Government Actions Regulation

(a)	scenic areas and Visual Quality Objectives (VQOs) on Lasqueti Island, which were established through a district manager's letter, dated May 16, 1997, under the provisions of the Operational and Site Planning Regulation, are cancelled;
(b)	scenic areas in the vicinity of Mt Wesley, which were established through a district manager's letter dated November 13, 1998, and VQOs, which were established under the South Island Forest District VQO GAR Order, dated December 15, 2005 and subsequent amendment dated December 30, 2011, are cancelled;
(c)	scenic areas and VQOs for Lasqueti Island are established as set out in the map attached as Schedule A; and
(d)	scenic areas and VQOs for Mt Wesley region are established as set out in the map attached as Schedule B.

Schedule A

Scenic Areas and Visual Quality Objectives for Lasqueti Island

Schedule B

Scenic Areas and Visual Quality Objectives for Mount Wesley

Rhonda (Morris) Coleman
Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development

File: 10285-20/Cultural Heritage Resource Feature/Thunder Mountain

March 14, 2013

Order to Identify a Cultural Heritage Resource – Resource Feature at
Thunder Mountain for the South Island Natural Resource District

Pursuant to Section 5(1)(e) of the Government Actions Regulation (GAR) under the Forest and Range Practices Act, I hereby identify the following portion of Thunder Mountain (as per attached map) a cultural heritage resource – resource feature.

Rhonda (Morris) Coleman
District Manager
South Island Natural Resource District
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations

File: 16290-20

December 30, 2011

Order to Amend Visual Quality Objectives for the
South Island Natural Resource District

Pursuant to Section 7(2) of the Government Actions Regulation (GAR), I Calvin Ross, A/District Manager for the South Island Natural Resource District, establish and amend established Visual Quality Objectives (VQOs), Travel Corridors and associated Scenic Areas for the South Island Natural Resource District as shown on the attached map titled South Island Forest District, Visual Quality Objectives Established Under Section 7(2) GAR order Amendment Map, dated December 14, 2011.

This order is effective on December 30, 2011.

The Visual Quality Objectives (VQOs), Travel Corridors and Scenic Areas amendment applies to the areas of the South Island Natural Resource District listed in Sections 1 to 9 and as follows:

Section 1.
	Designates the Cowichan Lake as Visual Travel Corridor and establish it as a Scenic Area (No. 31) for the South Island Natural Resource District
Section 2.
	Repeals the Walbran Low Intensity Area as a Travel Corridor (No. 28) and repeals the associated Scenic Area designation
Section 3.
	Amends the Caycuse / McLure mainline Travel Corridor No. 27 and the associated Scenic Area
Section 4.
	Establishes Visual Quality Objectives (VQOs) for the Woodlot WL1614 area (Blocks 170 & 171) and the crown land section of the land located on the west and northwest part of the Bald Mountain peninsula in the Cowichan Lake area.
Section 5.
	Amends the established Visual Quality Objectives (VQOs) for the Woodlot WL1475 located in the Nanoose area.
Section 6.
	Incorporates the Visual Quality Objectives (VQOs) established for the Special Management Zone 18 (SMZ18) in April 2, 1998 into the South Island Forest District, Visual Quality Objectives Established Under Section 7(2) GAR order Amendment Map, dated August 12, 2011.
Section 7.
	Amends the established Visual Quality Objectives (VQOs) for the area of the Alberni Inlet, North of the Uchucklesit Inlet into Partial Retention in order to promote a uniform visual quality management along the two sides of the Albemi Inlet.
Section 8.
	Repeals the Sec 9.2 FPPR, obsolete and redundant Recommended Visual Quality Classes (RVQC) data in the Clayoquot Sound Planning Area
Section 9.
	Removes from the South Island Forest District, Visual Quality Objectives Established Under Section 7(2) GAR order Map, dated December 15, 2005 any VQO annotations noted on the non-Crown Land and from the Maa-nulth Treaty Selection Lands sections of the district, and updates the South Island Natural Resource District, Visual Quality Objectives Established Under Section 7(2) GAR order Amendment Map dated December 14, 2011 to reflect the above removals.

The Visual Quality Objectives and these Amended Objectives apply to the crown land portions of the South Island Natural Resource District, and to the private land within Woodlot Licenses and Tree Farm Licensees.

