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Management strategy for mule deer winter ranges in the Cariboo-Chilcotin. Part 1b, Management plan for transition and deep snowpack zones

This document is Part 1b of a set of information required for planning timber harvesting on individual mule deer winter ranges in the transition and deep snowpack zones within the Cariboo-Chilcotin, British Columbia. This plan sets out stand-level objectives and strategies for these winter ranges. The second set of information, the long-term spatial objectives maps for each winter range, is briefly described here but will be accessed through a Web site documented in this report. This plan provides objectives and strategies for managing winter range habitat, including: road access planning and management; stand age structure for the stand mosaic created by group selection; tree species composition for winter range stands; size and distribution of harvest openings within the context of a group selection silviculture system; and spatial planning of group selection harvest treatments. A checklist is provided to assist those who are preparing Forest Stewardship Plans (FSPs) and silviculture prescriptions on winter ranges and for those who will implement and monitor winter range management activities. This section highlights the need to carefully plan, implement, and monitor all management activities on mule deer winter range.

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