Forest Management Certification Assessment Report for - Rainforest ...

stunted (or krumholz) trees are common at the lower elevationsof this zone. Overall, rock, ice and grassy meadows (bothCranbrook and Kootenay Lake TSA’s) dominate this zone.Source: TSR3 Analysis Report, May 11/04 and TSR 2 – Kootenay Lake TSA Analysis Report, March2001FMO INFOLocation of certified forests:South East British Columbia as described aboveCity of Cranbrook BC – co-ordinatesForest zoneManagement tenure:Number of FMO employees: A19040: 33.8.A21202: 17.4Total: 51.2Number of forest workers (including contractors)working in forest within the scope of certificate:Latitude: N 49.degrees 31 minutesLongitude: W 115 degrees 45 minutesTemperateIncluding: Sub-Alpine Forest Region,Montane Forest Region, and Columbia ForestRegion(s) of Canada 6Public Forest / Government issued Volume–based Licence.A19040: Employs 146 individual contractorand consulting firms. Many of which haveseveral employees.Note: The individual firms reported would havevarious employees, ranging from single forestryconsultants, to logging contractor crews of 20individuals. Total estimate assumes an averageof two employees per firm.A20212: Employs 92 separate contractor andconsulting firms.An estimated total of 476 forest workers.Species and annual allowable cutBotanical name Common trade name AnnualallowablecutPinus contortaPinus monticolaPinus ponderosaPinus albicaulisPicea engelmanniiPseudotsuga menziesiiLarix occidentalisThuja plicataAbies lasiocarpaTsuga heterophyllaLodgepole pine,Western white pinePonderosa pineWhitebark pine.Engelmann SpruceDouglas Fir (interior)Western Larch, WesternRed Cedar, Alpine FirWestern HemlockActualharvest inlast yearProjectedharvest fornext yearTotal 620,781 m3 700,592 7 m3 620,781 m36 J.S Rowe; Forest Regions of Canada, 1972Page 59 of 89