Calvin Ross
A/District Manager
South Island Natural Resource District
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations

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File: 16400-06

December 11, 2009

Resource Feature Order

Pursuant to Section 5 (1) (a) of the Government Actions Regulation under the Forest and Range Practices Act I hereby identify the following surface or subsurface elements of a karst system as resource features wherever they are found within the South Island Forest District.

Karst caves,
significant surface karst features, and
important features and elements within high and very high vulnerability karst terrain.

The areas shown in Appendix 1 are known to contain surface and subsurface elements of karst systems that meet the resource feature definition as per GAR Section 5 (1) (a).

Agreement holders must satisfy the annual reporting requirements for karst resource features as per Forest Planning and Practices Regulation s. 86 (3) (b).

This order comes into effect on January 15, 2010.

Paul Knowles, R.P.F.
District Manager
South Island Forest District

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File: 16290-20

December 15, 2005

Order to Establish Visual Quality Objectives for the South Island Forest District

Pursuant to Section 7 (2) of the Government Actions Regulation (GAR), I Jack Dryburgh, District Manager for the South Island Forest District, establish Visual Quality Objectives (VQOs) for the South Lsland Forest District as shown on the the attached map titled South Island Forest District, Visual Quality Objectives Established Under Section 7(2) GAR order, dated December 1, 2005. This order is effective on December 15, 2005.

These VQOs apply to the scenic areas identified as known in the district manger's letter dated november 13, 1998 and grandparented under Section 180 of the the Forest and Range Practices Act. These objectives apply to the crown land portions of the South Island forest District, and to the private land within Woodlot Licenses and Tree Farm Licensees. This order does not apply to the Clayquot Sound Scientific Panel planning area.

Yours truly,

Jack Dryburgh
District Manager
South Island Forest District

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File 16400-06

Date: December 1, 2005

Order to Identify Recreation Sites, Trails and Interpretive Forest Sites as Resource Features for the South Island Forest District Pursuant to Section 5 (1) (f) of the Government Actions Regulation of the Forest and Range Practices Act, I hereby identify the recreation sites, trails and interpretive forest sites listed below and on the attached maps as resource features in the South Island Forest District, effective December 1, 2005.
Resource Feature	Reference
Arden Creek Recreation Site	900-0214
Bald Mountain Recreation Site	900-0208
Bedwell River Trail	900-5912
Canoe Creek Trail	900-5940
Clayquot Arm Beach Recreation Site	900-3131
Climbers Trail	900-5752
Cobble Hill Recreation Site	900-0202
Cowichan Valley Demonstration Forest	900-0249
Fairy Lake Recreation Site	900-0268
Father and Son Recreation Site	900-0467
Flora Lake Recreation Site	900-3130
Kludahk Trail	900-6605
Knob Point Recreation Site	900-0271
Koksilah River Recreation Site	900-2820
Labour Day Lake Recreation Site	900-0468
Legion Trail	900-6602
Lizard Lake Recreation Site	900-0269
Long Lake Trail	900-5611
Lost Shoe Recreation Site	900-5600
Lowry Lake Recreation Site	900-3129
Maple Grove Recreation Site	900-0206
Nahmint Lake Recreation Site	900-3068
Nahmint Lake Recreation Site North (or Blackie's Beach Recreation Site)	900-6407
Nahmint River Trail	900-0015
Nitinat Lake Recreation Site	900-0272
Nixon Creek Recreation Site	900-6854
Old Baldy Trail	900-6601
Pine Point Recreation Site	900-0205
San Juan Bridge Recreation Site	900-0270
Sarita Point Recreation Site	900-0274
Sarita Lake Recreation Site	900-0273
Scout Beach Recreation Site	900-5750
Snow Creek Recreation Site	900-3128
Spring Beach Recreation Site	900-0209
Stamp River Recreation Site and Trail	900-6400
Toquart Bay Recreation Site	900-0215
Some of the above listed Resource Features have objectives authorised under Section 6 (3) of the Forest Practices Code of BC Act. Under Sections 180 and 181 of the Forest and Range Practices Act, these objectives have been grandparented into the Forest and Range Practices Act. Through this order, these grandparented objectives are hereby replaced by the requirements of Section 70 (1) of the Forest Planning and Practices Regulation.

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