip.             you’re a stakeholder interested in
                                                     Taking key audiences—elected                     visiting a managed forest, let us
                                                     officials, government staff,                      know. We’d love to have you
                                                     regulatory agencies, media folks,                participate. Give us a call
                                                     interested community members—                    (250-381-7565) or send us an
                                                     into the woods and showing them,                 email (info@pfla.bc.ca).
                                                     firsthand, how we manage our                      To see more field tour photos,
                                                     private forest land is the most effec-
Domenico Iannidinardo, Manager of Resource                                                            visit the PFLA Facebook page
and Environment Integration (TimberWest),            tive form of communication we’ve                 (www.facebook.com/PFLABC).
describes the process for designing and installing   come across yet.
a permanent bridge structure built in 2005.
                                                                                                                      Private Forest Matters – Spring 2012 (3)
A group photo as PFLA presents Ken Robertson with the Private Forest Stewardship Award
    during last year’s AGM field tour to Van Isle Tree Farm near Sooke, B.C.


    Save the Date!
    PFLA AGM and Forest Field
    Tour—June 20–21, 2012
    Plans for the 2012 Private Forest                    contributions that individual
    Landowners Association AGM, field                     forest owners make to overall
    tour and private forestry forum are                  forest stewardship excellence in
    well under way and we’re pumped                      the province.
    about how things are shaping up.                     The Rudi Kind Memorial
    The two-day event will be held, June                 Scholarship established in 2003
    20–21, 2012, at the Four Points by                   to celebrate the memory of
    Sheraton, in stunning Langford, BC.                  founding PFLA member, and
    Here’s a taste of what you can look                  long-serving director, Rudi Kind.
    forward to:                                          We hope to encourage and
    Day-long forest field tour                            promote a future of natural
    focusing on:                                         resource management that
          Bio-energy                                     reflects the same passion and
                                                         thoughtfulness Rudi brought to
          Invasive species                               his career.
          Innovative forest management
                                                    Private forestry forum including:
          practices
                                                        Carbon credits
    Evening banquet reception                           Climate change
    featuring:
                                                        Firefighting cost-sharing
          The Private Forest Stewardship                                                     Visit us online. Let us
                                                        agreements
          Award recognizing a managed                                                        know what you think.
          forest owner for outstanding                  Update from the Private
          commitment to, and dem-                       Managed Forest Land Council.         YouTube:
          onstration of, private forest             All that and more! Stay-tuned for        www.youtube.com/user/PFLABC
          stewardship in British Columbia.          registration and scheduling details.     Facebook:
          The award acknowledges,                   See you there!                           www.facebook.com/PFLABC
          and celebrates, the exemplary
                                                                                             Blog:
(4) Private Forest Matters – Spring 2012                                                     www.plfa.bc.ca/blog

