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UNIQUELY CANADIAN: A CELEBRATING NATIONAL FOREST WEEK

bout one-third, or roughly 3.5-million square kilometres of our country, is made up of forests — more than nearly any other country on earth.

National Forest Week, which runs from Sept. 23 to Sept. 29, provides an opportunity to recognize how Canada’s forest sector has become an international model for sustainable forest management, conservation and fighting climate change — not to mention an important economic driver, with 230,000 direct, familysupporting jobs across the country.

In Canada, sustainability is the law.

We harvest less than 0.5 per cent of our harvestable forests and plant more than

1,000 trees every minute — or more than 500-million trees per year.

Our rules, regulations and policies are among the most stringent in the world.

When Canadian lumber, pulp, paper and bioproducts compete on the global stage against those from the United States, Russia, Brazil and Scandinavia, we can be proud of their quality and the fact they have been sustainably sourced.

In today’s global economy, our customers demand sustainably sourced materials and need assurances we are using active forest management as a way to support all species and values in Canadian forests — protecting watersheds, preserving wetlands, managing pest outbreaks and taking steps to mitigate the increasing

challenge of keeping communities safe from fire.

As we move collectively to a greener economy, Canada’s forest products sector has positioned itself as a solutions-provider on the product side.

Long known the world over for quality wood, pulp and paper products, Canada is emerging as a forestryinnovation hotbed with growing capacity to make biofuels and bioproducts from wood fibre, which in some cases are used as a substitute for non-renewable materials and energy sources.

Two years ago, Forest Products Association of Canada challenged the industry to exceed greenhouse gas emission reduction targets with our 30x30 Climate Change Challenge.

DEREK NIGHBOR In doing so, the sector pledged the annual removal of 30 megatonnes of CO2 per year by 2030 — which represents more than 13 per cent of the Canadian government’s carbon-reduction target.

It also made Canada’s forest products sector the first national industry group to present a clear plan to

voluntarily contribute to Ottawa’s climate goals.

We calculated that the 30-megatonne reduction in carbon could be reached through world-leading forest-management practices.

These include sustainable harvesting of mature trees, which have absorbed years of carbon, before they turn into carbon emitters — locking the carbon into a long-lived wood product and subsequently replanting and supporting regeneration so younger trees can restart the carbon-absorption cycle.

Other key aspects include increasing the use of innovative forest products and clean technologies to provide alternatives to materials made from fossil fuels, along with finding further efficiencies at mill sites.

During National Forest

Week, it’s important to recognize the people who work in our forests every day to keep them healthy for generations to come.

We also need to recognize how our forests are a critical resource in our collective fight against climate change and support how Made in Canada forestry provides not only real environmental benefits, but also family-paying jobs for hundreds of thousands of workers in rural, northern and Indigenous communities across our country.

Happy National Forest Week, 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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Enhancing B.C.’s forests now and for the future The Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC) was established in February 2016, with its head office in Kamloops, to deliver targeted investments to enhance Crown forest lands throughout the province.

The unprecedented wildfire seasons over the past two years have resulted in greater media and public focus on fire suppression and, as we shift to proactive measures like wildfire mitigation, FESBC fulfills an important role.

Since its inception, FESBC has awarded grants for 171 projects with a combined total value of $163 million.

“Our society deploys grant funding to organizations like community forests, municipalities and First Nations who implement projects that are focused on a variety of treatments on Crown forest lands,” said FESBC executive director Steve Kozuki.

“The work our team of forest professionals does is to help organizations apply for funding, help make recommendations and do this collaborative work provincewide to figure out the best strategies to ensure the money is well spent on projects that will have a meaningful impact.”

The projects FESBC funds advance environmental and resource stewardship of B.C.’s forests, including the prevention and mitigation of the impact of wildfires, improving damaged or lowvalue forests, improving habitat for wildlife, supporting the use of fibre from damaged and low-value forests and treating forests to improve the management of greenhouse gases.

