MACKENZE FIBRE
APaper Excellence Company
DEVELOPMENT OF A PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN
Pest Management Plan Reference Number: MFMC-IVMP/2019-24 Applicant: Mackenzie Fibre Management Corporation.
As per the Integrated Pest Management Regulation of British Columbia, Section 61(1) notice is given that a draft Pest Management Plan has been prepared by Mackenzie Fibre Management Corporation. This Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) plan represent a proactive program of identification, prevention, and monitoring of pests (herbs, shrubs, and deciduous trees), while carrying out sound silvicultural treatments (brushing and weeding) to achieve a wellgrowing crop of trees, and operating in a broader landscape management context.
This IMVP is intended to encompass all project openings where Mackenzie Fibre Management Corporation (MFMC) holds silviculture obligations. The MFMC license is located in the Mackenzie Forest District, within the Omineca Region. The license and IVMP area spans from Aiken Lake in the north, Williston Lake down to McLeod Lake in the east, Mount Mackinnon and the Philips Lake area in the south and slightly east of hold Hogem in the west.
The duration of this plan will be from submission in Spring 2019, for a term of 5 years to the spring of 2024.
Herbicide applications are intended within the areas to which the plan applies to control invasive and noxious weeds and unwanted problem vegetation. The herbicides that may be used under this Pest Management Plan include:*
Trade Name(s)* Active Ingredient
VisionMax, Vantage Forestry or Weedmaster Glyphosate
Garlon RTU or Garlon XRT Triclopyr
*Note: Alternative products containing any of the Active Ingredients above may be substituted for the products mentioned on this list.
Proposed methods of applying pesticides may include: cut surface, basal bark, or foliar/broadcast applications including backpack and/or aerial.
The proposed Pest Management Plan including a map of the encompassing area can be examined at the 561 Stuart Drive, Fort St James BC, V0J1P0. Electronic versions of the IVMP can be requested from the contact person(s) below.
Contact:
Preston Spencer
On Behalf of
Mackenzie Fibre Management Corporation
561 Stuart Drive Bag 19 V0J 1P0 For St. James, BC Phone:
250-996-8032
Ext 38
pspencer@kdlgroup.net
A person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the pest management plan, may send copies of the information to the applicant at the addresses above within 30 days of the publication of this notice.
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