Northern Plan Area Economic Opportunities and Barriers Study

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Hecate Lowlands • may have to ship raw logs to generate revenue • environmental boycott of Central Coast wood products may be a barrier • Bella Bella and Denny Island on zone 2 hydro power rates which may be prohibitive to cost of product development • target species such as cedar may be unavailable due to being in licensee chart area • species available for communities may not be of sufficient quality or quantity for successful development • non First Nations within the area do not have access to same opportunities as First Nations Refer to Table 1D for an overview of forestry opportunities and barriers. Botanicals: Outer Coast Hecate Lowlands are within the Central Very Wet Hypermaritime Coastal Western Hemlock Variant (CWHvh2) biogeoclimatic zone. The dominant vegetation is western red cedar, mountain and western hemlock and yellow cedar. True fir, lodgepole pine and sitka spruce are secondary species. The forest understory includes salal, Alaskan blueberry, false azalea, deer fern, step moss and lanky moss with minor amounts of fernleafed gold thread, skunk cabbage and green sphagnum. The adjacent biogeoclimatic zones are the CWHvh1, CWHvm1 and MHwh. The following compares the vegetation cover to that of the CWHvh2. CWHvh1: • less yellow cedar and lodgepole pine, more true fir • rare fern-leafed goldthread, skink cabbage and green sphagnum • evergreen huckleberry present CWHvm1: • rare yellow cedar, lodgepole pine, fern-leafed goldthread, skunk cabbage and green sphagnum • less red cedar and salal, more true fir • some Douglas fir on dry south facing slopes MHwh: • over 50% mountain hemlock with no salal. In the past ten years the interest in forest botanicals has risen dramatically. The scientific acknowledgement and growing popularity of alternative and traditional medicine, an ageing population concerned with nutrition, the keen market for essential oils and a healthy floral industry is directing more attention to the harvesting of forest botanicals. 23
Hecate Lowlands Presently no harvesting of forest botanicals exists in the Hecate Lowlands. The natural abundance and floral species of this region reveals strong potential for research and development of a forest botanical commerce. Of the 211 forest botanicals identified in British Columbia, at least a dozen are present in the Hecate Lowlands in sufficient quantity to warrant study for harvesting. For further information on botanicals in the central coast refer to the appendices at the end of report. Strengths: Botanicals- Outer Coast • an untenured, underused resource that can be exclusively used by the people of the Hecate Lowlands • natural abundance and diversity of habitat in Hecate Lowlands offers good potential for some type of industry to occur • employment base at Bella Bella, Shearwater, Klemtu and Ocean Falls • cultural background in harvesting botanicals already exists and there is a willing labour pool • buying stations and depots could be located within each community • transportation infrastructure direct to Vancouver already exists • barge and ferry transportation to other areas already exists • botanical products for medicine in high demand world wide- niche markets could occur if communities wished to share their traditional products Opportunities: Botanicals- Outer Coast • key opportunity : salal • community or individuals run buying stations & creates new industry • new employment opportunities for isolated communities • training would enhance profit and support the entrepreneur • diversify the economy • increase awareness of area for commercial production • ability to ship direct to market • cottage industry on finished products could occur with training programs Weaknesses: Botanicals- Outer Coast • no impact analysis of extraction • current lack of knowledge about the industry within communities • no local buyers at current time • distance to market • no liaison with botanical industry currently exists Threats: Botanicals- Outer Coast • uniqueness of ecosystem could be compromised if not done sustainably 24
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