“FESBC invests in all regions of B.C. and the projects we fund help to provide employment and business opportunities province-wide,” Kozuki said.

“Of note, we’ve seen funding help strengthen our province’s rural

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strengthen our province’s rural economies and First Nations communities, which is a positive.

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— STEVE KOZUKI Forest Enhancement Society of BC executive director

economies and First Nations communities, which is a positive.”

In 2017, FESBC was challenged to deliver the program during an unprecedented wildfire season in B.C., which restricted access to project areas and redirected Crown resources from administration to firefighting.

Following that wildfire season, the society received a new mandate letter from Forests Minister Doug Donaldson, directing FESBC to continue to fulfill the purposes of the society, but with a greater emphasis on helping the province with wildfire recovery and prevention, along with helping to achieve climate change objectives.

“Climate change targets are vitally important and achieved in part through healthy forests, and these forests in turn impact the health of the rest of our environment,” Kozuki said.

Through FESBC funding, he

said, the society contributes to achieving both the provincial and federal governments’ climate change targets in three ways: growing more trees and planting forests on Crown land that otherwise wouldn’t be reforested; growing trees faster by fertilizing forests which captures greater amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide faster; and using more wood from the forest for bio-energy, which displaces fossil fuels.

To prevent and mitigate the impact of wildfires, FESBC funds projects that specifically reduce and manage forest fuels, as well as projects that accelerate post-wildfire recovery efforts by planting trees in damaged forests, thus speeding up forest recovery.

“We’ve been involved in funding some exceptionally effective and innovative projects,” Kozuki said.

“We look forward to continuing the work we do and helping others

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throughout B.C. replicate some of these initiatives in their communities for the future resilience of our province’s forests for all citizens to gain benefit from and to enjoy.”

Another important focus is improving wildlife habitat.

To do this, FESBC partners with the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation on a wide range of projects.

“We’ve had the opportunity to fund projects from the analysis of data from collared cow moose, which has informed moose management practices in the province, to the reintroduction of fire into the low-mid elevation dry forest and grassland ecosystems to restore and improve forage nutrition and availability, primarily for mule deer and big horn sheep,” Kozuki said.

Today, FESBC contributes to improving B.C.’s damaged or lowvalue forests by funding projects such as stand rehabilitation, which

returns poor or damaged stands or blocks of forest back into healthy production levels.

Projects like this help provide a full range of values, including timber supply. On the flip side, some projects focus on density management, in which over-stocked stands are better managed to promote good growth.

Funding for FESBC has been provided by the governments of B.C. and Canada. FESBC is accountable to the Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, the ministry primarily responsible for managing public lands.

“Looking forward,” Kozuki said, “the focus for FESBC in 2018/2019 and beyond will be to continue to identify and approve high-value forest-enhancement projects that meet our objectives and contribute to a strong and sustainable provincial economy.”

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CANOPY COVER IN THE CITY In October 2016, city council approved a new urban forestry strategy that aims to bring the tree canopy in the city up to 20 per cent from its current 12 per cent figure.

While the city has a 16 per cent canopy in its parks and boulevards — which still requires the planting of about 4,000 trees over the next 20 years to get to 20 per cent — other neighbourhoods have more work ahead.

Southgate, the area west of Columbia Street between Highway 1 and Thompson Rivers University, has the lowest tree canopy of any neighbourhood in Kamloops, at two per cent.

Juniper Ridge, at 16 per cent, has the leafiest canopy of any city neighbourhood.

In addition to crafting a new tree-protection bylaw, staff also created a new list of heritage trees with information for the general public.

Kamloops’ heritage tree bylaw protects trees of a certain

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The bylaw lists 10 trees deemed “significant.

Six are in Riverside Park and include maple, oak, elm, chestnut and giant arborvitae.

