Province of British Columbia
39th Parliament – 2011-12
Special Committee on Timber Supply
INDEX

 

Habitat protection See Wildlife
Hackett, Jim

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association 22:1035-1040
Forest inventory improvements 22:1040
Land use planning, need for review of plans 22:1035
Tenure system, conversion of volume-based tenures to area-based tenures 22:1040
Timber supply areas in interior, marginal stands, inclusion in timber supply 22:1035-1040
Hadden, Bill

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of district municipality of 100 Mile House 17:0805-0830
As subject
 
experience with woodlot licence 17:0825-0830
100 Mile House
 
agriculture and ranching in area 17:0815
community forest 17:0815-0825
district municipality, communications with government 17:0815
economic diversification 17:0810
forest industry in area 17:0815
forest industry in area, oriented strand board plant 17:0810
forest industry in area, value-added operations 17:0830
mill operations in area 17:0805, 17:0825
recreation and tourism in area 17:0815
100 Mile House timber supply area
 
allowable annual cut, levels 17:0805-0810
constraints on timber harvesting 17:0810
constraints on timber harvesting, old-growth management areas 17:0820
constraints on timber harvesting, old-growth management areas and visual quality objectives 17:0820
tenure system, area-based tenures 17:0815, 17:0830
timber supply, allocation to mills in area 17:0810, 17:0825
Ainsworth Engineered Canada Ltd. Partnership, oriented strand board operations 17:0805-0810
Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition, activities 17:0810
Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan 17:0810, 17:0825
Timber supply areas in interior
 
mid-term supply
 
sustainability and long-term supply 17:0810
use of underutilized fibre 17:0810, 17:0830
mitigation options for mid-term supply 17:0810
 
decision-making process 17:0810-0815
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
 
mill operations in 100 Mile House 17:0805-0810
Woodlots 17:0830
Haeussler, Sybille

 
Presentation to committee 7:1250-1305
Canadian Council of Forest Ministers, role and B.C. participation 7:1255
Chief forester, role 7:1250
Climate change, impact on forest ecosystems and forest management 7:1250-1305
Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values, values for long-term maintenance 7:1250-1305
Forest and Range Practices Act, provisions 7:1255
Forest-dependent communities 7:1305
Forests and forest industry
 
timber supply, sustainability and long-term supply 7:1250-1255
Future Forest Ecosystems Scientific Council, research on climate change and forest ecosystems 7:1250-1305
Timber Supply Special Committee, public consultation, discussion paper 7:1250
Hamilton, Ross

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of Fort St. James 11:0815-0845
Allowable annual cut, levels and partitioning 11:0825-0830
Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values 11:0820
Forests and forest industry
 
certification of forest products 11:0820-0825, 11:0835
Fort St. James, community forest 11:0845
Prince George timber supply area
 
forest inventory 11:0825
Fort St. James component, constraints on timber harvesting, non-timber values 11:0815-0820
Fort St. James component, forest inventory 11:0835, 11:0845
timber supply 11:0825
timber supply and merchantability definition for stands 11:0835-0840
Silviculture
 
public investment 11:0840
rehabilitation of beetle-impacted stands 11:0830, 11:0845
Tenure system, conversion of volume-based tenures to area-based tenures 11:0830, 11:0845
Timber supply areas in interior
 
amalgamation of timber supply areas 11:0825-0830
forest health 11:0825
mid-term supply, low-quality timber stands 11:0830
mid-term supply, merchantability of stands and definition changes 11:0825, 11:0835-0840
mitigation options for mid-term supply identified by government 11:0815-0830
Hampton Lumber Mills, Canada, Ltd. See also Vossen, Richard; Zika, Steve

 
Presentation to committee 9:1125-1200, 23:1130-1210
Burns Lake mill See Babine Forest Products Co.
Decker Lake mill, operations (Vossen, R.) 9:1130 (Zika, S.) 9:1125, 9:1155
Proposal for Burns Lake mill replacement (Everitt, F.) 9:1325 (O'Rourke, B.) 9:1320 (Vossen, R.) 9:1130-1140 (Zika, S.) 9:1125-1130
Proposal for Burns Lake mill replacement and area-based licence proposal (Bains) 9:1145 (Zika, S.) 9:1140-1145, 23:1145-1150
Proposal for Burns Lake mill replacement, employment projections (Routley, B.) 9:1150-1155 (Vossen, R.) 9:1155-1200 (Zika, S.) 9:1150-1155
Purchase of Babine Forest Products Co. (Zayac, R.) 9:1025
Purchase of Babine Forest Products Co., investment (Zika, S.) 9:1125
Hansard

