Download or read book Establishment to Free Growing Guidebook, Kamloops Forest Region written by BC Environment and published by Forest Service. This book was released on 1995 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guidebook has been prepared to help forest resource managers plan, prescribe, and implement sound forest practices that comply with the British Columbia Forest Practices Code. The information provided is to help users exercise professional judgment in developing site-specific management strategies and prescriptions to accommodate resource management objectives in the Kamloops Forest Region. The first section of the guidebook covers the legislative authority, background, definitions, and procedures for species stocking (including maximum density for conifers), establishment, and free growing. It also includes a listing of relevant sections of the Code. The second section consists of criteria tables for regional forest management and information for the determination of free growing. The third section includes background and support information, provincial forest health charts, and free growing damage standards.