- David Johns Assistant Deputy Minister, Resource Management
Division
Re: Strategic Land Use Plans Monitoring
Procedures - May 2, 2000
Strategic Land Use Plan Monitoring Procedures Working
Draft (May 2000)
Summary: How do you go about evaluating whether a
strategic land use plan is successful or not? This report
provides a set of procedures for monitoring strategic land
use plans based on the direction provided in the Provincial
Monitoring Framework for Strategic Land Use Plans released
in July 1999. The objective is to ensure effective and consistent
monitoring of strategic land use plans throughout the province
of BC. Read online
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Strategic Land Use Planning Workshop
February 23 and 24th, 2000, Richmond, BC
Summary: What is in the future for Strategic Land
Use Planning? A workshop sponsored by FRBC and RMD fostered
discussions on this topic. The workshop proceedings provide
information to government and form a basis for an IRPC work-plan.
Synthesis of discussions
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Provincial Monitoring Framework For Strategic Land
Use Plans - Working Draft - (July 1999)
Summary: How do you know a land use plan is working?
The framework identifies how to monitor the implementation
of plan direction, and how to evaluate the effectiveness
of the plan in meeting the broader strategic goals. Read
online
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Guide to Writing Resource Objectives and Strategies
(April 20, 1999)
Summary: How do you capture agreements in words?
LRMP recommendations are organized into objectives (which
outline a vision for the future use of the natural resource)
and strategies (which describe how the vision will be achieved).
This guide is a tool to help write more effective "objectives"
and "strategies." Read
online
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Outdoor Sector Resource Guide For Representatives at
Strategic Land Use Planning Processes (July 1998)
prepared by the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC, July 1998.
Read online
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Guide to Spatial Land and Resource Information in Land
and Resource Managment Planning (December 1997)
Summary: Spatial (map) information is used by Land
and Resource Management Planning (LRMP) processes. This
guide introduces the variety of spatial land and resource
information available for LRMP planning and suggests how
the spatial information can be used in an LRMP process.
Read online
or download
the Adobe PDF version
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Integrated Land Use Planning for Public Lands in British
Columbia (February 1997)
Summary: An overview of the structure, process and
products of integrated planning for provincial public lands
and resources in British Columbia. This document helps the
public, resource managers and government decision-makers
understand the components of the land use planning system.
Read online
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Policy for Local Government Involvement in Land and
Resource Management Plans (November 1996)
Summary: In September 1996, a Protocol of Recognition
between the Province and UBCM (Union of British Columbia
Municipalities) formally recognized local government as
an order of government. This is the updated policy for involving
local governments in LRMPs. Read online
or obtain a printed copy (phone or email to RMD)
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Strategic Land Use Planning Source Book (March 1996)
Summary: The Commission on Resources and the Environment
developed this source book. It offers a context and rationale
for strategic land use planning and provides advice on the
design and delivery of participatory planning processes.
Not available online, phone or email RMD for a printed
copy.
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Provincial Land Use Strategy Read
online or purchase
a printed copy
1) Volume One: A Sustainability Act (November 1994)
2) Volume Two: Planning for Sustainability (November 1994)
3) Volume Three: Public Participation (February 1995)
4) Volume Four : Dispute Resolution (February 1995)
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Resource Analysis Guidelines (February 1995)
Read online
or purchase
a printed copy
Summary: Resource analysis is defined as "the
critical examination of resources and the environment so
as to support planning and decision-making." Planning
the use of provincial Crown lands involves consideration
of many factors. Alternative management scenarios need to
be analyzed before final decisions are made.
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Diamond LRMP - A Model Report (January 1995)
Summary: The Diamond LRMP is a fictional plan. The
Diamond LRMP was created to provide guidance on the content
and general format for a plan, as well as provide a working
example of terminology and definitions. Read
online or purchase
a printed copy
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Public Participation Guidelines (November 1993)
Read online or purchase
a printed copy
Summary: Through the LRMP process, land and resource
management planning in British Columbia entered a new era
of openness where all interests and values are recognized
and consensus agreements are built. The Public Participation
Guidelines provide a framework that allows public participation
methods to be designed for each particular LRMP.
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LRMP: A Statement of Principles and Process (1993)
Summary: LRMP processes consider all resource values,
require public participation and interagency co-ordination,
and build towards consensus agreements. This document outlines
a common standard for the fundamental LRMP principles and
processes, which are adopted by participants in Land and
Resource Management Planning processes. Read
online or purchase
a printed copy
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Social and Economic Impact Assessment for LRMP in BC
(Aug.'93 draft)
Summary: Planning the use of provincial Crown lands
involves consideration of many factors and alternative management
scenarios need to be evaluated before final decisions are
made. This evaluation is done through a "multiple accounts
analysis" which identifies the implications and the
key trade-offs between scenarios. The assessment enables
informed decision-making. Read
online or purchase
a printed copy
