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Beyond the Beetle – Managing BC’s Forest for Value and Sustainability

Beyond the Beetle – Managing BC’s Forest for Value and Sustainability. 2014 SISCO Winter Workshop February 26, 2014 Dave Peterson, RPF ADM Tenures, Competitiveness and Innovation Division & Chief Forester. New Buzz from an Old Saw. Current Mountain Pine Beetle picture

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Beyond the Beetle – Managing BC’s Forest for Value and Sustainability

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  1. Beyond the Beetle – Managing BC’s Forest for Value and Sustainability 2014 SISCO Winter Workshop February 26, 2014 Dave Peterson, RPF ADM Tenures, Competitiveness and Innovation Division & Chief Forester

  2. New Buzz from an Old Saw • Current Mountain Pine Beetle picture • Mid-Term Timber Supply Action Plan • Further Transformations Ahead • Questions

  3. Mountain Pine Beetle

  4. MPB and Mid-Term Timber Supply • By-partisan MLA Committee visited 15 communities and reviewed 650 submissions, in summer 2012 • Committee produced a unanimous report to legislature with recommendations to enhance mid-term timber supply in beetle-impacted areas • FLNRO Minister Thomson responded with Beyond the Beetle: A Mid-term Timber Supply Action Plan

  5. Beyond the BeetleAction Plan • Preserving the Integrity of BC’s SFM system • Respect First Nations interests, certifications and BACs • Land Base Issues • Examine marginal forest types for potential • Conduct science-based review of land use plans • Forests Practices Considerations • Enhance local area silviculture strategies • Continue addressing forest health, climate change, tree improvement, fuel management

  6. Beyond the BeetleAction Plan, cont. • 4. Other AAC-Related Issues • Update forest inventories in MPB-impacted areas • Update AACs in impacted areas, and consider new information, partitions and salvage potentials • 5. Forest Tenure Issues and Interests • Increase the diversity of area-based tenures and consider conversion of volume to area-based • Continue the work on tenures that promote fibre utilization and fibre-based AACs • 6. Burns Lake specific

  7. Further Transformations Ahead • Managing the community-specific impacts of reduced fibre supply • Increasing the level of fibre utilization, both from standing timber and from harvest residuals • Enhancing the value generated from BC’s forest products • Supporting the production of innovative bio-products • Increasing the long-term participation of First Nations and communities in the forest sector

  8. Further Transformations Ahead, cont. • Modifying the AAC determination process and AAC allocation system to reflect declining supplies • Improving land base security for the forest sector and other forest users • Increasing the levels of public and private investment in the forest resource in BC • Maintaining competitive market conditions through the transition period • Adapting silviculture regimes and prescriptions to reflect evolving biological and social objectives

  9. BC’s Bio-economy Transformation Council • Collaborative initiative between government, industry and research community • Co-chaired by industry and government • Built on 2012 MLA Bio-economy Committee • Vision – BC is a world-leader in the new bio-economy • Established 6 Working Groups

  10. Questions ?

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