District Programs

District Management Team

DMT Staff:
Rick Manwaring - District Manager
Lisa Hanna - Operations Manager (Tenures, Stewardship, Engineering, First Nations & Recreation)
Rod Meredith - Operations Manager (Compliance & Enforcement, Scaling & Administrative Services)

Tenures
The Tenures section is responsible for the preparation and issuance of all forms of tenure as provided for in the Forest Act. This includes timber, road and land use tenures, collecting and presenting field and other data for the determination of stumpage rates and the measurement of residue and waste.

Tenures Staff:
John Perras - Tenures Officer
Doug Davies - Tenures Forester
Kevin Derow - Tenures Forester
Ralph Ottens - Revenue Specialist
Brent May - Tenures Field Operations Supervisor
Rick Alpaugh - Tenures Technician
Daniel Belisle - Tenures Technician
Carl Johansen - Tenures & Recreation Technician
Richard Kean - Tenures Technician
Ralph Lenardt - Geomatics Technician

Stewardship & First Nations
The Stewardship section of the District is responsible for protecting, conserving, and enhancing vegetation, biodiversity, soil and water values on Crown lands. Stewardship practices include identifying, measuring, assessing, protecting, and monitoring those which actively use public resources. The Ministry's stewardship ethic is also designed to sustain and restore the health, beauty, diversity and productivity of the rich mosaic of our Province’s ecosystems.
Stewardship staff also provide district leadership in matters dealing with First Nations to ensure aboriginal rights are not unjustifiably infringed, and accommodating their interests where appropriate.

Stewardship Staff:
Scott Hicks - Stewardship Officer
Kevin Kilpatrick - Stewardship Forester
Bruce La Haie - Stewardship Forester

Compliance and Enforcement
The Compliance & Enforcement staff of the Kalum Forest District are responsible for protecting BC's forest and range resources by:
Compliance:
-  Inspecting road building and harvesting operations to ensure that these activities are carried out in accordance with approved plans, legislation and regulations.
-  Ensuring that, after harvesting, all areas are reforested and that the young forests are "free growing".
Enforcement:
-  If inspections reveal that operations have not complied with the laws then the licensee will face    enforcement actions which range from tickets to monetary penalties.
  Legislation and Regulations

Compliance and Enforcement Staff:
Bob Wilson - C&E Officer
Art Moi - C&E Forester
Bob Harlow - C&E Field Operations Supervisor
Susie Anderson - C&E Technician
Cary Drummond - C&E Technician
Volker Ellinghaus - C&E Technician
Pat Smith - C&E Technician
Chris Spangl - C&E Technician

Scaling
To ensure that the Crown receives its share of revenue the Scaling section is responsible for the development and management of the District scaling program in accordance with the Forest Act and its Regulations, as well as provincial policy and guidelines. They continuously monitor and inspect scaling sites to ensure all timber cut is satisfactorily scaled and returns are compiled. They ensure scaling sites, scaler appointments and acting scaler appointments are authorized.

Scaling Staff:
Richard Tiernan - Scaling Supervisor
Corinne Ellermann - Coast Check Scaler
Amber Olson - Coast Check Scaler
Suzanne Pelletier - Coast Check Scaler

Engineering
The Engineering Program in the Kalum Forest District is responsible for:
-  Monitoring and enforcing engineering standards of forest roads on Crown land; and,
-  For establishing, regulating and monitoring Forest Service Roads for current conditions and use.

Engineering Staff:
Don Varner - Engineering Officer

Administrative Services
The Administrative Services Section is responsible for supplying support services to the programs and staff in the Forest District and for BC Timber Sales, Skeena Business Area. Duties include clerical services, records management, receptionist services and vehicle and asset management.

Admin Services Staff:
Sue Wessel - Admin. Services Supervisor
Audrey Alaric - Resource Clerk, Field Services
Linda Hidber - Resource Clerk, Field Services
Gurpal Aujla - Receptionist
Hiemke Haldane - Records Management Clerk
John Gwilliam - Service Technician

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