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South Cariboo (108 Mile) Regional Airport manager Nick Christianson, left, and Tom Turner were dwarfed by the C130 Hercules that touched down on the tarmac June 12, so the crew could enjoy lunch at the 108 Golf Resort. See this week’s Cariboo Connector for the story and more pictures.
Support sought on timber supply Industry encourages opening up land-use plan Carole Rooney Free Press
The potential for opening up the Cariboo-Chilcotin Land Use Plan (CCLUP) to mitigate mid-term timber supply shortages appears to be gaining momentum. Cariboo Land Use Strategy Committee (CLUSC) project leader Keith Dufresne made a presentation on timber-supply issues at the June 11 District of 100 Mile House council’s committee of the whole meeting. Mayor Mitch Campsall and Councillors Dave Mingo, Bill Hadden, Ralph Fossum and Spence Henderson were joined at the meeting by representatives from
West Fraser Mills Ltd. (who sit on It developed a framework for a CLUSC), district staff and a handful science-based review of sensitive of members of the public. timber areas and to what degree Dufresne began changes to the landby noting the Special use plans (LUPs) might Maybe we Committee on Timber affect these three can look at Supply was formed in underlying values, he this a little August 2012 by the proexplained. bit closer vincial government, and The stakeholdand say, are by October, it had develer consultations on these values oped Beyond the Beetle: this assessment are as imporA Mid-term Timber underway, headed up tant as we Supply Action plan. thought they by Rodger Stewart, Then in April 2013, resource management were? the province’s special director for the Ministry committee released a preof Natural Resource – Dan Rollert liminary assessment of O p erat ions-C ar ib o o three key land values: old Region, Dufresne noted. growth management areas, mule deer However, Dufresne added a sciwinter range and visual quality areas. ence-based review may not happen
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at all if government deems there is insufficient support to consider opening up LUPs. Locally, the Cariboo Land Use Strategy Committee (CLUSC) was formed with forest company representatives to develop an industry perspective on what options are available to mitigate the drop in Annual Allowable Cut (AAC) for the Cariboo-Chilcotin Land Use Plan area in the mid-term (about the next 50 years). West Fraser’s South Cariboo woods manager Dan Rollert also addressed council, encouraging the local politicians to write a letter of support for re-evaluating the LUPs. Continued on 5