This week was a very productive week for Aurea Consulting. We had our first site visit to the Chartwell woodlot in Harrison Hot Springs. We had a chance to finally see what the woodlot looks like outside of a computer lab and were rewarded with some rain in the mean time.
Our objectives for the trip were as follows;
- To identify candidate areas for potential silvicultural treatment,
- To obtain reconnaissance data within potential WHA additional area,
- To Identify possible replacement area for WHA reductions to landbase,
- To identify harvest methods and transportation restrictions from future harvest sites, and
- To identify restrictions based on VQO polygons.
Overall we met all of our objectives, and had a great break from the classroom setting. More information on each of the trips objectives can be found on the connect website, listed under the “useful links” tab of the catergories drop down menu.
This coming week, we will be concentrating on completing an introduction for the management plan we are creating, and looking at getting the Visual Quality package together for an outside consultant to aid us in completing the assessment.