This guidebook has been prepared to help forest resource managers plan, prescribe and implement sound forest practices that comply with the Forest Practices Code.
Guidebooks are one of the four components of the Forest Practices Code.
The others are the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act , the regulations, and the standards. The Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act is the legislative umbrella authorizing the Code's other components. It enables the Code, establishes mandatory requirements for planning and forest practices, sets enforcement and penalty provisions, and specifies administrative arrangements. The regulations lay out the forest practices that apply province-wide. Standards may be established by the chief forester, where required, to expand on a regulation.