 
Hansard Services staff thanked (Rustad) 6:0955
Harmac mill See Nanaimo Forest Products Ltd.
Harris, Roger

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of AltaGas Ltd. 9:1100-1115
AltaGas Ltd., power plant proposal 9:1100-1115
B.C. Hydro, energy purchase agreements 9:1110
Burns Lake, First Nations in area, economic development 9:1100
Burns Lake Native Development Corp., development of biomass fibre industries 9:1100
Energy, bioenergy, use of wood waste for power generation 9:1100-1110
Harrison, Brad

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of Backcountry Lodges of B.C. Association 25:1900-1920
As subject
 
father's experience in hunting industry 25:1915
Backcountry Lodges of B.C. Association 25:1900-1915
B.C., rural B.C., economic diversification 25:1915
Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values, changes, impact on tourism sector and non-timber values 25:1905-1920
Forests and forest industry
 
selective logging 25:1915-1920
Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Ministry, reports on tourism and economy 25:1905-1915
Kootenay area, forest and hunting industries 25:1915
Land use planning, role of tourism sector 25:1900-1910
Mountain pine beetle infestation, beetle action coalition tourism strategies 25:1910
Omineca Beetle Action Coalition, recommendations 25:1910
Resorts, backcountry resorts, interface fire issues 25:1915
Timber supply areas in interior
 
mitigation options for mid-term supply 25:1920
Timber Supply Special Committee, terms of reference and consultation with tourism sector 25:1900-1910
Tourism
 
B.C.'s brand and reputation 25:1905-1915
industry, reliance on forest land base and role in economy 25:1905-1915
Harrison Lake

 
Logging in area and visual quality objectives (Foy, J.) 23:0945
Harshaw, Howard

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of Outdoor Recreation Council of B.C. 22:1125-1150
Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values
 
non-timber values, study 22:1135-1140, 22:1150
outdoor recreation values 22:1130
visual quality objectives 22:1140
Forest management and practices, impact on recreation 22:1135-1140
Forests and forest industry
 
industry, public consultation 22:1135
Land use planning, review of plans 22:1135-1140
Outdoor Recreation Council of B.C.
 
recommendations to committee 22:1135-1140
work of organization 22:1130
Parks, logging in parks 22:1140
Recreation
 
government consultation with stakeholders on forest management 22:1135-1145
outdoor recreation 22:1130-1140
resource inventory 22:1130-1140
Timber supply areas in interior
 
roads, funding for multi-resource roads 22:1145-1150
timber supply 22:1140
Timber Supply Special Committee, proposal for subcommittee of stakeholders to review land and resource management plans 22:1140, 22:1150
Harvest levels See also Timber supply review

 
Falldown (Karr, V.) 16:1530
Falldown from beetle infestation (Gordon, K.) 11:1130 (Nussbaum, A.) 5:1010-1015
Falldown in level from beetle infestations and mature forest issues (Mitchell, B.) 7:1200 (Nussbaum, A.) 5:1010, 5:1125 (Rustad) 5:1010
Levels (Bains) 22:1120-1125 (Clogg, J.) 22:1105, 22:1125 (Nussbaum, A.) 2:0930-0935, 3:0825-0830 (Zielke, K.) 21:1225
Levels and timber supply, falldown causes (Gook, D.) 19:1155
Pine units (Nussbaum, A.) 5:1115
Relationship to employment (Wieting, J.) 23:1310
Harwood, John

 
Presentation on behalf of district municipality of Clearwater 25:1615-1640
Clearwater
 
community forest 25:1625
electric power capacity 25:1635
forest industry in area, mills and silviculture 25:1615-1620
forest industry in area, value-added operations 25:1630-1635
government services and revitalization 25:1640
Communities, small rural communities, health and sustainability 25:1620
Community forests, proposed expansion 25:1630
Forests and forest industry
 
government forest policy, impact on rural communities 25:1620
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry, Forests component, staffing in local offices 25:1640
Kamloops timber supply area
 
Forests Ministry staff in area 25:1640
timber harvested for export outside area 25:1615, 25:1635
Silviculture, role of local communities 25:1620
Hauer Brothers Lumber Ltd.

