Planning forest development in scenic areas requires specialized skills and knowledge. Under the Forest and Range Practices Act, Forest Professionals are charged with the formidable task of achieving visual quality objectives, as well as ecological, economic and social objectives. This two day workshop has been developed to provide practitioners with an up-to-date overview on how Visual Resources are managed in the province of British Columbia.
Day one explores the following topics: Public Perceptions, Visual Landscape Inventory, Scenic Areas, VQOs, FSP Results and Strategies, Visual Impact Assessments, Compliance & Enforcement, Effectiveness Evaluations and Professional Reliance.
Day two is an abbreviated version of the MoFR Visual Landscape Design Training Course. It provides participants with the basic skills needed to apply VLD design concepts and techniques to forest design problems. The course offers a practical set of tools that can be applied at every level, from the design of a single block to the complexities of Integrated Visual Design.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This workshop will be useful if you are: involved in planning, designing, reviewing, and approving forest practices in scenic areas; employed by industry, provincial government or BCTS and must understand the Visual Resource Management program and develop visual landscape solutions as part of your everyday activities.
Preliminary Agenda
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Day 1
08:30 Visual Resource Management Overview
08:45 Why do we manage visual resources?
Understanding Public perceptions
What is the Landscape and why is it Important?
09:15 Visual Landscape Inventory.
10:40 Scenic Areas & Visual Quality Objectives.
11:10 FRPA Legal Requirements
12:00 LUNCH
13:00 Visual Impact Assessments
Where do they fit in FRPA
Definitions, % Alt, Design
14:00 Computer Applications: Simulation Products
14:30 Timber Supply Review
15:20 Compliance & Enforcement
15:45 Effectiveness Evaluations
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Day 2
08:30 Introduction to the Visual Design Process
09:30 Design Concepts and principles
Basic Elements
Variable Elements
10:50 Landscape Character Analysis
Landform Analysis
Land feature Analysis
12:00 LUNCH
13:00 Visual Design Applications
Design of Harvesting Units
Golden Rules of Design
Design of Clear Cut Units
13:40 Alternative Harvesting Systems
Complete Pattern of Shapes
15:00 Design of Foreground Areas
Special Design Considerations
Forest Health Pine beetles
Visual Rehabilitation
16:00 Bear Lake Integrated Visual Design Pilot
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INSTRUCTORS
Jacques Marc is the Senior Visual Resource Mgmt. Specialist with the BC Ministry of Forests. He is a Registered Forest Technologist with 26 years experience in the Forest Recreation and Visual Resource Management fields. He is responsible for developing the Policy, Procedures and Standards used by the MoFR to manage Visual Resources. Much of his time is also spent researching new visual resource management techniques.
Cam Campbell is a Ph.D student and researcher with the Collaborative for Advanced Landscape Planning, Department of Forest Resources Management, at UBC. He is a Professional Agrologist and Landscape Architect. Cam has practiced as a landscape planning consultant, worked in Forest Practices Branch as Visual Design Specialist, served as Regional Landscape Specialist in the Coast Forest Region, and has worked in forest operations at various locations along BC's coast.
SPONSORSHIP
We wish to acknowledge the financial and technical support of the Forest Practices Branch and British Columbia Ministry of Forests.
