Forestry + Timber Production

Notes from Jan. 2021.

The Acronym was FLTC (Forestry Licence to Cut).
These are very small amounts volume that the forest service can issue for various reasons.  Usually for “small scale” salvage of a forest health issue, timber salvage.
Less than 2000 cubic meters of wood.  Typically a hectare of forest around here would have 350 m3 per ha so around 5 ha.

Good online definition here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/forest-tenures/timber-harvesting-rights/licence-to-cut/forestry-licence-to-cut

Good summary of all the licence types here:  https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/forest-tenures/timber-harvesting-rights

PIR would have a Forest Licence (Replaceable Forest Licence): https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/forest-tenures/timber-harvesting-rights/forest-licences

Lake Babine has a First Nation Woodland Licence near Fort Babine: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/forest-tenures/timber-harvesting-rights/first-nations-woodland-licence

Witset (Lowel Johnson) has a Non-Replaceable Forest Licence, that the government would like to convert to a First Nation Woodland Licence: (see Forest licence link above)

Wetzinkwa has a Community Forest Agreement. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/forest-tenures/timber-harvesting-rights/community-forest-agreements

There are no Tree Farm Licences in the valley.
 
The acronym “Timber Harvesting Land Base” – which is basically the area that annual allowable cut is derived from.
And is the subset of crown land that has timber that is harvestable.  (excludes mountain, lakes, parks, swamps, forested areas too steep to harvest, or uneconomic etc)

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