The Campbell River
Forest District has
37 Woodlot Licences:
8 on the west coast, 1 on
the mainland,
11 on Quadra Island with the
remainder on the East Coast of Vancouver Island between
Sayward and Union Bay.
The first woodlots were
awarded in the 1987 with more recent awards occurring in
the 1990’s through to the present day.
The areas selected
for the Woodlot Licence
program tend to be located in urban interface areas of
the East Coast of Vancouver Island as the program
provides for management to local perspective, a light
foot print, and offers many local people with jobs and
forest recreation opportunities. Licensees work
with the community, taking into consideration local
values and objectives on issues that include the
protection of: scenic values, forest ecosystems,
watershed values and recreation features.
Harvesting
operations can also provide a source of revenue,
supporting local priorities, while harvest rates and cut
block locations can be modified within the
operations to meet locally
determined objectives and interests.
There are
18,799 hectares of Crown
Land and
1,517 hectares of private
land in the
CRFD woodlot licence
program. The combined Allowable Annual Cut (AAC) for the
private and crown land in woodlot licences in the
district is
108,445 m3/year.