 
Mill operations in Valemount (Barnett) 15:1010 (Bressette, S.) 15:1010 (McCracken, A.) 15:1035
Havens, Doramy

 
Presentation to committee 19:1120-1130
As subject
 
participation in land use planning process 19:1120 (Barnett) 19:1130
Allowable annual cut, levels and mill capacity issues 19:1125
Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan, development and content 19:1120
Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values, non-timber values 19:1125-1130
Quesnel timber supply area, allowable annual cut, sustainability 19:1125
Timber supply areas in interior
 
beetle-kill timber, harvesting levels 19:1125
forest industry, transition planning 19:1125
mid-term supply, sustainability and long-term supply 19:1125
mitigation options for mid-term supply, decision-making process 19:1130
Haywood-Farmer, Dave

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Cattlemen's Association 25:1920-1935
B.C.Cattlemen's Association 25:1920
Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values, values for ranching sector 25:1920-1935
Forest and Range Practices Act 25:1925
Forests and forest industry
 
pest control and management, invasive plant species 25:1930
Land use
 
Crown land and range land 25:1925
land use planning, local involvement and government support 25:1925-1935
Livestock industry, ranching industry, reliance on forest land base and role in economy 25:1920-1935
Mountain pine beetle infestation, impact on ranching 25:1920-1925
Timber supply areas in interior
 
beetle-kill timber harvesting levels 25:1925
mitigation options for mid-term supply, decision-making process 25:1920-1930
Wildlife
 
mule deer 25:1930
predator and ungulate control 25:1930
Health – Health care system

 
Impact of forest worker health and safety issues See Workers under Forests and forest industry
Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities See also Bourgeois, Bill

 
Presentation to committee 21:1450-1515
Initiative (Barnett) 21:1500 (Bourgeois, B.) 21:1450-1500 (Janz, D.) 22:1355 (Macdonald) 21:1505 (Perry, J.) 18:1950 (Routley, B.) 21:1505
Heit, Paul

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd. 12:1705-1720
B.C. timber sales program, timber supply issues for small companies 12:1705, 12:1715-1720
Forest Act amendments 12:1705-1710
Forest-dependent communities, economic diversification 12:1705
Forests and forest industry, government support for small companies 12:1705-1720
Prince George timber supply area, Vanderhoof component, timber supply 12:1705-1720
Vanderhoof, forest industry, role in economy 12:1705-1715
Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd., impact of government forest policies on operations 12:1705-1720
Hetherington, Anne

 
Presentation to committee 7:1320-1335
Bulkley Valley Community Resources Board, role 7:1320-1325
Bulkley Valley, organizations involved in forest management activities 7:1325
Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values
 
constraints 7:1320
special management areas 7:1330
Forest management and practices, selective logging 7:1330-1335
Forests and forest industry
 
forest health, diversity and resilience 7:1325
machinery and equipment 7:1335
Land use, land and resource management plans 7:1320
Spruce budworm, infestation in eastern Canada 7:1325
Strimbold, Archie, selective logging activities 7:1325-1330
Timber supply areas in interior
 
mitigation options for mid-term supply identified by government
 
decision-making process, cautions and principles 7:1320, 7:1330
decision-making process, role of local decision-making 7:1320-1330
Hodges, Ken

 
Presentation to committee 13:1115-1130
As subject
 
experience as professional forester 13:1115
Association of B.C. Forest Professionals, reports 13:1115
Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values, changes 13:1120
Forest inventory 13:1120
Forest management and practices, sustainability 13:1115-1130
Forests and forest industry
 
government forest policy, impact 13:1125
industry innovation and government role 13:1130
professional foresters 13:1115
research 13:1120
Land use planning, landscape planning 13:1120-1125
Prince George timber supply area, eastern biogeoclimatic zone, values and potential 13:1120
Silviculture, incremental strategies 13:1130
Timber supply areas in interior
 
mitigation options for mid-term supply, decision-making process 13:1115-1125
mitigation options for mid-term supply, options 13:1120-1125
Hoehne, Gunter

