Interior Logging Association 60th Anniversary

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The Interior Logging Association’s 60th annual conference and trade show will be held at Colombo Lodge and Tk’emlups Powwow Grounds from May 3 to May 5. On May 5, Premier John Horgan will speak at an 11:30 a.m. luncheon at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre.

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Plenty of logging equipment will grace the Tk’emlups Powwow Grounds this week as the Interior Logging Association’s annual conference and trade show makes its return to Kamloops.

On display will be “any[thing] from logging trucks to winch assist machines to log loaders to feller bunchers to processors,” said ILA general manager Wayne Lintott.

The 60th edition of the three-day event is being held at multiple venues in the Tournament capital May 3 to May 5.

It all kicks off Thursday night with a meet and greet at the Colombo Lodge at 6 p.m., followed by the ILA annual general meeting at the Sandman Signature Hotel on Friday starting at 8:30 a.m.

Over at the Powwow Grounds will be multiple exhibits for the general public to check out free of charge between 9:30 a.m.

and 4:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

“Inside displays [will be] under the powwow building and then outside displays on the grounds,” said Lintott.

“It’s probably going to be the second largest one that I’ve done and I’ve been involved with them since 1974.”

Also on Friday, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Doug Donaldson will attend the conference, where he will give a speech.

“We’ve submitted four or five topics that we’re concerned about. What he addresses is up to him,” Lintott said.

The topics submitted to the minister include ensuring the sustainability of logging contractors to turn a profit, training equipment operators and the impact the 2017 wildfire season had on the industry.

That talk gets underway at 11:30 a.m. at Colombo Lodge.

Following the minister’s speech will be a pair of seminars — one on winch assist logging at the Sandman at 2 p.m. and

another on scaling profits over at Colombo Lodge at 3 p.m.

Seminars continue into Saturday with a presentation on understanding logging costs at 9 a.m. and the detection of impairment in the field and on the road at 10 a.m.

Both presentations will be at the Sandman.

All the seminars are free to attend.

To close out this year’s conference, Premier John Horgan will be the guest speaker at a luncheon at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.

Lintott said “we’re all waiting to hear” what Horgan has to say.

He said he hopes Hogan and/or Donaldson will address the issue of contractor sustainability — an independent review of which was commissioned by the previous Liberal government last year.

Lintott said the logging industry “looks good,” but added the biggest issue for con-

tractors is a lack of qualified labour.

“We’ve got contractors with two or three logging trucks sitting because they can’t find a driver for the seat,” he said.

“They’ve got two to four pieces of equipment sitting because they can’t find operators to put in the seat.”

The ILA is the voice of the timber harvesting sector in the Southern Interior.

Members make a substantial contribution to the economy through their business activities, providing high-paying jobs in communities throughout the region and enhancing our quality of life.

The ILA works with the provincial and municipal governments to ensure our members’ interests are recognized in policy and regulations that impact the industry.

The conference has been held in Vernon for the past six years, but ongoing renovations at Kal Tire Place in the North Okanagan city led organizers to move it back to Kamloops this year.

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Forests minister: Strengthen the social licence DOUG DONALDSON

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he theme for the upcoming Interior Logging Association’s convention is “Our Strength — A Unifying Voice for 60 Years”, which mirrors our approach as a government.

We believe we are stronger when we all work together and consider all British Columbians in our decisions and policies.

Representing Hazelton, I know first-hand the struggles that face rural communities and feel honoured that I am also minister responsible for rural development.

At the time of writing, we’re nearing the end of our online engagement in gathering input from rural British Columbians on what they want to see in a rural development strategy.

I firmly believe the most effective and enduring strategies are built from the ground up, not from the top down.

It’s important that people in rural communities — where they generate the wealth that helps pay

for vital public services such as health care and education — also benefit from the resources that are leaving their communities.

The forest industry is one of B.C.’s foundational industries and is a key economic driver supporting tens of thousands of families throughout British Columbia.

There are many challenges, especially in the Interior, which has been adversely affected by the mountain pine beetle and wildfires.

However, there are still great opportunities. The innovation involved in tall wood buildings or using residual fibre for pellets, instead of waste, are two examples of wood usage that were not on the horizon just 20 years ago.

One area that needs improvement is the social licence between the forest industry and communities. The social licence needs to be strengthened.

Broadly speaking, this means communities need to benefit from the forests that surround them.

It means licensees operating on public forests need to be open with their logging plans and consider community input.

It means the public needs reassurance that the professional reliance model is working. It means the public and all operators in our forests need to have confidence in our forest inventory.

