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

 

Radies, Dave

 
Presentation to committee 13:1135-1155
As subject
 
family's history in B.C. and involvement in forest industry and land issues 13:1135-1140
Allowable annual cut levels 13:1145
B.C., northern B.C.
 
employment 13:1140
mining industry, development 13:1150-1155
Communities, sustainability and consumption levels 13:1155
Environmental protection, relationship to poverty levels 13:1155
Land use issues and sustainability 13:1145-1155
Mines and mining industry, development 13:1150-1155
Resources and resource industries, resource development, long-term planning 13:1145-1150
Timber supply areas in interior
 
mitigation options for mid-term supply
 
decision-making process, role of industry 13:1140
increased use of timber 13:1155
options and need for broad perspective 13:1140-1155
timber quality 13:1145
Value-added sector 13:1145
Ragsdale, Joan

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of College of New Caledonia 9:1305-1315
Babine Forest Products Co., Burns Lake mill explosion and fire, impact 9:1305
Burns Lake
 
First Nations in area, population and employment 9:1305-1310
social conditions and social services 9:1305
College of New Caledonia, Lakes District Campus
 
community support services 9:1305-1310
impact of mill loss on campus 9:1315
training programs and research activities 9:1310
training programs, enrolment and funding 9:1310-1315
Lakes timber supply area, timber supply 9:1305-1310
Ramsay, Mike

 
Comments on wildlife populations in beetle-kill areas (Fraser, S.) 19:1025-1030
Ranching industry See Livestock industry
Rancourt, Tammy

 
Presentation to committee 14:1635-1655
As subject
 
experience as silviculturalist 14:1635
Forest inventory
 
inventory, improvements 14:1635
report by forest professionals 14:1635, 14:1650
Forest management and practices, sustainable forest management 14:1635-1640
Forests and forest industry
 
forest health management 14:1640
Kamloops timber supply area, silviculture, fertilization activities 14:1645
Mackenzie timber supply area, forest health, insect infestations and pine rust 14:1640-1645
Mountain pine beetle infestation 14:1640
Silviculture
 
fertilization activities 14:1640-1645
intensive silviculture 14:1640
intensive silviculture, application to volume base vs. area base 14:1655
investment 14:1640
Ray, Wayne

 
Presentation to committee 12:1810-1820
As subject
 
experience in forest industry 12:1810-1815
Babine Forest Products Co., Burns Lake mill rebuilding decision 12:1815
Forests and forest industry, forest health, diversity and resilience 12:1815-1820
Land use planning, role 12:1815
Prince George timber supply area, Vanderhoof component
 
access roads and moose population 12:1815
constraints on timber harvesting 12:1810
silviculture activities 12:1810
timber supply and wood waste 12:1810
timber supply, supply and forest inventory 12:1810
Silviculture
 
diversity of plantings 12:1810-1815
fertilization activities, cost 12:1810
Timber supply areas in interior
 
mitigation options for mid-term supply, decision-making process 12:1815
Vanderhoof, mill operations in area and employment 12:1810
Wildlife, habitat protection 12:1815-1820
Wood waste, volume and use 12:1810
Receiving licences See Tenure system
Recreation

 
Government consultation with stakeholders on forest management (Foster) 22:1145 (Harshaw, H.) 22:1135-1145
Outdoor recreation (Harshaw, H.) 22:1130-1140
Resource inventory (Harshaw, H.) 22:1130-1140
Recreation access management plans See Land use
Recreation objectives See Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values
Regional district of Fraser–Fort George See Fraser–Fort George regional district
Remanufacturing industry See Value-added sector
Resorts

 
Backcountry resorts, interface fire issues (Harrison, B.) 25:1915 (Routley, B.) 25:1915
Resources and resource industries

 
Development projects (Kriese, K.) 6:0905
Exports and markets (MacDonald, M.) 13:1200
Forest-dependent communities See Forest-dependent communities
Government support (Lawrence, J.) 22:1430
Integrated resource management (Karjala, M.) 20:1855-1900
Resource development, long-term planning (Radies, D.) 17:1015
Resource development, long-term planning and sustainability (Hooge, B.) 18:1750 (Robbins, F.) 18:1710
Resource-dependent communities, environmental and social issues (MacDonald, M.) 13:1155
Resource-dependent communities, government support (Routley, B.) 8:1750-1755
Resource-dependent communities, sustainability (Arcand, M.) 23:1245
Resources North Association See also Karjala, Melanie

 
Presentation to committee 20:1855-1905
Goals (Killam, S.) 14:1605
Recommendations to committee (Karjala, M.) 20:1900-1905
Work of organization (Karjala, M.) 20:1855
RESULTS database See Forest management and practices
Revelstoke, B.C.