 
Presentation to committee 9:1215-1225
Association of B.C. Forest Professionals, comments on land use planning and forest practices 9:1225
Babine Forest Products Co., Burns Lake mill, rebuilding decision 9:1215
Lakes District land and resource management plan, review 9:1215-1225
Lakes timber supply area
 
constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values 9:1215-1225
decision-making and conservation of non-timber values 9:1225
timber supply 9:1215
timber supply, allocation to mills in area 9:1230
Hoffman, Tom

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of Tolko Industries Ltd. 17:1115-1130
Forest inventory 17:1120
Stumpage and timber pricing, impact on mill operations 17:1115
Timber supply areas in interior
 
beetle-kill timber, harvesting and regeneration 17:1120
mid-term supply
 
definition 17:1125
merchantability and cost of access to timber 17:1120-1125
sustainability and long-term supply 17:1115-1120
mitigation options for mid-term supply
 
opportunities 17:1120-1125
options identified by government, impact on forest businesses 17:1115, 17:1125
non-timber values, environmental values 17:1115
roads, funding for multi-resource roads and road remediation due to increased hauling 17:1125-1130
transportation of timber, safety and size of trucks and log loads 17:1120-1125
Timber Supply Special Committee, work of committee 17:1115, 17:1125
Tolko Industries Ltd., history and operations 17:1115
Holmberg, Bill

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of town of Houston 8:1610-1640
B.C., northwest B.C., timber supply 8:1635
Canadian Forest Products Ltd., mill operations in Houston 8:1610, 8:1635
Forest inventory, improvements 8:1630
Houston
 
beetle action coalition activities in area 8:1635-1640
community forest 8:1635
town council recommendations to committee 8:1630
Morice timber supply area
 
timber rights, restrictions on issuance of licences for non-sawlog-fibre 8:1630
timber rights, tenures and First Nations issues 8:1630
timber supply 8:1610
 
impact of land use planning 8:1620
impact of supply on mill operations 8:1625-1630
long-term projections on impact of silviculture activities 8:1630
sustainable management 8:1625
Tenure system, conversion of volume-based tenures to area-based tenures 8:1630-1635
Timber supply areas in interior
 
amalgamation of timber supply areas 8:1610
mid-term supply, sustainability and long-term supply 8:1625
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., mill operations in Houston 8:1610
Hood, Robin

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of Likely Xats'ull Community Forest Ltd. 18:1855-1905
Allowable annual cut, cut control and undercut 18:1900
Community forests, proposed expansion and consultation with First Nations 18:1855-1905
Constraints on timber harvesting and objectives for old-growth management areas 18:1900
Forests and forest industry
 
government investment and strategy 18:1855-1900
hardwood timber, management and expansion of uses 18:1900-1905
working Roundtable on Forestry 18:1855
Land use planning, landscape unit designation 18:1900
Likely Xats'ull Community Forest Ltd., forest management 18:1900-1905
Timber supply areas in interior
 
mitigation options for mid-term supply 18:1900-1905
Hooge, Bonnie

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of Backcountry Lodges of B.C. Association 20:1730-1740
As subject
 
family experience in forest and tourism industries 20:1740
Backcountry Lodges of B.C. Association, members and role 20:1730
Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values
 
changes and public concerns 20:1735
values for tourism sector 20:1730-1735
Forest-dependent communities, economic diversification 20:1735-1740
Forests and forest industry
 
certification of forest products 20:1740
selective logging 20:1735
Land use planning process 20:1730-1735
Mountain pine beetle infestation, impact on tourism 20:1740
Omineca Beetle Action Coalition, recommendations 20:1730
Resource development, long-term planning and sustainability 20:1735
Tenure system, area-based tenures 20:1740
Timber supply areas in interior
 
decision-making process for mid-term supply mitigation 20:1735
mitigation options for mid-term supply, impact on tourism industry 20:1730-1735
Timber Supply Special Committee, public consultation and terms of reference 20:1730-1735
Tourism
 
B.C.'s international reputation 20:1740
wilderness tourism 20:1730-1735
Horse logging See Forest management and practices
Housing

 
Residential housing construction See Construction industry
Houston, B.C.