Two are in the Sixth Avenue cemetery in South Kamloops (an Indian beam and Norway spruce), one is in Memorial Park off Battle Street downtown (little leaf Linden) and one is on city right-of-way land in the West End (Douglas fir).

The trees are considered significant because of “their importance to the community, including their importance for heritage or landmark value or as wildlife habitat, and therefore are protected from any interference or damage,” the bylaw states.

Sometimes it is difficult to know just how many trees loom over the downtown core — until one gets a different perspective.

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Join in the celebration of National Forest Week B.C.’S FORESTS MINISTER INVITES ALL TO ENJOY OUR FORESTS FIRST-HAND Doug Donaldson, British Columbia’s minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, has issued the following statement in recognition of National Forest Week: “I invite British Columbians to join me in celebrating National Forest Week.

We are reaching the end of a wildfire season in which a provincial state of emergency was declared for the second year in a row. I want to thank everyone who worked tirelessly to keep people safe.

“Our province’s forests are vital to our communities, providing not only economic benefits, but also environmental, recreational and cultural values that help define who we are as British Columbians. This year’s theme, ‘Research forests: Canada’s living laboratories,’ provides an opportunity to reflect on how forest research in B.C. grows our knowledge of sustainable resource management and helps us build a greener future.

“New and changing environmental, social and economic factors, combined with our province’s diverse topography and climate, contribute to the complexity of resource management decisions. Our research activities cover areas such as ecosystem stewardship, timber supply, ecosystem health and disturbance, species and habitat, water and bioeconomy.

“B.C. is a world leader in sustainable forest management. We will continue to make every effort to keep our research as relevant and responsive to existing needs and to provide timely, high-quality, science-based information to support complex resource management decisions and policies.

“During National Forest Week, I encourage all British Columbians to take the opportunity to enjoy our forests first-hand and to appreciate the many ways in which our forests contribute to sustainable resource management, a healthy environment and thriving communities.”

Forests Minister Doug Donaldson stopped at Kamloops Airport last October to announce the launch of the Above and Beyond Awards program to recognize people who helped in their communities during last year’s floods and wildfires.

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Forests are a part of the fabric of B.C. — its environment, economy and culture — and every citizen has a stake in them.

Well-managed forests help keep water and air clean and many hike, bike, camp, explore and find spiritual balance in the forest.

The forest sector is also a major part of the province’s economy, generating one out of every 17 jobs in B.C. and contributing $33 billion in output, $12.9 billion in gross domestic product and about $4.1 billion in payments to municipal, provincial and federal governments each year.

B.C. has a strong record of good forest management and forest professionals play a key role.

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National FOREST WEEK The ABCFP ensures only those with the proper forest science education and specialized skills — and who are willing to subscribe to professional standards and a code of ethics for their conduct — are entitled to manage B.C.’s forests.

Forests are also an ever-changing natural resource, subject to devastating natural events that can create worry about their future.

This year, more than 2,000 fires burned 1.3-million hectares of land in the province, surpassing the area burned in 2017 and setting a new record for the all-time worst fire season on record. The fires cut through many of the same areas hard hit by the mountain pine beetle, which, by the time it is over, will have killed the equivalent of approximately 15-million truckloads of B.C.’s mature merchantable pine.

When these events happened, we witnessed communities, forest industry, governments, the forest professionals they employ and many more come together and rally in response. In the case of the wildfires, this collaborative effort meant no loss of life nor loss of major infrastructure like mills.

Unfortunately, some homes were lost.

More work remains, like determining how to best re-establish our forests and ecosystems, and ensuring we capture whatever value we can from the fire damaged forests and supporting those who have been impacted.

After the mountain pine beetle outbreak, we saw government and industry professionals take steps on the ground to help stop the spread of beetles, better quality seed supply for our forests developed by forest researchers and new forest-management direction about tree-species selection and planting standards implemented by the province’s chief forester, among other initiatives.

In contrast to the original 80 per cent mortality projection, today it is estimated that 55 per cent of B.C.’s mature merchantable pine will have been killed by 2020.

