West Babine Sustainable Resource Management Plan

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Objective Indicator(s) Target/Measure Management Considerations range of natural variability. 6. To maintain cultural heritage features. 3.3.3 Forestry 3.3.3.1 Value of the timber resource -- -- Management of cultural heritage features is addressed in Section 3.2.1: Cultural Heritage Resources, page 34 The timber values in the West Babine are significant for the Kispiox Timber Supply Area (TSA). Both the Babine LRUP and Kispiox LRMP confirm the importance of the Babine watershed as a timber supply area to support the economies of the local communities. As of 2003, timber harvesting rights are held by three licensees within the plan area: Northwest BC Timber and Pulp (formerly Skeena Cellulose Inc.), Kispiox Forest Products, and the Ministry of Forests Timber Sale Program (formerly the Small Business Forest Enterprise Program). Currently the Timber Sale Program operates only on the south side of the Babine River. Forestry development on the south side of the river has been active in the Big Slide, Gail Creek and Nichyeskwa Creek areas over the past 15 years. For BC Timber Sale Program, this area represents 21 per cent of the total timber volume for their operations over the next five years. The area north of the Babine River has only recently been opened up to development. As such, the forests north of the river represent a significant portion of the wood supply in the short-term (5 years) for NWBC Timber and Pulp and Kispiox Forest Products, representing 24.8 per cent and 78.1 per cent of the total timber volume for their operations, respectively. 37 The most commercially viable areas for forestry activity on the north side are found primarily in the lower portions of Shedin, Shelagyote and Hanawald drainages. The greatest limiting factor to forestry development on the north side is the infrastructure cost associated with accessing the area between Shenismike Creek and the Shelagyote River. Commercially harvested tree species in the West Babine include western hemlock, lodgepole pine, subalpine fir, and Interior spruce. Two species of forest insects are endemic in the plan area: balsam bark beetle (Pryocetes confusus) and spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis). Beetle hazard mapping by the Ministry of Forests has shown that beetle infestation is not a high risk in the plan area. There are pockets of infestation that can be addressed at the operational scale. 3.3.3.2 Contribution of the SRMP to economic development for timber 37 Based on the most recent Summary of Harvest Tables from Forest Development Plans for these licensees. Page 50 March 2004 12.
The West Babine SRMP will support sustainable forestry-related development by clearly defining the parameters for forestry operations. This will provide greater certainty for licensees and minimize conflicts with other resource values. The plan will provide strategic direction to forest licensees as they implement the results-based Forest and Range Practices Act. The plan will allow licensees to use flexibility and innovation in plan implementation. Flexibility is important both with regard to being able to log a mixed profile and to be cost-effective in accessing wood while meeting objectives for other resource values. March 2004 Page 51
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