 
Tree farm licence in area (Barnett) 24:1030
Richmond, Al

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of Cariboo regional district 17:1010-1020
100 Mile House timber supply area
 
forest inventory 17:1010
land use, non-timber values 17:1015
Allowable annual cut, carry-forward option for unused cut 17:1015
Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan 17:1010-1015
Chief forester, independence and resources 17:1010
CN Rail, role in transportation of interior forest products 17:1015
Energy, bioenergy, development of industry 17:1020
Forest-dependent communities, economic diversification 17:1015
Mountain pine beetle infestation, energy infrastructure funding for beetle-impacted communities 17:1010
Resources and resource industries, resource development, long-term planning 17:1015
Tenure system, conversion of volume-based tenures to area-based tenures 17:1015
Timber supply areas in interior
 
beetle-kill timber, harvesting costs and levels 17:1010
mid-term supply, sustainability and long-term supply 17:1010
mitigation options for mid-term supply, increased use of timber, hardwood 17:1015-1020
transportation of timber, costs 17:1015
Wood waste use, economic issues and development of industry 17:1015-1020
RiverCity Fibre Ltd. See also Ortner, Chris

 
Presentation to committee 25:1955-2005
Operations and fibre supply (Barnett) 25:2000 (Ortner, C.) 25:1955-2000
Robbins, Fred

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of Esk'etemc First Nation 18:1700-1710, 18:1720
Esk'etemc First Nation
 
relationship with government, history 18:1705
resources on traditional territory, access and rights 18:1705-1710
First Nations, consultation by government on land and resources 18:1700, 18:1710, 18:1720
Resources and resource industries, resource development, long-term planning and sustainability 18:1710
Timber Supply Special Committee, relationship with First Nations 18:1700
Williams Lake timber supply area
 
constraints on timber harvesting, old-growth management areas and ungulate winter range 18:1705-1710
land use issues, hunting conditions and restoration after timber harvesting 18:1705
timber rights and First Nations issues 18:1705-1710
Robertson, Mike

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of Cheslatta Carrier Nation 9:0910-0940
B.C. Hydro, energy purchase agreements 9:0915-0920
Burns Lake
 
energy infrastructure needs in area 9:0915-0920
First Nations in area, economic development 9:0910-0920
First Nations in area, population 9:0935
power project proposal for area 9:0910, 9:0920
Burns Lake Native Development Corp.
 
development of biomass fibre industries 9:0915-0920, 9:0940
forest licence proposal 9:0915-0925
partnership in Babine Forest Products Burns Lake mill, contract terms 9:0910
proposal for plant conversion to industrial mat production facility 9:0915
Cheslatta Carrier Nation
 
community forest 9:0930
economic development proposals 9:0910-0920
Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd., report on power project proposal for Burns Lake area 9:0925
Kenney Dam, water release facility proposal 9:0915-0920
Lakes timber supply area, timber supply, First Nations tenures 9:0920
Timber supply areas in interior, mid-term supply, use of underutilized fibre 9:0940
Robson Valley

 
Cedar-hemlock stands See Inland temperate rainforest ecosystem below under this main heading
Inland temperate rainforest ecosystem See also Eastern biogeoclimatic zone under Prince George timber supply area
 
(Howard, R.) 16:1515, 16:1525 (Karr, V.) 16:1535 (Macdonald) 16:1540
Land and resource management plan (Howard, R.) 16:1515-1520
Timber supply area See Robson Valley timber supply area
Robson Valley land and resource management plan

 
Status (Bressette, S.) 15:1025 (Routley, B.) 15:1025
Robson Valley timber supply area

 
Allowable annual cut (Karr, V.) 16:1530 (Runtz, G.) 16:1500
Allowable annual cut, levels (Bressette, S.) 15:1005-1010 (McCracken, A.) 15:1010 (Macdonald) 15:1005
Biodiversity conservation (Howard, R.) 16:1515
Community forests (von der Gonna, M.) 16:1425
Community forests, collaboration (Bressette, S.) 15:1025-1030, 15:1045 (Rustad) 15:1045
Community forests, expansion proposal (von der Gonna, M.) 16:1410-1420
Constraints on timber harvesting
 
changes (Howard, R.) 16:1525
constraints (Bressette, S.) 16:1440
consultation with trappers (Monroe, B.) 16:1605
old-growth management areas and ungulate winter range (Howard, R.) 16:1515
Description of area and cost of access to timber (Runtz, G.) 16:1500-1505 (von der Gonna, M.) 16:1420-1425
Forest inventory (Martin, P.) 16:1505
Forests, local management and stewardship (McCracken, A.) 15:1000-1005
Harvest volume, relationship to cruise and inventory volumes (Runtz, G.) 16:1510 (Rustad) 16:1510
Mid-term supply, allocation (von der Gonna, M.) 16:1410-1430
Mill operations (von der Gonna, M.) 16:1445
Mills See also Valemount, B.C.
Mills, impact of appurtenancy changes (Bressette, S.) 15:1040
Old-growth management areas (Routley, B.) 16:1605 (von der Gonna, M.) 16:1440
Old-growth management areas, harvesting (Monroe, B.) 16:1605-1610 (Rustad) 16:1610
Selective logging (Arnold, B.) 16:1545, 16:1600 (Howard, R.) 16:1525 (Routley, B.) 16:1525
Selective logging and tree species mix (von der Gonna, M.) 16:1450
Silviculture, stand regeneration (Arnold, B.) 16:1555
Soil conditions and riparian zones (Karr, V.) 16:1530
Timber supply (Arnold, B.) 16:1545-1600
Timber supply composition, cedar species (Bressette, S.) 15:1045 (Rustad) 15:1045
Timber supply review (Monroe, B.) 16:1600-1605
Transport of timber from area (Bressette, S.) 15:1005 (McCracken, A.) 15:1000 (Macdonald) 15:1005
Value-added sector See also Valemount, B.C.
Value-added sector, access to fibre (Barnett) 15:1010 (Bressette, S.) 15:1005-1010 (McCracken, A.) 15:0950-1005, 15:1020, 15:1030 (Macdonald) 15:1005-1010
Rogers, Allyson