I look forward to working with the industry to improve social licence. We are expecting the results of the engagement on professional reliance later this spring and the results of the review of forest inventory by the end of September.

And, of course, we’re looking forward to recommendations stemming from the logging contractor sustainability review.

Returning to Budget 2018, we’re dedicating an additional $72 million to wildfire-related initiatives over the next three years.

This includes $50 million specifically to help communities better prepare for and respond to wildfires through the development and implementation of community fire risk, prevention and response plans.

There is also another $22 million for land-based recovery in the areas most heavily impacted by the 2017 wildfires.

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Given the unprecedented scale of the fires, it will take a few years for forests and ecosystems to recover.

Funds will be used for fire-access roads, improving/recovering waterstorage facilities, rehabilitating rangelands and reforestation.

The funding announced in Budget 2018 builds on investments to date, including more than $20 million from the Forest Enhancement Society of BC on wildfire risk reduction and reforestation in the Cariboo alone.

Ministry staff have been working closely with First Nations and licencees in developing timber salvage strategies and approving cut-

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Salvage harvesting is also being guided by the ministry’s recently published retention guidelines.

While public safety is the overriding priority, it’s also important to maintain environmental values as much as possible.

The wildfires did not burn even.

In some areas, forests were burnt to a crisp, while in some areas within a wildfire perimeter, there are pockets of green stands.

Funding priorities for wildfirerelated activity will also be informed by the results of the George Abbott and Maureen Chapman review of the 2017 wildfires and floods.

We will be developing our approach in collaboration with First Nations and with input from communities, industry, environmental groups, tourism, outdoor recreation groups and other stakeholders.

I look forward to meeting with you at the ILA’s 60th annual convention in Kamloops in May. Doug Donaldson is British Columbia’s minister of forests, lands, natural resource operations and rural development

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Interior Logging Association 60TH ANNIVERSARY

A brief history of the Interior Logging Association In April of 1958, 16 men, all connected to the logging industry, met in Rutland and formed the Okanagan Logging Association as a body independent of any others in the province.

Several Okanaganarea loggers and truckers joined. Harold Hildred was elected president and the initial membership fee was $10.

The objectives of the association were to promote the interests of those engaged in logging, to protect members against unfair practices, to reform abuses in the industry, to seek freedom from unlawful extractions and to provide accurate information to its members.

The mandate spoke to the difficult circumstances that loggers

faced at those times, circumstances that have not changed that much in the ensuing 60 years.

By 1960, however, membership grew from outside of the Okanagan area and, to reflect the growing area of representation, the name was change to the current Interior

Logging Association.

In the first few years of existence, the association was focused primarily on trucking issues related to weight restrictions and licensing that were so unfair to loggers that they could no longer sit and do nothing about it.

One of its members,

Cecil Philpot, elected to spend two weeks in a Kamloops jail rather than pay an overload fine. This act of defiance galvanized the fight for ILA members and membership grew.

Through the early 1960s, the ILA pushed hard against the Department of Commercial Transport

on road weight restrictions that were causing undue hardship for many ILA members.

The politics of the situation became clear, however, when overload restrictions were imposed on Interior roads when the government cited logging trucks as the cause of highway damage.

However, as noted

by ILA publicity director Harold Hildred, “now that there is an election here, trucks don’t damage roads anymore.”

In 1962, the ILA approached the Department of Commercial Transport, but this time regarding truck licensing fees.

In a brief presented by president Peter Dyck, the ILA noted the quarterly system of truck licensing caused problems for many logging truck operators given their seasons of work. The dispute was eventually settled, with changes made to the licensing scheme.

By 1972, the ILA had more than 1,000 delegates at its 13th annual convention, where the delegates were warned by Resources Minister Ray

Williston that multiple use of B.C’.s forests being promoted by the growing environmental movement was the new mantra and that loggers, like all forest users, had to accept that things were changing.

The ILA embraced the need for change and president Audrey Baird noted that “multiple use was the way to go.”

In 1977, the BC Logging Association was created via the merger of the ILA and the Central Interior Logging Association, with Derrick Stammer as chairman of the joint board of directors.

With growing memberships in both organizations and issues that were common to both, it was felt joining forces and pooling resources would give a

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stronger voice to Interior contractors and truckers in policy and regulatory development.

While initially the merger provided benefits to the joint memberships, by 1982 local issues forced separation of the two organizations and the ILA once again continued working on behalf of its Southern Interior membership.

Following ongoing pressure brought to the government by the ILA — hand-in-hand with its counterparts in other areas of the province — regarding ongoing abuse of contractors, in 1991 Bill 13 was introduced by minister Claude Richmond.