 
Presentation to committee by town council representatives 8:1610-1640 See also Holmberg, Bill; Van Barneveld, Jonathan
 
recommendations to committee (Holmberg, B.) 8:1630
Beetle action coalition activities in area (Holmberg, B.) 8:1635-1640 (Macdonald) 8:1635
Community forest (Holmberg, B.) 8:1635 (Rustad) 8:1635
Mills See Canadian Forest Products Ltd.; West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
Timber supply See Morice timber supply area
Howard, Roy

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of Fraser Headwaters Alliance 16:1510-1525
Environment, environmental stewardship and sustainability 16:1520
Forest management and practices, relationship to climate change 16:1520
Forests and forest industry
 
export of raw logs 16:1520
Mills
 
appurtenancy changes 16:1520
Old-growth forests 16:1525
Robson Valley
 
inland temperate rainforest ecosystem 16:1515, 16:1525
land and resource management plan 16:1515-1520
Robson Valley timber supply area
 
biodiversity conservation 16:1515
constraints on timber harvesting, changes 16:1525
constraints on timber harvesting, old-growth management areas and ungulate winter range 16:1515
selective logging 16:1525
Timber supply areas in interior
 
mid-term supply, sustainability and long-term supply 16:1520-1525
mitigation options for mid-term supply
 
decision-making process, cautions and advice 16:1520
decision-making process, values and principles 16:1510-1515
products, local processing and value-added production 16:1510, 16:1520
Timber Supply Special Committee, public consultation, discussion paper 16:1520
Wildlife, mountain and woodland caribou, habitat 16:1515
Howe Sound Pulp and Paper Ltd.

 
Fibre supply (Janz, D.) 22:1405
Huldra Silver Inc.

 
Operations (Roline, S.) 24:0830
Hunting

 
Guide-outfitters See Guide-outfitters
Harvest allocation policy (Fraser, S.) 19:1020-1025
Harvest allocation process, chief biologist position proposal (Fenger, M.) 22:1500
Moose and calf hunting (Foster) 12:1805 (Salewski, W.) 12:1805
Trappers' concerns re forest practices (Banas, J.) 17:1040-1045, 17:1055 (Blackwell, P.) 17:1045-1055
Trapping, relationship to forest management See Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values
Husband, Vicky

 
Presentation to committee 21:1010-1035
As subject
 
experience in conservation and land use planning 21:1015 (Routley, B.) 21:1025
Burns Lake, future of community 21:1030
Climate change, impact on forest ecosystems 21:1020, 21:1030-1035
Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values, purpose and role 21:1015-1020, 21:1030-1035
Fires and firefighters, forest fire, prevention 21:1030-1035
Forest inventory, improvements 21:1035
Forest management and practices, sustainability 21:1015-1020
Forest Practices Board, reports and comments on silviculture activities 21:1020
Forest-dependent communities
 
economic diversification 21:1020
transition and support 21:1015-1020, 21:1030
Forests and forest industry
 
certification of forest products 21:1015-1020
Innes, John, comments on mid-term supply mitigation 21:1020
Land use planning, role 21:1015, 21:1030
Mills, operations and closings 21:1015
Mountain pine beetle infestation
 
causes 21:1020-1025, 21:1030
impact 21:1015
Nikiforuk, Andrew, comments in Empire of the Beetle 21:1025
Parks
 
logging in parks 21:1020-1025
percentage of B.C. land base in parks 21:1035
Silviculture
 
diversity of plantings 21:1030
not sufficiently restocked forest lands 21:1020
Tenure system
 
conversion of volume-based tenures to area-based tenures 21:1035
reforms 21:1035
Timber supply areas in interior
 
beetle-kill timber, harvesting and regeneration 21:1020-1025
mid-term supply, sustainability and long-term supply 21:1015-1020
mitigation options for mid-term supply, options identified by government 21:1015-1020, 21:1030
Value-added sector, development 21:1030

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