 
Presentation to committee 17:0955-1010
100 Mile House timber supply area
 
constraints on timber harvesting, old-growth management areas 17:1005
forestry and tourism industries, dialogue on issues 17:1000-1005
Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values
 
changes and public consultation 17:1000-1010
values for tourism sector 17:1000-1005
Siwash Lake Ranch operations 17:0955-1000
Timber supply areas in interior
 
mitigation options for mid-term supply
 
decision-making process, role of communities and government 17:1005
options identified by government, impact on tourism industry 17:1000-1005
Roline, Susan

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of city of Merritt 24:0805-0830
Energy, bioenergy, use of wood waste for power generation 24:0820-0825
Huldra Silver Inc., operations 24:0830
Merritt
 
community forest 24:0830
economic diversification and mining opportunities 24:0830
economic diversification and power infrastructure needs 24:0815
forest industry in area 24:0805-0815
forest industry in area, impact on tourism 24:0815-0820
forest industry in area, pellet plant operations 24:0825
green energy project 24:0810, 24:0820
Merritt timber supply area
 
constraints on timber harvesting 24:0825
silviculture activities 24:0810
timber supply 24:0810
waste wood and bioenergy opportunities 24:0810
Timber supply areas in interior, mitigation options for mid-term supply 24:0810
Wood waste use 24:0820-0825
Roodenburg, Laurey

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of city of Quesnel 19:0855
Forest-dependent communities, economic diversification 19:0855
Quesnel, economic diversification and mitigation 19:0855
Routledge, Doug

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of Council of Forest Industries 23:1355-1425
Allowable annual cut levels 23:1400
Council of Forest Industries
 
membership and role 23:1355
recommendations to committee 23:1400-1410
Economy, economic diversification 23:1400
Forest inventory, improvements 23:1405
Forest-dependent communities, economic diversification 23:1355-1400
Forests and forest industry
 
industry
 
competitiveness and innovation 23:1400
conditions and history 23:1355-1400
wood products and uses, building products 23:1400
wood-first initiative 23:1400
Land use planning, review of plans 23:1405-1420
Mills, efficiency and technology 23:1405
Mountain pine beetle infestation, impact 23:1400
Silviculture, rehabilitation of beetle-impacted stands 23:1405
Tenure system, replaceable tenures and transfer of tenures 23:1400-1405
Timber supply areas in interior
 
beetle-kill timber, harvesting uplifts 23:1405
mid-term supply
 
low-volume timber stands, use 23:1425
underused fibre 23:1420-1425
mitigation options for mid-term supply 23:1400-1410
Routley, Bill (Cowichan Valley)

 
As subject
 
experience in forest industry 5:1005
100 Mile House timber supply area, constraints on timber harvesting, old-growth management areas and visual quality objectives 17:0815-0820
Ainsworth Engineered Canada Ltd. Partnership, fibre supply and tenure issues 17:1105-1110
Allowable annual cut
 
levels 12:1745
levels and impact on communities 5:1420
levels and mill capacity issues 23:1410
Aspenware Inc., operations and timber supply 18:1640
Association of B.C. Forest Professionals
 
relationship with Forests Ministry 3:0855
role 18:1955
Babine Forest Products Co.
 
Burns Lake mill, explosion and fire, government response 20:2030
Burns Lake mill, rebuilding
 
rebuilding and timber supply options, briefing document 20:2030-2035
rebuilding decision 21:1415
rebuilding decision and timeline 9:0835
rebuilding decision, role of committee and government 23:1205, 23:1625
Burns Lake mill, timber supply 9:1155
certification and forest practices 9:1155
Bear Lake, mill operations and timber supply 20:1725
Bercov, Arnold, work as forest industry union representative 20:1710
Big Creek, ranching industry and logging activities in area, water issues 18:1925
B.C., northern B.C., mills in northwest B.C. 7:1220
B.C. timber sales program
 
proposal for conversion to woodlot program 19:1105
role 24:1030
Burns Lake
 
First Nations in area, population and employment 25:1800
future of community 21:1025
Burns Lake Native Development Corp., development of biomass fibre industries 9:0935-0940
Canadian Forest Products Ltd., sustainable forest practices and climate change 21:1210
Carbon, carbon storage capacity of wood and other materials 23:1320
Cariboo Pulp and Paper Co., operations and fibre supply 19:1010
Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan 19:1050
Clark, Bob
 
comments during presentation to Timber Supply Committee 20:2030
work on Burns Lake mill issues 23:1625
Climate change
 
impact on forest management and practices 23:1125
transition of forested areas to grasslands 22:0955-1000
Communities, resilience and long-term planning 7:1155
Community forests 24:1030
 
proposed expansion 25:1630
timber supply 21:1535
Conifex Timber Inc., operations and timber supply 23:1055
Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values 17:1110
 
changes and public concerns 20:2030
changes involving legislation 6:1050
environmental suite of values 10:1635
non-timber values 24:0900
old-growth management areas 10:1530, 10:1635
purpose and role 22:0955
"social licence" concept 6:1045-1050
timber harvesting in constraint areas 21:1025-1030
ungulate winter range 6:1140
visual quality objectives 12:1640
Cowichan Valley, community forest and timber supply for mills 15:1020
Dunkley Lumber Ltd., tree farm licence 23:1540
Economy, bioeconomy, role of government and industry 21:1145
Energy, bioenergy
 
