Merritt TSR Data Package - 2014
Section 8(8) (x)(x) – Section Title
Factor xx – Landscape Level Biodiversity
Leith McKenzie
Part 1 Factor Description
Description:
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Landscape level biodiversity is addressed through explicit non-legal spatial OGMA removal from the
THLB - an area of x ha. The non-legal spatial dataset has been manually updated from last basecase
by Cascades District to capture licensee OGMA depletions and additions as well as non-forest tenure
depletions.
Table 1 shows the area netdowns associated with OGMAs in the Merritt TSA.
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Table 1 OGMA netdown.
Area (ha)
Gross
Productive
Removed
Old Growth Management Areas
Title
Gross land base (ha)
Old Growth Management
Areas
Other Details:
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How Modelled:
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Sources:
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Merritt TSA Consolidated OGMA and current to Oct 2013 (Licensee updates)
Merritt TSA Consolidated OGMA and current to April 2014 (Captured missing forestry
depletions and no-forestry depletions)
Contacts:
Merritt TSR Data Package - 2014
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Gail Smith, GIS Analysis, Cascades Natural Resource District
Susan Omelchuk, Land and Resource Management Specialist, Thompson Okanagan Region
Author:
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Susan Omelchuk
Status:
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Update Date:
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Appendices:
Part 2 - Data Set Description (part 2 may not be needed for each factor)
Description
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Source File
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Metadata:
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Currency Date:
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Primary Fields of Interest:
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TSA summary of data set:
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Author:
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Update Date:
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File Tracking:
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Appendices:
Merritt TSR Data Package - 2014