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PFLA Newsletter—Spring 2012

  • 1. Private Forest Matters Spring 2012 Issue Show and Tell Tour, see page 3 In This Issue PFLA “Show and Tell Tours” Want You! 1 10 Wildly Successful Wildfire Prevention Tips 2 Out and About with PFLA 3 Save the Date! Private Forest Landowners Association Annual General Meeting 4 Domenico Iannidinardo (Manager of Resource and Environment Integration—TimberWest) and Morgan Kennah (Manager of Sustainable Timberlands and Community Affairs— PFLA Contact Island Timberlands) hand out information packages to tour participants. Information PFLA “Show and Tell Tours” Private Forest Landowners Association (BC) Want You! Remember when you were in high school? A big part of learning was P.O. Box 48092 reading: books, so many books. History, ideas, theories—all communicated Victoria, BC V8Z 7H5 through words and images on paper. Tel: 250 381 7565 Maybe you were a straight-A student who devoured textbooks, wore Fax: 250 381 7409 out a pathway to the library and couldn’t wait for your next homework www.pfla.bc.ca assignment. Rod Bealing Maybe you were less enthusiastic about book learning, spent more time Executive Director navel gazing and expressed your creativity through the wild excuses you Private Forest Landowners conjured to explain why your homework wasn’t done. Association Regardless of where you landed on the spectrum of classroom participation, rod.bealing@pfla.bc.ca every now and again, an opportunity arose that engaged everyone. Ina Shah Yes. You guessed it, the ever-popular field trip. Office Manager Private Forest Landowners Association info@pfla.bc.ca >> Continued on page 3 Private Forest Matters –Spring 2012 (1)
  • 2. 10 Wildly Successful Wildfire Prevention Tips Fire season is upon us. Wildfire You and your crew should have poses a serious threat to forest access to an inventory of appro- management objectives. Here at the priate fire management resources PFLA, we promote best management and equipment: practices (BMPs) that help minimize · Hand tools potential risks and maximize forest health. · Pumps Here are 10 wildly successful tips · Retardants to help prevent, and in the event · Water supplies that it happens, be prepared for, · Tanker trucks wildfires. 5. Know how to get to your water. 1. Have a plan. Like most things Make sure you have clear access in life, having a plan can seri- to your water source. If a winter ously mitigate the harm caused wind knocked over a tree that by unexpected events. Develop a now obstructs your ability to get written or verbal fire prevention to your pond, this is a problem. and management plan, appropri- ate to the level of fire risk and 6. Know when not to operate. 8. Manage your forest’s fuel load. hazard on your property. Monitor weather conditions and Fires need fuel to burn. Consider during high-risk seasons avoid seasonally appropriate prescribed 2. Know your trouble spots. Being activities that cause sparks: burning to minimize forest debris. aware of potential problem areas can actually help reduce the risk · Fires 9. Nobody cares about your land of problems arising. Take stock. · Machines as much as you do. Restrict pub- Have a clear inventory of low and lic access during periods of high · Equipment and extreme fire risk. According high-risk areas on your property. · Chain saws to Smokey Bear, 9 out of 10 forest 3. Be prepared. Ensure operational fires are caused by human beings. personnel are adequately trained · Cigarettes and equipped to conduct safe and 10. Report wildfires immediately. 7. Know thy neighbour. Consider effective fire suppression duties. Perhaps this goes without say- a cooperative fire management ing, but in case it doesn’t, report 4. Have the right tools. Knowing strategy with nearby neighbours. wildfires immediately to the what to do is one thing, having Cooperating can reduce costs appropriate authorities. the proper equipment is another. while increasing efficiency and person-power. Out and About with the PFLA Foresters of the Future PFLA Hometown Meetings Coastal Invasive Plant PFLA was pleased to present our We’re delighted to announce the Committee AGM and Forum annual “Foresters of the Future” PFLA Hometown Tour was a roaring PFLA looks forward to attending the lecture series to a class of enthu- success, and we’re gushingly grate- CIPC’s 7th annual general meeting siastic young forestry students at ful to all of you who took the time and forum, June 7, 2012 (10 a.m. to Vancouver Island University— to join us. As chuffed as we are with 4 p.m.), at Royal Roads University. yet another excellent opportunity our communication tools these days, This year’s theme, Vectors of Spread, to educate and inform about the nothing beats in-person, face-to-face includes: hands-on workshops, local stewardship of BC’s private man- conversation for understanding expert knowledge, café-style dia- aged forests. what matters to you. Thanks also logue and more. Spread the word, to everyone who responded to our not the weeds! newsletter survey. (2) Private Forest Matters – Spring 2012
  • 3. Morgan Kennah explains Island Timberlands’ Fish habitat is protected by retaining streamside trees and restricting management activities in salvage operation and hazard abatement the riparian zone. programs to Private Managed Forest Land Council executive director, Stuart McPherson. PFLA Show and Tell Tours >> Cont’d from page 1 The rare moment when you, and “Show and Tell Forest Tours”, as we your classmates, buoyed by the like to call them, are a staple of the promise of somewhere new, piled PFLA communications program. onto a yellow school bus and Most recently, forestry experts from bounced your way to a never- Island Timberlands and TimberWest before-visited destination. took the Private Forest Managed Forests, First Nations, marine Land Council on a tour of their biology, whatever the subject, it Shawnigan and Koksilah (respec- suddenly came alive. The abstract tively) operating areas. While this world of textbooks brought to life trip focused on two of our larger, Private Managed Forest Land Council through the tactile experience of active owners, we’re already plan- members study information used in the sensing, feeling, seeing, real things ning our next tour to highlight one assessment, planning and implementation of in real life. of our smaller forest owners. forest management activities. Detailed data marks tree height values, forest retention It turns out, of all the commu- We can’t emphasize enough what areas, fish-bearing streams, riparian zones, nication tools PFLA has at our a valuable tool these field trips are biodiversity, and terrain hazard stability. disposal—events, presentations, in helping people understand our networking, Facebook, Twitter, commitment to the stewardship of newsletters, website, blog posts, BC’s private forests. briefings—the most valuable com- If you’re a managed forest owner munication tool in the shed is the interested in hosting a tour, or if ever-popular, time-tested field trip. you’re a stakeholder interested in Taking key audiences—elected visiting a managed forest, let us officials, government staff, know. We’d love to have you regulatory agencies, media folks, participate. Give us a call interested community members— (250-381-7565) or send us an into the woods and showing them, email (info@pfla.bc.ca). firsthand, how we manage our To see more field tour photos, private forest land is the most effec- Domenico Iannidinardo, Manager of Resource visit the PFLA Facebook page and Environment Integration (TimberWest), tive form of communication we’ve (www.facebook.com/PFLABC). describes the process for designing and installing come across yet. a permanent bridge structure built in 2005. Private Forest Matters – Spring 2012 (3)
  • 4. A group photo as PFLA presents Ken Robertson with the Private Forest Stewardship Award during last year’s AGM field tour to Van Isle Tree Farm near Sooke, B.C. Save the Date! PFLA AGM and Forest Field Tour—June 20–21, 2012 Plans for the 2012 Private Forest contributions that individual Landowners Association AGM, field forest owners make to overall tour and private forestry forum are forest stewardship excellence in well under way and we’re pumped the province. about how things are shaping up. The Rudi Kind Memorial The two-day event will be held, June Scholarship established in 2003 20–21, 2012, at the Four Points by to celebrate the memory of Sheraton, in stunning Langford, BC. founding PFLA member, and Here’s a taste of what you can look long-serving director, Rudi Kind. forward to: We hope to encourage and Day-long forest field tour promote a future of natural focusing on: resource management that Bio-energy reflects the same passion and thoughtfulness Rudi brought to Invasive species his career. Innovative forest management Private forestry forum including: practices Carbon credits Evening banquet reception Climate change featuring: Firefighting cost-sharing The Private Forest Stewardship Visit us online. Let us agreements Award recognizing a managed know what you think. forest owner for outstanding Update from the Private commitment to, and dem- Managed Forest Land Council. YouTube: onstration of, private forest All that and more! Stay-tuned for www.youtube.com/user/PFLABC stewardship in British Columbia. registration and scheduling details. Facebook: The award acknowledges, See you there! www.facebook.com/PFLABC and celebrates, the exemplary Blog: (4) Private Forest Matters – Spring 2012 www.plfa.bc.ca/blog