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Key BC Silviculture Statistics

Key BC Silviculture Statistics. Forest Practices Branch BC Forest Service . September 8, 2009 . Objectives. To share key statistics on silviculture in BC Purpose to give context for moving forward and improving BC’s silviculture programs

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Key BC Silviculture Statistics

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  1. Key BC Silviculture Statistics • Forest Practices BranchBC Forest Service September 8, 2009

  2. Objectives • To share key statistics on silviculture in BC • Purpose to give context for moving forward and improving BC’s silviculture programs • To illustrate management levels on TSAs vs other tenures • To illustrate some reforestation and tending opportunities for the future

  3. How many silviculturefunding sources • There have been 43 different funding sources used to date • Only one funding approach has lasted 21 years and delivered $200 million per year in silv funding

  4. How do basic silviculture cost estimates for appraisals relate to site productivity

  5. Does Agency or Tenure currently effect basic silviculture performance

  6. Does Agency or Tenure currently effect total silviculture performance

  7. Silviculture is a keystone tool used to maintain the inherited estate for current and future generations • estimated standing tree value of the estate is $1/4 trillion • It generates up to $15 billion/year in exports • It generates up to $1.2 billion/year in stumpage, rents and fees • Industry and TSP spend ~ $200 million/yr in basic maintenance (silv) –1.3% of export values • This year $45 million in incremental enhancements -0.30% of export values

  8. A good foundation to start from • In the last few years 82% of harvested areas are planted within 1.7 years • 22 different tree species planted 1987

  9. Basic silviculture - agreat industry success story

  10. free growing stand densities as reported since January 2006 • on average at the free growing declaration   • the coast is achieving 86% of target free growing target number of well spaced trees per hectare • the northern interior is achieving 86% • the southern interior is achieving 82% • and BC is achieving 84% of target free growing target number of well spaced trees per hectare • Sites have on average •  1005 free growing wellspaced trees per hectare and • 1101 total well spaced trees per ha and • 5414 TOTAL trees per hectare

  11. Total NSR is still missing an estimated 300,000 of SSS and 400,000 of MPB NSR

  12. Estimated annual opportunities for treatment

  13. Silviculture investment programs • Need to be developed best on management unit silviculture strategies which are aimed at achieving key mgmt objectives • Silviculture activities need to be designed to be complementary, integrated and synergistic in impact • The following are a few examples for coastal type 2 silv strategies

  14. Arrowsmith TSA

  15. Fraser TSA

  16. Strathcona TSA

  17. Thanks to • Mei Ching Tsoi for graphs • Al Powelson and Ralph Winter for stats • Kelly Osbourne for financial estimates

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