If public expectations around forest management are to be met, forest professionals require the right tools to do the job. Clear objectives about the desired results and expectations for forests and forest land use, research into the changing forests and ecosystems and accurate inventories for the growth and yield of forests — these are all necessary for forest professional to do their jobs well.

British Columbia’s forests and ecosystems are the backbone of our economy, environment and society. Forest professionals are committed to ensuring their sustainability, but we all have a stake in deciding how forests and ecosystems will be managed and for which values.

Christine Gelowitz is a registered forest professional and CEO of the Association of BC Forest Professionals.

The forest sector is a major part of the B.C.’s economy, generating one out of every 17 jobs in the province and contributing $33 billion in output, $12.9 billion in gross domestic product and about $4.1 billion in payments to municipal, provincial and federal governments each year.

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Riparian restoration on Skeetchestn territory Enhancing Crown forest lands in B.C. is a targeted priority of the Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC).

Since its inception in February 2016, FESBC has awarded grants for 171 projects valued at $163 million.

These grants fund third parties who implement projects and treatments on the land base.

One such funded initiative is the Skeetchestn Traditional Territory Forest and Riparian Restoration Project.

The project will be designed to serve as a model of integrated planning and restoration and its goals are three-fold: • Riparian forest and structure restoration: To restore forests and hydrology negatively impacted by the 2017 Elephant Hill fire and previous mountain pine beetle activity and enhance forest productivity and resilience through targeted seeding, planting and species diversification within the riparian areas.

• Habitat restoration: To restore and enhance habitat for native resident and anadromous fish species through improvement of water quality, stream structure and stream flow characteristics.

• Increase ecosystem carbon density: To increase the long-term sequestration of atmospheric carbon in the ecosystem,

taking into account both enhancing the carbon content of the ecosystem carbon pools, and reducing the risks of losses.

“We as a society recognize the importance of the Thompson Rivers watershed, including the areas impacted by the Elephant Hill wildfire,” said Gord Pratt, Operations Manager at FESBC. “The efficiencies from the methods developed in the Deadman River watershed may allow for similar work to be implemented across the Thompson River watershed and into other critical drainages.”

The project also falls in line with the targets of the provincial government.

Following the 2017 wildfire season, FESBC received a new mandate letter from the minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, directing FESBC to continue fulfilling the various purposes of the society.

“There was, however, a new emphasis on assisting the province with wildfire recovery and prevention, as well as assisting in helping to achieve its climate-change objectives,” said FESBC executive director Steve Kozuki.

“Projects, like what the Skeetchestn Indian Band is doing, are helping to make a measured difference.”

The Skeetchestn Traditional Territory Forest and Riparian Restoration Project falls in line with the targets of the provincial government.

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National FOREST WEEK LiDAR is changing forest management In a world in which digital information, computers and automation are changing everything we do, technology is radically changing the face of forest management in British Columbia.

Innovation is the key.

Foresters, engineers and technicians are applying new technologies in innovative ways to better manage forests for a range of values.

This advanced technology should be celebrated during National Forest Week.

WHAT IS LIDAR? Forest managers are using three-dimensional imaging technology called LiDAR to improve forest management.

Used to increase efficiency and reduce the costs of both strategic and operational planning, LiDAR is a digital method of accurately collecting a range of data from the landbase.

Instead of manually taking measurements in the forest to determine tree heights and species, you can fly above the forest and use LiDAR scanning technol-

ogy to collect that same information and more.

LiDAR data, combined with a level of field calibration, can be used to determine the species present in a forest, the heights of the trees and other data, including log volumes, sizes and locations for every tree.

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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? LiDAR-based individual tree data can be generated for large landscapes.

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better align harvesting-to-mill needs and better understand potential financial return.

Amalgamating individual tree volumes by species and quality (grade) means log and log product value can be assigned to blocks and, when compared with logging costs, can be used to generate a net return for a given block.