development of industry, access to fibre 20:1915
use of wood waste for power generation 24:0820-0825
Environmental protection, relationship to poverty levels 23:0955
Fires, forest fire management and prevention 22:1435
First Nations
 
involvement in forest industry 24:1200
treaties, negotiations 25:1800
Forest inventory
 
access to information 3:0855-0900
data collection and information, impact of damage to timber stands 3:0910-0915, 3:0945-0950
data collection and information, reporting gaps in information sets 3:1050
forest inventory planning standard 2:0850
funding and risk-based approach 3:0835-0845, 3:0945
ground samples and sample plots 2:0900-0905
inventory 2:0820, 2:0855-0900, 2:0915-0920
purpose, strategic and operational purpose 3:0855
report by forest professionals 3:0845
vegetation resources inventory standard 2:0850
Forest management and practices 21:0945, 21:1235
 
government and industry management 24:1045
government management 4:0855
harvesting on slopes 23:1725
practices 19:1050
roles of elected officials and professionals 16:1550
selective logging 16:1445
small-scale logging and equipment 23:1250
Forest Practices Board, comments on forest inventory 3:1050
Forest Stewardship Council, forest certification system 22:1210
Forests and forest industry
 
access to fibre 22:1050
biomass fibre, supply 19:0935
certification of forest products 22:1210
coastal forest industry 21:1605
coastal forest industry, job loss and mitigation measures 5:1425
companies, government support for small companies 12:1705
companies, relationship with communities 24:1045
data collection, information from industry professionals 4:0855-0900
employment and jobs 7:1210
export of products, market conditions 6:0945-0950
export of raw logs 23:0955, 23:1355
forest health, diversity and resilience 12:1805
forest health, management 24:0925
forests and wood products as carbon sinks 23:1320
government forest policy, impact on rural communities 25:1630
industry, development of high-quality wood industry 21:1605
industry, innovation 21:1415
land base, timber-harvesting land base, expansion and redistribution 21:1445
machinery and equipment 7:1335
market conditions, "supercycle" forecast 25:1950-1955
marketing of products 24:1030
markets, log markets 23:1725
professional foresters, relationship with forest companies 16:1550
professional foresters, role 18:1955
public concerns 23:0955
public concerns, impact on market 9:0935-0940
pulp and paper sector 6:0845
timber supply, ability for licensees to find timber 4:0810
tree farm licences 20:1945
tree farm licences, conversion of forest tenures to tree farm licences 19:1050
workers
 
early retirement bridging 5:1425
retraining of workers 5:1425
transition programs and government support 18:1830
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry
 
Forests component, role 21:1235
Forests component, tree seed facility in Surrey 23:1120-1125
Hampton Lumber Mills, Canada, Ltd., Burns Lake mill replacement proposal, employment projections 9:1150-1155
Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities initiative 21:1505
Husband, Vicky, experience in conservation and land use planning 21:1025
Kispiox timber supply area, timber harvested for export 23:1355
Lakes timber supply area
 
constraints on timber harvesting, old-growth management areas and fire risk 9:1050-1055
constraints on timber harvesting, visual quality objectives 9:0835
Lakes timber supply advisory group, process and recommendations 9:0835
local consultation process 5:0910
mountain pine beetle infestation, impact on water supply 9:1050-1055
Land use
 
issues and sustainability 13:1150
land and resource management plans 18:1620
land use planning
 
impact on forest industry 5:1005-1010
local involvement 20:1715
local involvement and government support 22:1410
review of plans 24:0900
role 12:1815
role of communities 24:0950
Lillooet timber supply area, tenure reform and First Nations issues 24:1140
Livestock industry, ranching industry issues 9:1050
McBride community forest, market development and local processing 16:1445
Macdonald, Norm, election as Deputy Chair of Timber Supply Committee 1:0805
Mackenzie Fibre Management Corp.
 
operations and transportation issues 14:1710
Mackenzie, forest industry in area, concerns re trade agreements 14:1620
Mackenzie timber supply area
 
constraints on timber harvesting and land use planning 14:1620
forest health, insect infestations and pine rust 14:1645
timber supply, allocation to mills in area 14:1620
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., operations 24:1045
Mills
 
appurtenancy changes 23:1025-1030
efficiency and technology 15:1020
operations, access to fibre 10:1620
operations and closings 6:1050
pulp and paper mills, fibre supply 19:1010
Mining industry development and employment 13:1150
Mountain pine beetle infestation
 
assessment and projections, BCMPB model 5:1200-1205
assessment and projections, outbreak behaviour and rate of attack 5:1200-1205
beetle-kill timber, merchantability and shelf life 6:0835
funding, allocation to community and forest health issues 25:2050
funding, federal funding and government action 5:1335
funding, provincial funding and government action 5:1335-1340, 5:1415-1420
impact on communities and environment 11:0840-0845
impact on young timber stands 5:1200-1205
mitigation and strategic planning 5:0930, 5:1415-1425, 5:1455
Nazko First Nation, biofuel production proposal and fibre supply 19:0935
Northern development initiative trust, funding for activities related to mountain pine beetle infestation 5:1340
Old-growth forests 22:1140
Old-growth forests, forest inventory 3:1050
Omineca Beetle Action Coalition, work of organization 7:1155
Pacific BioEnergy Corp., operations and fibre supply 19:0935
Pacific Forest Products Ltd., operations 24:1045
Powell River, pulp and paper sector 6:0845
Prince George timber supply area
 
