Environmentally sensitive areas
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Environmentally sensitive areas
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areas requiring special management attention toprotect important scenic values, fish and wildlife resources, historical and cultural values,and other natural systems or processes. ESAs for forestry include potentially fragile,unstable soils that may deteriorate unacceptably after forest harvesting, and areas of highvalue to non-timber resources such as fisheries, wildlife, water, and recreation. [Ministry of Forests -- Government of British Columbia]
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