BC Legislature - Timber Supply Committee, 39th Parliament

Valemount, B.C.

Presentation to committee by village council 15:0940-1050 See also McCracken, Andru

Cedar mill, timber supply (Barnett) 15:1010-1015 (Bressette, S.) 15:1010, 15:1045 (McCracken, A.) 15:0950-0955, 15:1015 (Rustad) 15:1045

Community forest, expansion and impact on other forest stakeholders (Bressette, S.) 15:1045 (McCracken, A.) 15:1045-1050 (Rustad) 15:1045

Community forest, expansion and role in local economy (Bains) 15:1030-1040 (Barnett) 15:1010 (Bressette, S.) 15:0945-0955, 15:1005-1010, 15:1040 (McCracken, A.) 15:0945-0950, 15:1005-1020, 15:1035-1040 (Macdonald) 15:1005-1010

Forest licensee in area See Carrier Lumber Ltd.

Land and resource management plan See Robson Valley land and resource management plan

Mill closure (McCracken, A.) 15:1000, 15:1050 (Rustad) 15:1050

Mills See also Hauer Brothers Lumber Ltd.; Robson Valley timber supply area

Mills, attraction of companies for local operations (Bressette, S.) 15:1025-1030 (McCracken, A.) 15:1025-1030 (Stewart, B.) 15:1025

Recreation and tourism initiative (Barnett) 15:1015 (McCracken, A.) 15:1015

Timber supply area See Robson Valley timber supply area

Value-added manufacturing industry See also Robson Valley timber supply area

(Bressette, S.) 15:1040 (McCracken, A.) 15:1035-1040

Valemount Community Forest Co. Ltd.

Presentation to committee 15:0945-0955, 15:1005-1015, 15:1025-1030, 15:1040-1045 See also Bressette, Shane

Value-added sector See also Industry, development of high-quality wood industry; Wood products and uses under Forests and forest industry; particular locations

Access to fibre (Bains) 11:1040 (Chernowski, L.) 11:1040 (Foster) 7:1245 (Martin, R.) 25:2040 (Quinn, O.) 22:1200

Development (Bains) 24:1005 (Bercov, A.) 20:1705 (Burger, A.) 24:0950-0955, 24:1005 (Cooperman, J.) 25:2030-2035 (Davie, K.) 21:1530-1535 (Day, K.) 18:2025 (Everitt, F.) 13:0925 (Gay, R.) 25:2040, 25:2055 (Green, S.) 13:0925 (Husband, V.) 21:1030 (Kruus, M.) 18:1845 (Macdonald) 8:1745 (Macnair, B.) 18:1835-1840 (Matthaus, L.) 23:1655-1700 (Mayer, D.) 7:1240-1250 (Parfitt, B.) 23:1350 (Park, T.) 8:1740-1745 (Routley, B.) 23:1355 (Stewart, B.) 8:1755, 24:1005, 25:2055 (Van Barneveld, J.) 8:1840

Development and incentives (Cameron, M.) 22:1100 (Stewart, B.) 22:1100

Sector (Bains) 7:1205, 15:1040 (Everitt, F.) 13:0925 (Gook, D.) 19:1155 (Macdonald) 7:1205, 13:0915-0920 (MacDonald, M.) 13:1210 (Mitchell, B.) 7:1205-1210 (Radies, D.) 13:1145 (Routley, B.) 19:0935 (Stewart, B.) 21:1210

Van Barneveld, Jonathan

Presentation to committee on behalf of town of Houston 8:1615-1635, 8:1840

B.C. Hydro, purchase of power from cogeneration plants 8:1840

B.C., northwest B.C., timber supply 8:1635

Canadian Forest Products Ltd., mill operations in Houston 8:1635

Energy, bioenergy, use of wood waste for power generation, cogeneration 8:1840

Forest-dependent communities, economic diversity and resilience 8:1840

Morice timber supply area, timber supply

constraints on timber harvesting 8:1615-1620

impact of land use planning 8:1620

long-term projections on impact of silviculture activities 8:1620-1625

supply 8:1630

Tenure system, conversion of volume-based tenures to area-based tenures 8:1630-1635

Value-added sector, development 8:1840

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., mill operations in Houston 8:1635