eastern biogeoclimatic zone, access to timber 16:1445
Prince George component, timber supply 13:0930
tenure system 20:1945
Vanderhoof component
 
constraints on timber harvesting, visual quality objectives 12:1605
mountain pine beetle infestation, impact on water supply 12:1605
timber supply 12:1745
timber supply and forest inventory 12:1805
timber supply, silviculture activities and fertilization 12:1520
Private lands, forest management practices 23:1025
Quesnel timber supply area, timber supply mitigation options 19:1115
Resorts, backcountry resorts, interface fire issues 25:1915
Resource-dependent communities, government support 8:1750-1755
Robson Valley land and resource management plan 15:1025
Robson Valley timber supply area
 
old-growth management areas 16:1605
selective logging 16:1525
Saik'uz First Nation, bioenergy initiatives 12:1605
Secwepemc Nation, involvement in forest industry 25:1800-1805
Silviculture
 
activities 22:1435
conversion of non-productive to productive stands 23:1055
fertilization activities 5:1340
forest genetic resource management activities 23:1125
Forests for Tomorrow program, funding 5:1335
government management 24:0920-0925
incremental strategies 13:1130
intensive activities, spacing and thinning 18:2015
intensive silviculture 17:0950-0955
intensive silviculture in beetle-impacted areas 13:0930
not sufficiently restocked forest lands 4:0810
practices elsewhere 5:1345
stand density management 14:1645
Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd., certification of products 11:1015
Small business forest enterprise program 12:1705
Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition, project funding 25:2050
Southern interior development initiative trust, funding for activities related to mountain pine beetle infestation 5:1340
Strive Energy Services Ltd., proposal for biofuel and industrial mat production from wood waste 10:1620
Stumpage and timber pricing 17:1130
Sweden
 
forestry practices 21:1605-1610
forestry practices, mill operations 9:0935-0940
forestry practices, silviculture 17:0950
Taylor, Russell, comments on wood markets 6:0945-0950
Tenure system
 
area-based tenures 23:1415
area-based tenures, management 23:1025-1030
conversion of volume-based tenures to area-based tenures 24:0920
impact on communities and local companies 15:1020
reforms 25:1630
systems elsewhere 6:1410
volume-based tenures 19:1050
zonation and intensive timber management zones 23:1530
Timber supply areas in interior
 
beetle-kill timber
 
harvesting and replanting vs. natural regeneration 12:1640
harvesting levels 16:1525
harvesting practices and licences 25:2000
employment and jobs 8:1730
forest inventory 3:1050
forest inventory, growth and yield data 19:1115
land use plans 11:0845
mid-term supply
 
background and overview 6:0835-0845, 6:0910
economic wood concept and use of underutilized fibre 25:1950-1955
impact of economic issues 10:1620
increase 24:1200
low-quality timber stands and merchantability 23:1055, 23:1355, 23:1630
merchantability and cost of access to timber 11:1015
sustainability and long-term supply 16:1525
underused fibre, incentives 21:1105, 21:1445
supply areas 11:0840-0845
timber harvested from site-clearing for projects 23:1250
transportation of timber, costs 14:1710
Timber supply areas in interior, mitigation options for mid-term supply
 
decision-making process, role of government and professionals 16:1550
decision-making process, role of professionals and scientific analysis 11:0925
opportunities 17:1130
options 24:0950
options identified by government 24:1200
 
composite scenarios 6:1510
impact on forest fire mitigation planning 10:1535
options involving legislation 18:2015
public consultation 20:2045
terms of reference 23:1625
use of timber harvested for export 8:1755
Timber supply review
 
available volume of timber 4:0810
short, midterm and long-term forecasts and planning 4:0810-0815
Timber Supply Special Committee
 
briefings by government agencies 2:0815
election of Chair and Deputy Chair 1:0805
information 4:0855-0900
 
answers to questions by MLAs 4:0810-0815
forest inventory information 2:0915-0920
use of BCMPB model for assessment and projections of beetle-impacted areas 2:0815-0820
meeting schedule 4:0950
public consultation, drafting of discussion paper 6:1530-1535
public consultation, First Nations communities 24:1120
public hearings
 
advertising 6:1235-1240
location and schedule 5:0925
travel arrangements 6:1600
technical briefings and support 2:0815
terms of reference 23:1205
witnesses, forest workers and forest product certifiers 5:0925
TimberWest Forest Corp., operations 24:1045
Tl'oh Forest Products LP, employment 11:1035
United Steelworkers local 1-425, communications with officials on forest industry issues 18:1830
Value-added sector 23:1355
Vancouver Island mills, timber supply 15:1020
Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd., operations, impact of government forest policies 12:1705
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., mill operations in Fraser Lake 10:1640
Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd., fertilization activities 14:1640-1645
Wood waste
 
use 24:0820-0825
use, economic and ownership issues 10:1625
Xaxli'p First Nation, community forest 24:1115-1120
Royal Commission on Forest Resources in British Columbia

 
Report See Forest resources, Pearse report under Forests and forest industry
Runtz, Gene