As stated by Richmond upon introduction of the bill, its purpose was to address logging contractors’ security in British Columbia. With input from the ILA, the act was updated in 1992 to clarify amount of work provisions and in 1996 it was again updated to become the legislation that endured until 2003.

Wayne Lintott was hired as the ILA general manager in 1998; and Nancy Hesketh joined as office administrator in June of 1999.

With a background in forest harvesting equipment sales and a keen understanding of log-

ging and trucking, Lintott has led development of the ILA to this day.

Also in 1998, the ILA purchased its current office in Vernon in order to secure its longer-term financial stability.

With land and building values always on the rise, ownership of its office made economic sense.

The fall of 2007 saw Pope and Talbot, one of the province’s major forest-products operators, file for creditor protection in the wake of growing financial losses.

As part of the eventual bankruptcy settlement, Interfor purchased its two southern B.C. Interior sawmills in Grand Forks and Castlegar, along with other various company assets.

However, not all logging contractors received payment for their services and the logs that they had collectively delivered to Pope and Talbot mills in inventory.

In aggregate, more than $4.3 million was owing and each contractor was to be listed as an unsecured creditor and likely to only recover cents on the dollar.

The ILA stepped in and worked with forests minister Pat Bell and the court-appoint-

ed receiver to facilitate 98.2 per cent of payments of all money owed to contractors.

The lessons learned from the Pope and Talbot bankruptcy and the fight to recover money owed to contractors was a pivotal motivation for government to heed to the 10-year advocacy effort by the ILA and other provincial logging associations for the creation of the Forestry Service Providers Protection Act. For 60 years, the ILA has worked to promote the interests of those engaged in the logging industry in the Caribou and southern regions of the Province, and to promote and support forest education and awareness. Many rural communities depend on the forest industry for their livelihoods’ where ILA members live and work.

Looking forward, the ILA has hired an assistant to the general manager, Todd Chamberlain, RFT who will work with Wayne and allow the ILA to continue its advocacy efforts throughout the BC Interior. The ILA will continue to work with the industry that supports them, their membership and their communities.

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Canada’s dozen different kinds of forests Canada stretches across five time zones and numerous climate regions.

The Arctic Circle is covered in permafrost, yet Point Pelee in southern Ontario is farther south than northern California. The soil and water and conditions that sustain the nation’s forests vary greatly across such a geographic expanse.

As a result, Canada features 12 forest regions and sub-regions, each supporting characteristic tree species and forest types:

United States and extending into southwestern Ontario between Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario.

Some southern deciduous trees have their northern limits in this region: tulip tree, cucumber tree, pawpaw, red mulberry, Kentucky coffee tree, sassafras, black oak and pin oak.

Conifers are few but there is a scattered distribution of eastern white pine, Tamarack, eastern red cedar and eastern hemlock.

Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Extends inland from the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River to southeastern Manitoba, but does not include the area north of Lake Superior.

This region is mixed coniferous-deciduous which in addition to the principal tree species includes wide ranges of eastern white cedar and largetooth aspen

Boreal The largest forested area in Canada.

This region forms a continuous belt from Newfoundland and Labrador west to the Rocky Mountains and north to Alaska.

The boreal forest is mostly coniferous, but includes a mix of deciduous trees such as white birch and trembling aspen.

Boreal (forest and barren) A sub-region north of the Boreal Forest Region.

A colder climate and shorter growing season nurtures predominately spruce and larch (tamarack).

Along the northern edge the forest thins into open lichenwoodland and then treeless Tundra.

Acadian Stretches across most of the Maritime provinces.

The region is closely related to the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Region and to some extent Boreal Region.

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Boreal (forest and grass) A sub-region south of the main Boreal Forest Region.

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Subalpine A coniferous forest stretching from the mountainous uplands of Alberta across the Rocky Mountain range, through the interior of British Columbia to the

Montane Covers most of the interior uplands of British Columbia, part of the Kootenay Valley and a small area east of the Rocky Mountains.

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the typical forest of much of the western mountain system of the United States.

Extensive prairie communities of bunch-grasses and herbs are found in many of the river valleys.

Coast A unique area for Canada along the Pacific Coast of British Columbia that is almost exclusively coniferous.

Columbian Encompasses a large part of the Kootnay Valley, the upper Thompson and Fraser river valleys and the Quesnel Lake area of British Columbia.

This coniferous region merges with Coast, Montane and Subalpine forest regions.

Deciduous (Carolinian) Widespread across the eastern

Grasslands Though not a forest region, the prairies of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta support several species of trees in great numbers.