Multiple block boundaries can be explored quickly to understand changes to logging costs, log profile/value output and profitability.

In this way, LiDAR can be used to save time and money, contribute to sustainable harvest levels, maximize the value and return from the forest and contribute overall to improved management of forest land.

With the cost of LiDAR steadily decreasing, benefits can be maximized by combining technological expertise with operational forestry experience and knowledge to create innovative, practical and cost-effective solutions.

LiDAR is a game changer in forest management.

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Exploring the living labs that are B.C.’s forests

Canada’s research forests are the focus of National Forest Week.

“British Columbians have a strong affinity for the outdoors and the natural beauty of our forests,” said Bill Bourgeois, executive director of the National Forest Week BC Coalition.

“But people may not realize that forests are also living laboratories that offer us places to observe, experiment, and learn.”

Bourgeois said forest research helps increase knowledge of biodiversity, forest management and climate change.

By learning how forests grew and reacted in the past, as well as predicting responses to new pressures like climate change, society can build a greener future and maintain healthy, vibrant and productive forests across the country.

Both the UBC and the University of Northern B.C. maintain research forests.

UBC operates the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest in Maple Ridge and the Alex Fraser Research Forest in Williams Lake, while UNBC operates the Aleza Lake Research Forest east of Prince George and, in partnership with the Tl’azt’en First Nation, the John Prince Research Forest near Fort St. James.

Additional forest-research operations are run by the federal and provincial governments and by individual forestry companies across B.C. National Forest Week raises awareness about this renewable resource and provides families with opportunities to learn more about forests.

Whether it’s a walk in the woods, a talk in the classroom or a showcase of the critters that live in the forest, adults and children alike can see how registered forest professionals manage the province’s forests for a wide range of uses, including recreation, wildlife habitat, timber harvesting, forest ecosystems protection and other values important to British Columbians.

Many teachers will be inviting forest professionals to speak to students in their classrooms and the Association of BC Forest Professionals sponsors its annual art contest for children ages four to 12.

Details and contest entry forms are available on the BC National Forest Week website at bcnfw.ca.

National Forest Week is co-ordinated nationally by the Canadian Institute of Forestry and in BC by the National Forest Week BC Coalition, a group of volunteers from the Association of BC Forest Professionals.

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National FOREST WEEK DID YOU KNOW?

What is now known as National Forest Week was established in the 1920s and was known as Forest Fire Prevention Week.

The intention was to encourage greater public awareness of Canada’s forests.

Since then, National Forest Week (renamed in 1967) has evolved to encompass the many and varied human and environmental aspects of Canada’s forest resources — past, present and future.

Although special activities are promoted across Canada, National Forest Week remains first and foremost a challenge to individual Canadians to learn more about their forest heritage and support greater recognition of this valuable resource.

National Forest Week is observed annually during the last full week of September.

National Tree Day is observed on the Wednesday of National Forest Week.

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With proper care and nurturing, small things can grow into great things — like BC’s forests.

But who looks after our forests, ensuring they will be here for our children and grand-children?

That’s why we trust the Association of BC Forest Professionals.

ABCFP members use their skills and knowledge to sustainably manage BC’s forests for future generations.

So while our children grow — BC’s forests grow as well.

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Diversity can be found in Canada’s 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 nations forest, vary greatly across such geographic expanse.

As a result, Canada features 12 forest regions and sub-regions, each supporting characteristic tree species and forest types: BOREAL (PREDOMINANTLY FOREST) 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 (FORESTS 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 lichen-woodland and then treeless tundra.

BOREAL (FORESTS AND GRASS) A sub-region south of the main boreal forest region.

A warmer climate nurtures this deciduous forest, where trembling aspen and willow flourish along the edge of the prairie.

SUBALPINE A coniferous forest stretching from the mountainous uplands of Alberta, across the Rocky Mountain range and through the interior of British Columbia to the Pacific Coast.

