Section A: Forests and Range — Continued

Ministry Organization Structure

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The Ministry of Forests and Range has a decentralized structure (see Figure above), with the majority of staff in field offices in close proximity to the forests they protect and manage and the clients and communities they serve. The Operations division of the ministry consists of three forest region offices with 29 forest district offices, 4 satellite offices; and 6 fire centers, 35 zone offices, 59 fire attack bases and 18 air tanker bases. Staff in Operations division are involved in all core business areas except BC Timber Sales. BC Timber Sales includes 12 BC Timber Sales offices with 19 field team locations.

The Victoria headquarters staff are organized as follows: Corporate Services division (previously called Corporate Policy and Governance division), Operations division (including Fire Protection), Forest Stewardship division, Tenure and Revenue division, and BC Timber Sales.

The Forest Stewardship Division includes staff in the Forest Practices Branch, Research Branch, Forest Analysis Branch and the Tree Improvement Branch, which manages the Tree Seed center and five seed orchard facilities.

In the Tenure and Revenue Division are Economics and Trade, Revenue, Resource Tenures and Engineering, and Aboriginal Affairs Branches.

The Operations Division personnel in Victoria are the Compliance and Enforcement Branch and executive and support staff to Fire Protection and Field Services staff.

Corporate Services Division, provide overall co-ordination of policy development and support services to the entire ministry in the areas of financial services, human resources, information technology, and strategic policy and legislation development.