Water Stewardship Information Sources
| ID | 1053 |
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| Citation | Keystone Environmental Ltd. 2005. Canfo - Vavenby Division, Forest Road Risk Management, Risk Evaluation Report. Prepared for Canfor. |
| Organization | Canfor |
| URL | http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/FIA/2005/FIA2005MR139-1.pdf |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | The Forest Road Risk Management project is a cost-sharing project between CANFOR, the Forest Investment Account and the B.C. Ministry of Forests. The project was conducted for CANFOR - Vavenby Division and commissioned by Dave Dobi, Forestry & Planning Superintendent, and located in the Brookfield Creek Basin in TFL 18. Project Objective The project objective is to assist forest road management by developing and testing a method to improve environmental risk management. The method develops information and conducts analysis to assist resource managers make better risk management decision, and thereby: ﾕ Reduce the risk of damage to fish habitat or water quality and supply. ﾕ Provide a basis for more effective resource management and budgeting decisions applied to Forest Investment Account funding, as well as industry budgets. ﾕ Better retain and communicate the knowledge used to manage the road network. ﾕ Provide a process to better link tactical with operational road management planning and assist planning for sustainable forest management. The project demonstrates a process that develops better estimates of risk relative to other approaches, leading to improved risk management and cost effectiveness, as well as more effective and consistent internal and external communication of risk. For the purposes of the project risk was defined as the chance of loss where loss is an adverse effect to health, property and the environment (adapted from Canadian Standards Association Risk Management Guidelines for Decision Makers, 1997). The project also demonstrates a process to assist resource managers in achieving the key goals for risk management as set out by the Canadian Standards Association (Risk Management Guidelines for Decision Makers, 1997): 1) Identifying significant risks so that appropriate action can be taken as much as is reasonably achievable 2) Determining such action based upon a balance of risk control strategies, their effectiveness and cost, and the needs, issues, and concerns of stakeholders. 3) Communication among stakeholders throughout the process is a critical element of this risk management process. 4) Decisions made with respect to risk issues must balance the technical aspects of risk with the social and moral considerations The project demonstrated that conducting both risk analysis (carried out by terrain analysts) and risk evaluation (conducted by resource professionals) using a structured framework provides new information that allows forest resource managers to evaluate risk, identify significant risk and select options to manage risk, as much as is reasonably achievable. The structured framework is a key outcome of this project and provides a rational basis for informed, explicit, and defensible decisions. Further, the application of this structured framework may help to support a due diligence defence in the event of a road failure. road, erosion, sediment, landslide |
| Information Type | report |
| Regional Watershed | North Thompson |
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| Project status | complete |
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