Trembling aspen forms groves or bluffs around wet depressions and continuous dense stands along the northern boundary.

Tundra A treeless area between the polar icecap and the treeline of the Arctic region.

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• QUICK COUPLERS • CAST IRON & ALUMINUM GEAR PUMPS & MOTORS • FLOW METERS, ALARMS COOLERS • HIGH PRESSURE GEAR PUMPS • OIL/AIR & OIL/WATER • GOLD CUP PISTON PRODUCTS • FLOW TRANSMITTERS • BUTTERFLY VALVES • POWER PACKS • FLARE-LESS TUBE FITTINGS

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• PRESSURE, RETURN & SUCTION FILTERS • GAUGE, TANK ACCESSORIES, BALL VALVES • FLOW CONTROL, LASER OIL ANALYSIS

• PUMP DRIVES & TRANSFER CASE UNITS

• HIGH PRESSURE GEAR PUMPS • POWER PACKS

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A strong and unifying voice for members since 1958.

Wishing the ILA and all its members continued safety, strength and many more anniversaries.

Because safety is good business.

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Interior Logging Association 60TH ANNIVERSARY

Forests: A reason for pride in Canada DEREK NIGHBOR

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n Canada, the forest industry has been part of our lifeblood and a cornerstone of the economy for decades.

The issue of how we manage our forests has also been the topic of healthy debate for generations.

However, what is often overlooked is Canada’s global leadership in sustainable forest management and the positive role Canadian forests and the forest products industry play in addressing climate change and providing socio-economic benefits: • Canada’s forest laws are among the strictest in the world. They protect our forests and ensure that sustainable forest management practices are followed across the country.

For example, every tree that is harvested in Canada must be replaced. This means consumers can be confident that

the forest and wood products they buy from Canada were obtained legally and harvested under a system of sustainable forest management.

• Canada boasts nearly 40 per cent of the world’s certified forests, far more than any other country. From Yukon to Newfoundland and Labrador, the forest sector is benefiting local communities, boosting our economy, helping to advance reconciliation with Indigenous communities and showing us what we can accomplish when working together.

• In 2016, Canada harvested less than 0.5 per cent of its harvestable forests.

The careful and planned management ensures we can enjoy the environmental, social and economic benefits of Canadian forests forever.

• Canada’s forest sector is leading the way in bioeconomy. In the bio-economy, renewable resources such as

wood-fibre are being converted into many types of consumer and industrial products, which include construction materials, auto parts, bioplastics, biochemicals and fuel for vehicles and planes.

They also provide a way to generate more value from trees while minimizing waste.

When used as a substitute for non-renewable materials and energy sources, bio-products can help reduce dependence on fossil fuels, cut greenhouse gas emissions and minimize environmental impacts from industrial operations.

• Canada’s forest sector is one of the largest employers in the nation. Nearly one million Canadians are employed directly and indirectly in the forest products sector.

• Canada’s forest sector is one of the largest employers of Indigenous peoples in the country. Nearly 10,000 Indigenous peoples worked in the forest sector in 2016.

DEREK NIGHBOR

Canada’s forest products sector has long taken pride in balancing environmental and economic goals.

With 160-million hectares of internationally certified forests — more than any other country — Canada is widely recognized as a responsible supplier of

forest products from legal and sustainable sources.

By embracing world-leading environmental standards, spending hundreds of millions every year on forest management planning and committing to continuous improvement using the latest research, the responsible way in which we manage our forests is very much a competitive advantage in the global marketplace.

Keeping our forests healthy and sustainable is vital — to preserve their beauty for generations to come, to leverage them as a critical resource in the fight against climate change and to support goodpaying jobs for hundreds of thousands of Canadian workers across rural and northern Canada.

Derek Nighbor is the CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada, the national industry voice representing Canada’s forest products industry.

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A return to Kamloops on the 60th anniversary WAYNE LINTOTT

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he Interior Logging Association Board of Directors and staff would like to wish retiring BC Forest Safety Council chair Ken Higginbotham well with his future endeavours and congratulate Reid Hedlund for taking on the position of acting chairman while a long-term replacement is found for that role.

Reid is currently the vice-chair of the council and is past chairman of the board for the ILA. He has also been chairman of the board for the BC Logging Health & Safety Agency and the Forest Industry Safety Association and was a member of the forest safety task force.

Reid has been a stump-todump logging contractor in the Midway-Grand Forks area for 39 years.

The ILA board of directors and staff would like to welcome Todd Chamberlain, RFT, who has been hired as assistant general manager.

Todd started on March 5 and will work out of the Vernon office.

