Protect – Restore – Harvest
Protect–Restore–Harvest (PRH) puts Nature-Directed Stewardship into practice in space and sequence. Land is managed according to ecological condition and watershed limits rather than a uniform expectation of timber production.
Primary forests, critical watershed areas, high-risk terrain, and other areas essential to ecological function are protected from industrial logging and new roads.
Degraded and hydrologically unstable landscapes are managed for recovery, including road deactivation, hydrological repair, reforestation, and restoration of forest structure.
Previously disturbed, lower-risk areas may be harvested using selection and partial-cutting systems, continuous cover, and retention where ecological thresholds allow.
Nature-Directed Stewardship
Nature-Directed Stewardship starts with the ecological conditions and limits of the land. Forest management is directed toward measurable outcomes such as connected forest cover, functioning hydrology, stable slopes, living soils, habitat, and long-term forest structure.
Who makes decisions?
Community Forest Boards
Local decision-making bodies responsible for forest management within local lands and watersheds.
Regional Science Panels
Independent scientific advice to support decisions and application of the precautionary principle.
Indigenous Knowledge Panels
Regional Indigenous knowledge and traditions incorporated into planning and stewardship.
Local Ranger Stations
Local monitoring, inspection, compliance, and on-the-ground presence.
Forester General
Independent oversight and public reporting to the Legislature.
Regional log markets
Regional Log Sort Yards make publicly owned timber available through open regional markets. This gives smaller mills and value-added manufacturers access to logs and keeps more economic value in communities.