The sub-alpine and boreal regions both feature species such as black spruce, white spruce and trembling aspen.

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

It is a northern extension of the typical forest of much of the western mountain system of the U.S. Extensive prairie communities of bunch grasses

and herbs are found in many of the river valleys.

COAST A unique area along the Pacific coast of British Columbia that is almost exclusively coniferous.

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

This coniferous region merges with coast, montane and sub-alpine forest regions.

DECIDUOUS (CAROLINIAN) Widespread across the eastern 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.

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.

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. Its permanently frozen sub-soil (permafrost) and a short growing season supports only small, hardy vegetation.

— Canadian Forestry Association

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Hearing loss due to workbut it’s permanent — limitplace noise can be permaing your ability to enjoy nent, yet it’s always preventsocial interactions, to comable. municate at work and to Recent noise level studrespond to sounds that warn ies in B.C’s forest industry of possible danger. show many workers experiSound is measured in ence lower levels of noise decibels and a single incinow than in the past, due to dent of an extremely loud changes in equipment and noise can be just as harmful practices. as long-term exposure to a However, the danger to lower-decibel noise. hearing remains a serious The noise levels, comconcern and occupational bined with the length of noise-induced hearing loss exposure, determine the is the most common workpotential for hearing damrelated disease. age.

When you’re exposed to Protect the hearing of noise above a certain level your workers by implementor over a certain period of ing a noise control and heartime, damage occurs to the ing conservation program. tiny sensory cells deep inside Employers are responyour ears. sible for the health and safety You can’t see the damage of their workers. and there is no pain.

In workplaces such as forThe resulting loss of hear- estry, where the noise levels NationalForestWeek_2018_Print_WithBleeds.pdf 1 9/13/2018 5:03:27 PM ing often happens gradually, can be above recommended

limits, workers are at risk of developing permanent hearing loss.

Under the occupational health and safety regulation, employers are required to protect workers’ hearing by developing and implementing a noise-control and hearing-conservation program that includes: • A mechanism for noise measurement; • Worker education and training; • An engineered noise control system; • Hearing protection and hearing tests for all workers exposed to hazardous noise; • Posting of noise hazard areas; • An annual review of the program.

According to a 2018 study, 62 per cent of forestry workers who were exposed to

Maximum exposure time varies according to the level of the noise, using common forestry jobs as examples: • Skidder or excavator operator, log truck driver (82dBA/16 hours) • Dozer or grapple operator (83dBA/12 hours) • Tracked-skidder operator (88dBA/4 hours) • Boom-boat operator (94dBA/1 hour) • Landing man (100dBA/15 minutes)

noise above the 85 dBA limit did not have their hearing tested, putting them at risk of undetected damage and, ultimately, permanent hearing loss.

Regular hearing tests can detect damage in its earliest stages so preventive measures, including hearing protection, can be taken to halt further hearing loss.

Hearing protection ranges from soft foam earplugs to highly specialized earmuffs.

All of them reduce noise while allowing the wearer to hear some level of conversation and equipment, so it’s important to choose the right type and to use it correctly and consistently.

Along with regular hearing tests and a strong

noise-control and hearingconservation program, permanent hearing loss due to occupational noise exposure is preventable.

What you hear now can affect what you hear later.

For more information on occupational noise exposure, go online to worksafebc. com/forestry.

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RPFs are involved in managing the forest and planning how it will be used and cared for.

RFTs have a narrower scope of practice and are involved in many technical forestry activities, such forest health, forest engineering, silviculture and more.

Both RPFs and RFTs have postsecondary education (at least an undergraduate degree for RPFs and at least a college diploma for RFTs) and have completed a rigorous articling process, usually

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Under provincial law, only registered forest professionals can practice forestry in B.C. But there are other benefits for employers in hiring registered forest professionals or registered forest technologists, including reduced risk and liability and public trust.

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