West Babine Sustainable Resource Management Plan

Maintaining access to a commercially viable timber supply is one of the main interests expressed
by licensees in order to meet their economic goals. Area-based targets as part of the provincial
working forest initiative will be identified within the operable forest, outside of protected areas,
reserves, and no-log areas to provide increased certainty to forest licensees and promote
investment in the timber resource over the larger TSA.
3.3.3.3 Management direction for timber
The Kispiox LRMP contains the following strategic objectives for timber:
to maintain the economic viability of timber harvesting;
to maintain the health and productivity of forest resources by providing protection from fire,
insects and diseases, and through reforestation;
to provide a secure forest land base and a sustainable supply of timber to ensure the long
term viability of the timber industry; and
to maximize recovery of high quality wood.
The objectives in this section is intended to confirm the goal of maintaining a sustainable and
economically viable supply of timber over the short- and long-term. Map 9, page 74 shows an
approximation of stand quality 38 within the plan area.
Table 15: Management Direction for Timber
Objective Indicator(s) Target/Measure Management
Considerations
1. To provide
sustainable and
economically
viable access to
timber supply.
-- -- Timber harvesting activities are
permitted throughout the operable
forest consistent with objectives and
targets in the SRMP for other
resource values.
Areas zoned for no harvesting e.g.,
to meet old growth retention targets,
have been netted out of the area of
commercially viable forest.
A working forest target will be
developed as part of a provincial
initiative.
38 Stand quality mapping differentiates between saw log, marginal saw log and pulp wood based on forest cover inventory. The
economic value of these stands will vary depending on the markets for these different products.
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