Van Es, Bill

Presentation to committee on behalf of West Chilcotin Tourism Association 17:1130-1145

Anahim Lake round table on sustainable resource management 17:1130, 17:1140-1145

Clark, Christy, visit to Chilcotin area 17:1135

Constraints on timber harvesting, balance between timber and environmental values 17:1130-1140

Dean River, land use planning in area 17:1145

Forest industry innovation and government forest management and role 17:1135-1140

Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry, staffing and capacity 17:1135-1140

Timber supply areas in interior

mitigation options for mid-term supply

decision-making process, visionary approach 17:1135-1140

impact on tourism industry 17:1130-1135

need for limit on forest industry requirements 17:1130-1140

Tourism, marketing of B.C., "Best place on earth" and "Super, natural B.C." slogans 17:1135

Vancouver Island

Mills, timber supply (Routley, B.) 15:1020

Vanderhoof, B.C.

Presentation to committee by district municipality representatives 12:1505-1545 See also Thiessen, Gerry

Presentation to committee by First Nations representative 12:1550-1610 See also Thomas, Jackie

District municipality, communications with government (Thiessen, G.) 12:1510

Forest companies (Fitzpatrick, A.) 21:1355

Forest industry, role in economy (Heit, P.) 12:1705-1715

Land and resource management plan, need for review (Wood, D.) 12:1725

Land use planning (Doerig, E.) 12:1645

Mill operations in area See also Canadian Forest Products Ltd.; L&M Lumber Ltd.

(Rustad) 12:1540 (Thiessen, G.) 12:1540

Mill operations in area and employment (Bains) 12:1525 (Barnett) 12:1515-1520 (Ray, W.) 12:1810 (Thiessen, G.) 12:1520-1530

Mill operations in area and forest industry investment (Thiessen, G.) 12:1510

Rural quality of life (Brooks, D.) 12:1625 (Doerig, E.) 12:1650

Timber supply area See Vanderhoof component under Prince George timber supply area

Tourism, impact of mid-term supply mitigation (Brooks, D.) 12:1635-1640 (Doerig, E.) 12:1645-1650

Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products Ltd. See also Heit, Paul

Presentation to committee 12:1705-1720

Operations, impact of government forest policies (Barnett) 12:1710 (Foster) 12:1715 (Heit, P.) 12:1705-1720 (Macdonald) 12:1710 (Routley, B.) 12:1705 (Rustad) 12:1715

Vanderhoof timber supply area See Vanderhoof component under Prince George timber supply area
Vandermark, Carl

Presentation to committee 8:1705-1730

As subject

experience in forest industry 8:1705

Alberta, forest practices, silviculture 8:1715

Allowable annual cut, timber flow changes to mid-term and long-term timber supply 8:1710-1715, 8:1725

Canadian Forest Products Ltd., harvesting costs 8:1720

Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values, purpose and role 8:1710

Forest inventory, improvements 8:1710

Forest management and practices, sustainable forest managment process 8:1710, 8:1720

Forests and forest industry

certification of forest products 8:1725

land base, timber-harvesting land base, management 8:1715

timber objectives, relationship to silviculture practices 8:1725

Land use, land use planning, review of plans 8:1710, 8:1720

Silviculture

practices 8:1725

rehabilitation of beetle-impacted stands 8:1715-1720, 8:1730

Tenure system

conversion of volume-based tenures to area-based tenures 8:1725-1730

reform 8:1715-1720

Timber supply areas in interior

employment and jobs 8:1730

mid-term supply

merchantability of stands, definition changes 8:1715

sustainability and long-term supply 8:1710-1730

Vanderstar, Len

Presentation to committee 7:1405-1420

Allowable annual cut levels 7:1415

B.C., northwest B.C., timber supply and market issues 7:1415

Climate change, impact on forest ecosystems 7:1410

Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values, biodiversity issues 7:1405-1415

