Appendix 4. Summary of Indicators and Measures

Goal 1: Sustainable Forest Resources.

Key Outcome Indicators

• Area of provincial forest land in millions of hectares.
• Ratio of area reforested to area harvested or lost to fire and pest (unsalvageable losses, based on a 5-year rolling average).
• Total area of Crown forest lost to unwanted wildfire annually (in hectares, on a 5-year rolling average).
• Per cent of annual harvest area with soil loss due to establishment of permanent access roads (based on a 5-year rolling average).
• Per cent of community watersheds with active logging for which watershed assessments have been completed.
• Area of forests >140 years of age within the province in millions of hectares.
• Per cent of forest operators' compliance with standards that regulate forest practices.

Corporate Performance Measures

• Per cent of unwanted wildfire contained at less than four hectares.
• Per cent of Crown forest aerial surveyed to monitor forest health.
• Per cent of high priority bark beetle infestation sites treated by MOF.
• Per cent of high priority areas treated to manage defoliator outbreaks.
• Status of the "State of the Forest (SOF) Report".
• Number of completed effectiveness evaluations of the legislation.
• Per cent of forestry deregulation achieved.
• Client satisfaction with applied research completed by the ministry.
• Per cent of timber supply allowable annual cut determinations achieved by their scheduled deadline.
• Per cent achievement of ministry free growing obligations under the Forest Stand Management Fund.
• Area restored to open forest and grassland (hectares).
• Volume gain (cubic metres per year) of timber available for harvest in 65 years from all ministry tree improvement activities.
• Per cent of seedlot registration requests to meet sustainable gene resource practices that are completed within 30 days.
• Per cent of available Crown range forage under a form of tenure.
• Total number of Forest Service Recreation sites and trails available for public use (managed under partnership agreements or as user maintain).
• Per cent of high and very high priority sites inspected for forest and range practices compliance.
• Per cent of high and very high pricing and revenue risk sites inspected for pricing and revenue compliance.
• Per cent of alleged enforcement contraventions successfully concluded.
• Per cent of alleged compliance contraventions successfully concluded.

Goal 2: Sustainable Forest Benefits.

Key Outcome Indicators

• Crown forest gross revenue ($ billions).
• Crown net revenue from BC Timber Sales ($ billions).
• British Columbia's share of the US softwood lumber market.
• British Columbia's share of Japan softwood lumber imports.
• Per cent increase in wood product sales to Taiwan, China and Korea.
• Ratio of BC forest industry capital investment to depreciation and amortization.
• Per cent increase in forest land certified by major forest certification processes.

Performance Measures

• Status of implementation of the market-based pricing system.
• Per cent of Timber Supply Area AAC under a form of tenure.
• Per cent reduction or increase to the non-industrial Forest Service road network.
• Total number of accommodation agreements signed with First Nations (cumulative).
• Number of tenures offered to First Nations.
• Average cost per cubic metre of volume developed.
• Per cent of sales fully developed.
• Per cent of volume advertised for sale.
• Volume offered for sale (Million m³).
• Volume sold (Million m³).
• Instances of significant non-compliance with the Forest and Range Practices Act.

Goal 3: Effective and Responsive Forest Manager.

Key Outcome Indicators

• Percentage of those surveyed who believe the forest service can be trusted to protect and manage our public forests.
• Third party administrator performance targets achieved.

Performance Measures

• Delivery of the Ministry's legislation program.
• Increase in the number of major client services available electronically.
• Regular evaluation of value gained from FI investments.
• Per cent of FI activity standards evaluated.