NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release 2010FOR0149-001039 Sept. 8, 2010

Ministry of Forests and Range Chief Forester’s Office

 

NEW ALLOWABLE ANNUAL CUT SET FOR REVELSTOKE-AREA TFL

 

VICTORIA – Effective immediately the allowable annual cut for Tree Farm Licence 56, held by the Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation, will decrease from 100,000 cubic metres to 90,000 cubic metres, deputy chief forester Melanie Boyce announced today.

 

“In setting the new harvest level for the next 10 years, I accounted for new information about volumes in existing stands and wildlife habitat, including caribou,” said Boyce. “Reducing the cut now will help to achieve stable harvest levels over the longer term.”

 

Tree Farm Licence 56 covers about 120,000 hectares about 40 kilometres north of Revelstoke. Logging rights for the tree farm licence have been held by the Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation since 1993.

 

The deputy chief forester’s determination is an independent professional judgment based on information ranging from technical forestry reports, First Nations and public input to the government’s social and economic goals. The timber supply review accounts for environmental concerns, such as biodiversity including old-growth forests, water resources, and scenic values, in addition to social and economic issues.

 

Under the timber supply review, the chief forester or deputy chief forester determines how much wood can be harvested in each of the province’s 37 timber supply areas and 34 tree farm licences at least once every ten years. A new allowable annual cut can be determined earlier in response to significant changes in information, current management practices or abnormal situations.

 

Copies of the deputy chief forester’s rationale for the allowable annual cut determination are available on the Ministry of Forests and Range website at http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hts/ or from the Columbia Forest District office in Revelstoke.

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Media Contact:

Melanie Boyce Deputy Chief Forester Victoria 250 387-1296

 

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