 
Presentation to committee 16:1455-1510
As subject
 
experience in forest industry 16:1455
Carrier Lumber Ltd., operations 16:1505
McBride
 
forest industry in area 16:1455-1510
high school enrolment 16:1455
Mills
 
appurtenancy changes 16:1505-1510
Mills, post-and-rail plants 16:1500
Robson Valley timber supply area
 
allowable annual cut 16:1500
cost of access to timber 16:1500-1505
forest inventory 16:1505
harvest volume, relationship to cruise and inventory volumes 16:1510
Stumpage system, cedar stumpage 16:1500-1505
Tenure system reforms 16:1505-1510
Timber supply areas in interior
 
district managers, role 16:1510
mid-term supply, impact of economic issues 16:1500-1505
mid-term supply, merchantability and cost of access to timber 16:1500
mid-term supply, sustainability and long-term supply 16:1455
mitigation options for mid-term supply, community-specific options 16:1510
Rural British Columbia See British Columbia
Rustad, John (Nechako Lakes)

 
As subject
 
comments on tourism values (Doerig, E.) 12:1650
election as Chair of Timber Supply Committee 1:0800 (Barnett) 1:0800 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 1:0800
100 Mile House timber supply area
 
area-based tenures 17:0830
insect infestations and harvesting of affected trees 17:1225
Agriculture, farmland taxation and use as forest land 23:1605
Allowable annual cut
 
determination process 3:1045
levels 15:1045
levels and impact on communities 5:1420
levels and mill capacity issues 6:0840
timber flow changes to mid-term and long-term timber supply 6:1250
Arrow timber supply area, beetle-kill timber volume 6:0820
Babine Forest Products Co.
 
Burns Lake mill, employment for former workers 5:1500
Burns Lake mill, rebuilding
 
rebuilding and timber supply options, briefing document 20:2035
rebuilding decision, consultation with other communities 10:1530
rebuilding decision, role of committee and government 23:1635
report and timber supply analysis for Lakes timber supply area 23:1210
Bear Lake, mill operations and timber supply 20:1730
Binta Lake, fire in area 5:1455
Bond, Shirley, attendance at Timber Supply Committee public hearing in McBride 16:1405
B.C., northwest B.C., timber supply in coastal areas 8:1750
Burns Lake
 
community forest 9:0930
ranching industry in area, issues 9:1120
Canadian Forest Products Ltd.
 
harvesting costs 8:1720
mill operations in Houston 8:1635
Canim Lake Band
 
forest agreements, licences and tenures 17:0905
participation in Timber Supply Committee public hearing 17:0910
Cariboo Pulp and Paper Co., operations and fibre supply 19:1010-1015
Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan 3:1055
Clark, Bob, work on Burns Lake mill issues 10:1530
Clearwater, government services and revitalization 25:1640
Communities, small rural communities, health and sustainability 25:1640
Community forests 21:1545
Conifex Timber Inc.
 
operations and timber supply 23:1050
relationship with Nak'azdli First Nation 11:0930
Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values
 
changes and position of local governments 11:1025
changes involving legislation 6:1050
old-growth management areas 6:1020, 6:1030-1040, 6:1055
old-growth management areas and beetle infestation 24:1005
overlapping constraints 6:1010, 6:1115
parks issues 6:1100-1105, 6:1125
recreation objectives 6:0930
riparian areas 6:1110-1115
"social licence" concept 6:1050
ungulate winter range 6:1140
visual quality objectives 6:0955-1000, 6:1010-1015
Dunkley Lumber Ltd.
 
forest management practices 23:1535
presentations to Timber Supply Committee 11:1125
tenure and forest management 12:1535
Echo Valley Ranch and Spa, operations and viewscape 17:1225
Economy, bioeconomy committee 8:1745
Energy, bioenergy
 
development of industry 21:1450
silviculture activities to enhance bioenergy initiatives 10:1620
use of wood waste for power generation 8:1745
use of wood waste for power generation, tenures 5:1415
Fires and firefighters, forest fires
 
behaviour and relationship to forest practices 5:1455
prevention through timber harvesting 21:1030-1035
role 21:1030
Forest inventory
 
comparison with harvesting information 2:0905
process 3:1045
purpose 2:0920
remote sensing and satellite data 3:0915
resurvey and re-inventory cycles 2:0915
Forest management and practices 21:1240
 
management in other jurisdictions 21:1240
selective logging 21:1420
Forests and forest industry
 
biomass fibre industry 10:1620-1625
biomass fibre supply 21:1110, 21:1450
companies, government support for small companies 12:1715
export of raw logs 22:1100
forests and wood products as carbon sinks 23:1325
hardwood timber 19:1010
industry, projected conditions 21:1220
land base
 
park component 6:0930
timber-harvesting land base 21:1035
understorey of forest vegetation 3:0850
pest control and management, insect infestations 5:1450
pulp and paper sector 6:0845
timber supply, market-based system 21:1615
timber supply, model 6:0950
tree farm licence 30, First Nations consultation 20:1650
tree farm licences, forest inventory 3:0905-0910
tree farm licences, forest inventory, resurvey and re-inventory cycles 2:0915
wood pellet industry, power supply issues 21:1450
Fort St. James
 
community forest 11:0845
First Nations involvement in forest industry 11:0930
Fraser Lake, community forest and potential partnership with First Nations 10:1535
Fraser, Scott, attendance at Timber Supply Committee public hearing in Williams Lake
Fuel, biofuel production, use of wood waste 10:1625
Hansard Services staff thanked 6:0955
Harvest levels, falldown in level from beetle infestations and mature forests 5:1010
Houston community forest 8:1635
International Forest Products Ltd., mill operations in Adams Lake 22:1305
Kispiox timber supply area, available volume of timber 21:1205
Laaksonen-Craig, Susanna, work with Timber Supply Special Committee 23:1730
Lakes timber supply area
 
