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Cut level unchanged for 100 Mile House TSA for five years
On Nov. 7, British Columbia’s deputy chief forester Diane Nicholls announced the allowable annual cut (AAC) for the 100 Mile House timber supply area (TSA) will remain at two million cubic metres (m3) until 2018. After five years, however, the AAC will be halved to one million m3 for an additional five years. In her decision, Nicholls specified that no more than 500,000 m3 of the AAC can be harvested from live trees.
Limiting the harvest forests, woodlots and of live trees helps to First Nations woodland mitigate the projected licences. decrease in timber sup“So there are other ply, the deputy chief areas of opportunities forester explains in her for fibre out there.” report. In addition to Me a nw h i l e , continued salC a r i b o o vage, Nicholls Chilcotin MLA says her deciDonna Barnett sion also says maintainprovides for ing the current other forest AAC for anothvalues, such as er five years is wildlife habitat, Donna good news for riparian areas Barnett 100 Mile House and old growth and the South forests. Cariboo. After five years, when She notes the AAC the dead pine has detedoesn’t take into riorated to the point it account (include tim- can no longer be used ber from) private for commercial purpostimber, community es, she adds the AAC
will decrease to one million cubic metres. This decrease reflects the need to transition to a lower mid-term timber supply that will occur until regenerating pine stands become suitable for harvesting, Nicholls explains. “Keeping the allowable annual cut elevated for five more years will maximize the salvage of dead timber and reforestation of affected lands. The projected timber supply will only support that level of harvest until around 2018, so this determination includes an automatic decrease to a level that will conserve
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the mid-term timber supply.” Noting that when the beetle coalitions were started in 2006, Barnett says they knew it was eventually going to happen depending on the shelf life of the beetlekilled wood. She adds the analysis made between 2006 and 2008 on how long the timber harvest levels would stay constant was very close to what is occurring today. “Hopefully in the next five years, there will be new initiatives in our communities and new opportunities and new industries [other than complete reliance on the forest industry] that will help us move forward.” Meanwhile, she says it’s good news for the community’s stability with West Fraser upgrading the mill new technology to be more efficient with its timber use. “I’m very positive and optimistic about the future for our region.” The chief forester’s AAC determination is available from the 100 Mile House Natural Resource district office in 100 Mile House or online at http://www. for.gov.bc.ca/hts/.
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