Goals, Objectives, Strategies and Results

During the next three years, Board resources will be focused on achieving the goals and objectives discussed below. These goals and objectives are consistent with the Board's vision of "forests that are soundly managed to sustain the full range of forest values and forest resources for British Columbians."

Results, key strategies and performance measures are also identified. Development and refinement of performance measurements is ongoing.

There are many factors outside the Board's control that influence the goals' ultimate outcomes. Therefore the performance targets shown specifically for the goals are broad indicators that generally reflect the level of success of Board programs and policies. Recognizing that the Board is not able to be totally accountable for those broad measures, it will continue to monitor them in order to make adjustments to programs. Also, since outcomes tend to be the result of longer-term actions, it is important for analysis to take place over several years.

This high level plan is not intended to provide a detailed account of the Board's anticipated activities, programs or initiatives over the next three years. The performance targets shown next to objectives and the strategies in this plan are more immediate outcome or output measures over which the Board has more control and accountability. These are the focus of this plan, and will be reported in the annual report published by the Board after each fiscal year.

All goals, and most objectives, strategies and performance measures of the previous service plan are retained in this plan. All major additions and deletions are identified.

		Goal 1: Public confidence in accurate and impartial reporting of forest practices.

		Goal 2: A fair and effective means to deal with public concerns about forest practices.

		Goal 3: Forest practices that are widely recognized as sound and continually improving.