allowable annual cut, levels 10:1640
composite scenario options for mid-term supply 6:1445-1450
local consultation process 5:0905, 5:0920
low-volume timber stands, use 20:2040
parks component 9:0945
timber harvested for export 9:0950
timber supply, allocation to mills in area 23:1210
timber supply, First Nations tenures 9:0930
Land use planning, evaluation and outcomes 5:1015
Lheidli T'enneh First Nation
 
bioenergy initiatives 20:1650
forest management and tenure issues 20:1640, 20:1650
Livestock industry
 
ranching industry, issues 9:1120
Livestock industry, ranching industry, issues 6:0900
Macdonald, Norm, election as Deputy Chair of Timber Supply Committee 1:0805
Mackenzie, community forest and mining operations in area 14:1625
Mackenzie Fibre Management Corp., operations, pulp logs 14:1710
Mackenzie timber supply area
 
area-based tenures 14:1625
lower-volume stands and logging residuals 23:1450
non-economic timber 8:1750
Merritt, community forest and pellet plant operations 24:0825-0830
Merritt timber supply area, timber supply 24:0825
Mills
 
capacity and economic issues 22:1305
operations and closings 8:1630
pulp and paper mills, diversification of products 19:1015
pulp and paper mills, fibre supply 20:1710
pulp mill operations 6:0845
sawdust waste, use 7:1205
Mills, appurtenancy changes 15:1040-1045
Morice timber supply area
 
land and resource management plan 5:1015
timber supply 8:1615
timber supply, impact of land use planning 8:1620
timber supply, long-term projections on impact of silviculture activities 8:1620-1625
Mountain pine beetle infestation
 
assessment and projections 7:1000
 
BCMPB model and Walton report 3:0805
beetle-kill timber volume 6:0815-0820
outbreak behaviour and rate of attack 5:1220
beetle action coalitions, funding and activities 21:1510
funding, federal funding and government action 5:1335
funding, provincial funding and government action 5:1355, 5:1410
impact on rangeland 6:0900
impact on tourism 6:0855
Nazko First Nation, biofuel production proposal and energy infrastructure development 19:0935
Nechako Group of Companies, timber supply 21:1420
Nechako reservoir, submerged timber 8:1750
North Central Local Government Association, position on timber harvesting constraints 20:1850
Northern development initiative trust
 
activities related to mountain pine beetle infestation, funding 5:1340
establishment 5:1355
Northgate Minerals Corp., Kemess mine operations 14:1625
Parks
 
percentage of B.C. land base in parks 13:0955
Parks, percentage of B.C. land base in parks 5:1010
Pedersen, Larry, role with Timber Supply Special Committee 13:0905
Peterson, Dave
 
role with Timber Supply Special Committee 17:1300
thanked for work on Timber Supply Committee site visit 25:1610
Prince George, community forest 13:0925-0930
Prince George timber supply area
 
allowable annual cut, levels 10:1640
constraints on timber harvesting 20:1850
Fort St. James component, non-economic timber 8:1750
low-volume timber stands, use 10:1640
tenure system, area-based tenures 13:1015
timber supply 10:1550
Vanderhoof component
 
constraints on timber harvesting, visual quality objectives 12:1535
timber supply and forest inventory 12:1535-1540
Private lands, property tax rates 23:1605
Quesnel, community forest 19:0855
Quesnel timber supply area
 
composite scenario options for mid-term supply 6:1500
constraints on timber harvesting, visual quality objectives 6:1005
forest inventory and status 19:0845
Robson Valley timber supply area
 
community forests, collaboration 15:1045
harvest volume, relationship to cruise and inventory volumes 16:1510
old-growth management areas, harvesting 16:1610
timber supply composition, cedar species 15:1045
Serup, Svend, woodlot operations 13:1100
Silviculture
 
activities 24:0820
fertilization activities 7:1140
fertilization activities and return on investment 6:1325
fertilization activities, cost 12:1530-1535
government management 6:1335
intensive activities 10:1535-1540
intensive silviculture, application to volume base vs. area base 14:1655
intensive silviculture, land set aside for intensive forest management 21:0955
practices elsewhere 5:1350
rehabilitation of beetle-impacted stands 8:1720
replanting vs. natural regeneration 17:1050
return on investment 21:1510-1515
use of fibre from thinning activities 19:0930
use of sheep for vegetation management 22:1445
Simpson, Bob
 
attendance at Timber Supply committee public hearing in Quesnel 19:0820
attendance at Timber Supply committee public hearing in Williams Lake 18:1605
Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd.
 
