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BC Timber Sales Mackenzie LRMP Presentation November 2004

BC Timber Sales Mackenzie LRMP Presentation November 2004. Outline. Who are we Timber Reallocation Certification Forest Stewardship Plans. Mandate. To optimize net revenue to the province, within the parameters dictated by our benchmarking mandate and sound forest management practices

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BC Timber Sales Mackenzie LRMP Presentation November 2004

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  1. BC Timber Sales Mackenzie LRMP Presentation November 2004

  2. Outline • Who are we • Timber Reallocation • Certification • Forest Stewardship Plans

  3. Mandate • To optimize net revenue to the province, within the parameters dictated by our benchmarking mandate and sound forest management practices • To provide a credible reference point for costs and pricing of timber harvested from public land in BC • To provide opportunities for customers to purchase timber in an open and competitive market.

  4. Mandate - in English • To provide as much revenue as possible to the Province while ensuring that we • apply sustainable forest management practices and • sell timber in an open and competitive market.

  5. Timber Reallocation • Provincially, 20% of the Provincial harvest • In Mackenzie Forest District, 24% of the District harvest • Operating area selection in progress • Finalization of operating areas expected early in 2005.

  6. Certification • International Organization of Standardization (ISO) registration expected in Fall 2005 • environmental policy • structured procedures • Canadian Standards Association (CSA) certification being considered • meet Canadian Council for Forest Ministers criteria • sustainable forest management plan

  7. Forest Stewardship Plans • Broad planning areas (called Forest Development Units -- FDUs) • Provides results or strategies for established objectives across the FDUs • Elk, Goat, Stone Sheep and Caribou ungulate winter range • Mugaha Marsh Sensitive Area • Old Seral • Scenic areas • Non-legal objectives to be managed outside of FSP

  8. Prince George Forest Stewardship Plan • Currently out for public review and comment • Deadline for review is December 22, 2004 • Interested parties will be contacted prior to harvest commencement • FSP is legal document • Background and Objectives document is not legal • http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/bcts/tpg/

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