Biodiversity and Wildlife Habitat Considerations for Opportunity Harvesting
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Preface: This document was prepared for the Silviculture Working Group (SWG) of the Coast Region Implementation Team (CRIT), to provide preliminary considerations for biodiversity and wildlife habitat values during their development of a discussion paper on opportunity harvesting in the Coast Forest Region. for potential inclusion as an appendix to the draft opportunity wood discussion paper.
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