harvesting levels 11:1015
presentations and written submission to Timber Supply Committee 11:1015
Smithers, community forest 7:1030-1035
Snetsinger, Jim, role with Timber Supply Special Committee 13:0905
Strive Energy Services Ltd., proposal for biofuel and industrial mat production from wood waste 10:1620
Sweden
 
forest tenure system 21:1615
forestry practices 6:1335
forestry practices, silviculture 21:1515
Telkwa, participation in Timber Supply Committee consultation process 7:1150
Tenure system
 
area-based tenures 24:0830
conversion of volume-based tenures to area-based tenures 25:1950
reforms 25:2020
volume- and area-based tenures 22:1005, 22:1040, 22:1445
volume- and area-based tenures, studies 20:1940
Timber supply areas in interior
 
agricultural development area lands in supply areas 13:1135
amalgamation of timber supply areas 8:1610
beetle-kill timber, volume 12:1530
forest fires 21:1030
forest inventory 18:1835
mid-term supply 13:0905
 
background and overview 6:0815-0820, 6:0835-0900, 6:0910
definition 17:1125
economic wood concept 22:1100
impact of economic issues 8:1750
increase 5:1500
low-quality timber stands 23:1050
low-quality timber stands, First Nations licence opportunities 11:0930
low-volume timber stands, allocation 21:1200
low-volume timber stands, use 23:1425
merchantability of stands 8:1750
merchantability of stands, definition changes 6:1300, 6:1310
potential supply in areas west of Smithers 20:2035
underused fibre 23:1420
supply areas 8:1615
timber harvested for export 23:1300
timber harvested from site-clearing for projects 23:1250
transportation of timber, size of trucks 6:1440
Timber supply areas in interior, mitigation options for mid-term supply
 
decision-making process, role of First Nations 18:1700
funding priorities 21:1510
options 11:1025
options identified by government 8:1610
options identified by government, composite scenarios 6:1450
options identified by government, exclusion of non-economic timber 6:0910
strategic planning process for forest land management 21:1240
Timber supply review
 
First Nations consultation 5:0920
risk assessment 4:0830-0835
short, midterm and long-term forecasts and planning 4:0815
Timber Supply Special Committee
 
agenda, changes 4:0805
briefings by government agencies 5:1450
briefings by government agencies, mountain pine beetle issue 5:0925-0930
briefings by government agencies, staff thanked 5:1500
election of Chair and Deputy Chair 1:0800-0805
information
 
access to reports 3:1010
acronym and glossary information 4:0940
answers to questions by MLAs 4:0810-0815
forest inventory information 2:0920
information 6:1515
timber supply area information 5:1200
website information 6:1550
meeting schedule 5:0900
meeting schedule, meeting with government staff during public hearings tour 6:1555-1600
members, decorum 4:0900
membership and role 2:0920
public consultation 16:1610
 
discussion paper 5:0905
discussion paper, drafting of paper 6:1130, 6:1230, 6:1520-1525, 6:1540-1545
First Nations communities 25:1730
First Nations round table in Prince George 13:0905
public consultation 8:1640
public hearings
 
advertising 6:1230-1245
attendance by government staff 6:1240
Burns Lake hearing 9:1325
format 24:0805
location and schedule 11:1135
Smithers hearing 7:1035
travel arrangements 6:1600
webcasts 6:1240
relationship with First Nations 5:0920
site visit and orientation tour proposal 5:0900, 5:0930
site visit in Quesnel area 19:0820
site visit in Quesnel area, letter of thanks from committee 25:1610
submissions to committee 15:1050
technical briefings and support 2:0820
technical briefings and support from special advisers and Forests Ministry staff 11:0905-0910
terms of reference 23:1210, 23:1635
witnesses 6:1130
 
forest workers 5:0910-0915
notification 6:1235
work of committee 19:0820
work of committee commended 30:1200
work of committee, timeline 1:0805-0810
Tl'oh Forest Products LP, timber supply, non-replaceable forest licence and other sources 11:1040
Union of B.C. Municipalities, resolution on timber harvesting constraints in north central interior 11:1025
U.S., biomass fibre and biofuel industries 10:1625
Valemount
 
cedar mill, timber supply 15:1045
community forest, expansion and impact on other forest stakeholders 15:1045
mill closure 15:1050
Vanderhoof, mill operations in area 12:1540
Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd., impact of government forest policies on operations 12:1715
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
 
cogeneration plant proposal 10:1640
mill operations 10:1635
mill operations in Fraser Lake 10:1640-1645
mills, timber supply 7:1025
Wildlife
 
mule deer 25:1935-1940
predator and ungulate control 25:1940
Williams Lake timber supply area, mid-term timber supply 18:1835
Woodlots 23:1540
Xaxli'p First Nation, community forest 24:1120
Ryan-Lloyd, Kate

 
Clerk of Committees
 
relationship with committees 1:0825
Rustad, John
 
election as Chair of Timber Supply Committee 1:0800
Timber Supply Special Committee
 
committee communications 1:0825
election of Chair and Deputy Chair 1:0800
information
 
website information 6:1550
meeting schedule 1:0820-0825
public hearings
 
advertising 6:1230-1240
travel arrangements 6:1600
Rykes, Petrus

 
Presentation to committee on behalf of Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Resource Committee 17:1145-1155
As subject
 
experience in land use planning and tourism 17:1145-1150
100 Mile House timber supply area, constraints on timber harvesting, old-growth management areas 17:1150
Cariboo area, forest industry and tourism 17:1150-1155
Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Resource Committee
 
funding and role 17:1155
role in land use planning 17:1145
Cariboo-Chilcotin land use plan, process 17:1145-1155
Forest management and practices, digital terrain modelling 17:1150
Forests and forest industry
 
industry, consultation with tourism sector 17:1145-1155
Land use planning process 17:1145-1150
Timber supply areas in interior, mid-term supply, sustainability and long-term supply 17:1145-1150
Tourism, Foresight Project 17:1150

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