Environment, role in economy and society 7:1415

Forests and forest industry

certification of forest products 7:1420

exports 7:1415-1420

forest health, tree disease outbreaks 7:1410

insect infestations 7:1410

timber supply, sustainability and long-term supply 7:1415

Land use planning, role 7:1405

Mountain pine beetle infestation, causes 7:1410

Snetsinger, Jim, role as chief forester 7:1415

Timber supply areas in interior

forest health, diversity and resilience 7:1405-1415

mid-term supply, impact of economic issues 7:1415-1420

mitigation options for mid-term supply, decision-making process, values and principles 7:1405, 7:1415

Wood waste, volume available 7:1415

von der Gonna, Marc

Presentation to committee on behalf of village of McBride 16:1405-1450

Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Community Forest Association 21:1535-1545

As subject

experience as professional forester 16:1410

Basran, Raj, work in McBride 16:1410

B.C. Hydro project involving bioenergy 16:1440

Carrier Lumber Ltd., operations and timber supply 16:1415, 16:1425

Community forests 16:1410-1415, 21:1535-1545

Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values 21:1540-1545

Crescent Spur Hardwoods Ltd., operations 16:1425

Energy, bioenergy, development of industry and use of wood waste for power generation 16:1440

Forest management and practices, selective logging 16:1450

Forests and forest industry

expansion of market for products, small-scale producers 16:1445

industry, WoodSource B.C. website 16:1435

markets, specialty markets 16:1435

Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry

Forests component, staffing and capacity 16:1420

Land use planning, implementation committees 21:1540

McBride

community forest 16:1405-1415, 16:1430-1435

community forest, market development and local processing 16:1445

forest industry in area 16:1425

Forests Ministry staff and oversight in area 16:1420

Mills

diversification and small operations 16:1435

impact of beetle-kill timber uplift 16:1425

Prince George timber supply area, eastern biogeoclimatic zone, access to timber 16:1430, 16:1445

Robson Valley timber supply area

community forests 16:1425

community forests, expansion proposal 16:1410-1420

constraints on timber harvesting 16:1440

description of area and cost of access to timber 16:1420-1425

mid-term supply, allocation 16:1410-1430

mill operations 16:1445

old-growth management areas 16:1440

tree species mix and selective logging 16:1450

Silviculture

government investment and management 16:1415

rehabilitation of beetle-impacted stands 16:1420

Tenure system reforms 16:1410-1415

Timber supply areas in interior

mid-term supply, low-quality timber stands and merchantability 16:1415, 16:1440

mid-term supply, low-volume timber stands 21:1545

mitigation options for mid-term supply

decision-making process and values and principles 16:1420

decision-making process, cautions and advice and role of local decision-making 16:1430

expansion of community forests 16:1410, 16:1420

options identified by government 16:1415-1420

Timber Supply Special Committee, public consultation, discussion paper 16:1420

Vossen, Richard

Presentation to committee on behalf of Hampton Lumber Mills, Canada, Ltd. 9:1130-1140, 9:1150-1200, 23:1135-1140, 23:1150-1155

Babine Forest Products Co.

Burns Lake mill

explosion and fire, impact on workers 9:1130

rebuilding decision and timeline 9:1130

timber supply 9:1155-1200

certification and forest practices 9:1130, 9:1155

report and timber supply analysis for Lakes timber supply area 9:1130

Babine Forest Products Co., report and timber supply analysis for Lakes timber supply area 23:1135-1140, 23:1155

Constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values, old-growth management areas 9:1135, 9:1150, 23:1135

Forest Practices Board, audit of Babine Forest Products 9:1130

Hampton Lumber Mills, Canada, Ltd.

Decker Lake mill, operations 9:1130

proposal for Burns Lake mill replacement 9:1130-1140

proposal for Burns Lake mill replacement, employment projections 9:1155-1200

Lakes timber supply area

allowable annual cut, levels 9:1130-1135, 23:1135

beetle-kill timber, harvesting 23:1135

comparison to other timber supply areas 23:1150

constraints on timber harvesting, old-growth management areas and visual quality objectives 9:1135-1140, 23:1135

green timber, conservation 23:1135

low-volume timber stands, use 9:1130-1135, 23:1155

mountain pine beetle infestation, impact 23:1150

silviculture activities 9:1135-1140, 23:1140

timber supply, mid-term supply options 9:1130-1135, 23:1135-1140

VRI standard See Vegetation resources inventory standard under Forest inventory