Todd has been involved in the forest industry for the past 35 years, with the last 23 years in the Merritt area.

He brings with him years of knowledge from both the licence and contractor sides of the industry and has been involved in several operations with First Nations.

Todd’s first assignment will be to cover the membership area of the former Central Interior Logging Association out of Prince George.

We would like to invite everyone to attend our 60th annual conference and trade show in Kamloops from May 3 to May 5.

This year’s conference will be held at the Tk’emlups Powwow Grounds.

Our theme for this year is “Our Strength: A Unifying Voice for 60 Years.”

The powwow grounds have an area for outside displays that is 10 times larger than what we have had in Vernon.

Registration numbers show this will be the best outside and

inside show we have had for several years.

Once again, the ILA board of directors has invited the Truck Logging Association board of directors to join us. This will be the fourth year the TLA has conducted its board meeting at our conference, after which the two association boards will get together to discuss concerns and issues facing our collective memberships.

We are pleased to hear that George Abbott’s report on contractor sustainability has been forwarded to government. We are looking forward to the pending review with all parties involved.

Thee ILA board would also like to wish Brenda Martin well in her future career endeavours as she moves on from the role of TLA director of communications.

We look forward to seeing everyone at our conference.

Wayne Lintott is general manager of the Interior Logging Association.

He can be reached by phone at 250-503-2199 and by email at wayne@interiorlogging.org.

Registration numbers show this “ will be the best outside and inside show we have had for several years.”

— ILA general manager WAYNE LINTOTT on the event’s return to Kamloops from May 3 to May 5

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Forestry and value-added wood in Kamloops Venture Kamloops outlines the role Kamloops plays in the forestry industry: British Columbia is the largest producer of forest products in Canada, with Kamloops contributing significantly to production.

As a provincially recognized forest centre, Kamloops and the Central Interior of B.C. account for the second-highest concentration of value-added plants in the province.

The number of value-added wood products manufactured in Kamloops continues to grow and ranges from plywood, veneer products and finger jointed lamina to prefabricated housing units and custom kitchen cabinets.

Many companies, agencies, and services related to the forest industry are headquartered in Kamloops, including Domtar and Tolko Industries COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES Kamloops’ location: One of the city’s advantages is its geographic location in the province.

As a transportation hub with trucking, rail and air cargo access, the ability to move products from

In terms of raw materials, wood species, lumber grades, fibre supply and wood waste are available at competitive prices.

EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS The value-added wood industry in the Kamloops Forest District has a number of strengths, which positions it well to compete in the North American home-building market.

This includes knowledgeable and experienced professionals who know the inner workings of the industry, have export market experience, and have strong interests in developing partnerships.

Kamloops to other locations in a cost-efficient method is ideal.

STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE Kamloops has over 2,200 acres of affordable land zoned for industrial use, much of which is vacant.

There are eight industrial parks, some with both rail and highway access, and the city enjoys a reliable supply of affordable power

and telecommunications.

LOCAL RESOURCES/SUPPORT There are more than 125 fabrication and manufacturing companies operating in the city and businesses enjoy extensive research and development support by the Interior Science and Innovation Council, Nexterra and Thompson Rivers University.

SKILLED & EDUCATED LABOUR FORCE The city enjoys a diverse pool of trades, forestry specialists, contract loggers, truckers and silviculture workers.

Additionally, Kamloops is home to TRU. With more than 1,200 graduates annually from a wide variety of diploma, undergraduate and graduate programs, TRU works closely with community and industry organizations, and all levels of government.

Since 1996, TRU faculty and students have worked with over 200 manufacturing and technology businesses to develop and implement commercial applications of new and existing technologies and innovations.

Projects including consulting for wood products and other manufacturing companies, equipment automation projects for industry, technology commercialization, business start-up and marketing advice, and applied research and development to regional and provincial businesses and industries.

LIFESTYLE Kamloops has a vast landscape with plenty of room in which to play and engage in an array of recreational opportunities, all while enjoying over 2,000 hours of sunshine annually.

Housing is affordable and the cost of doing business is competitive, plus the area boasts exceptional schooling options and healthcare services.

Employee retention is high in Kamloops with employees citing an affordable, quality of life in the region as a major plus.

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HIGH-FIVE! ACTUALLY, 60 HIGH-FIVES

All of us at Tolko would like to send out big “high-fives� to the Interior Logging Association. We congratulate you on your 60th anniversary.

Safety is a top priority at Tolko, and we look forward to another 60 years of working alongside our industry partners to ensure that forestry workers remain safe at work and at home.