Ken Dobb
(250- 731-3023) Point person for counter & telephone
calls for the minor tenures program to clients and
the public. In addition main contact for Free Use
Permits -
FUP,
Firewood Permits Personal-Use,
Danger Trees - DT,
Section 52 permits,
Attila
Gereb (250-731-3028) Main contact
for: Special Use Permits -
SUP for Roads
only; License to Cut - LTC:
FLTC, OLTC; Small Scale
Salvage - SSS: Conventional Salvage and FLTC
Professional Salvage Applications, Shake/Shingle,
damaged timber; Decked Forest Licence Sales -
DFLS- auctions
A special use permit gives non-exclusive authority to a
company or an individual to occupy and use an area of Crown Land,
within the Provincial Forest, when they have demonstrated to the
District Manager that the intended use is in accordance with
the Provincial Forest Use Regulation and related legislation. Annual
rent is payable on Special Use Permits. Please ensure that you have
received your SUP documents before proceeding with operations.
A licence to cut - LTC authorizes a company or an individual to cut and
deck / remove timber from land that they occupy or own, where they
otherwise do not have the right to harvest Crown timber.
The following licences to cut are available:
Forestry Licence to Cut - FLTC -
issued under
Section 47.6 of the Forest Act. These licences are
issued for salvage of dead and down post harvest material and blow
down. Standing timber in imminent danger of being lost to blow down,
fire, etc.
Occupant Licence to Cut - OLTC -
issued under
Section 47.4 of the Forest Act. These licences are
issued to applicants who have a legal right of occupation over an
area and want to cut down trees. The legal right of occupation can
come in form of a Land Act Permit, Special Use Permit, Highway's
Permit, Road Use Permit, etc. OLTC normally involves standing
timber, however it could be for dead and down. OLTC authorise the
person to cut Crown timber on the land, remove Crown timber from the
land or do both: OLTC/With Rights & OLTC/Without Rights to remove Crown timber.
Small Scale Salvage is defined as harvesting and utilizing small
volumes of timber that are dead and/or in danger as a result of an
insect infestation, fire, disease or windthrow of being
significantly reduced in value, lost or destroyed and would
otherwise not be harvested.
A Conventional Forestry Licence to Cut - FLTC, can be used for salvaging
volumes less than 50 m3. This licence is generally utilized to
salvage post harvest materials (i.e. debris piles / roadside) for
commercial firewood purposes.
Professional Forestry Licence to Cuts - FLTC, are required for all sawlog salvage and special forest products with volumes between 50 m3 and 2000 m3. Under the professional application process, an individual will enlist the assistance of a qualified forest professional to help prepare the application and certify the results will be consistent with the forest management objectives for the area.
You can find below a list of guidelines, forms and other useful
links that can assist you in preparing your Professional Forestry
Licence to Cuts - FLTC Application:
TSA/TSB/TFL Boundary Map for the Coast Region, useful for
determining the Timber Supply Blocks required for filling up the
Misc ADS form
Small Scale Salvage-Silviculture Levy
District Manager's letter requiring a silviculture levy to be
paid on Professional Salvage Applications, October 2011
Firewood for Personal-use: if you are interested in cutting firewood for
personal use, please visit our district
Firewood for personal-use web page.
This page has more details on how
to apply, where and what can be cut, how much, and
how long a permit is valid. Any firewood cut under a
Firewood permit is for personal use only and
cannot
be sold. For requirements for
transporting firewood please contact the
SINRD Scale supervisor.
Commercial Firewood: if however you are interested in
cutting firewood and selling it,
you will need to apply for a Small Scale Salvage
permit as explained above in the Conventional and
the Professional
Salvage Applications above.
District Guidance Document list the requirements to sell firewood. Please note that this documents is for
guidance only and you will need to contact the
appropriate agencies listed in order to obtain
specific details.
All firewood is subject to
Timber Marking and Transportation Regulations:
Operations such as clearing for roads, hydro right of ways or other
operations on crown land may result in timber being cut and decked
that must be disposed of by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and
Natural Resource Operations. These
decks of timber are sold through a competitive tender sale. For more
information on decked timber sales look at the links below:
South Island New Sales Site Click on link to see
available sales. Please note: that this sites are
updated periodically when a new sales are available. New
sales are listed in individual folders under the above
link. Each sale folder contains the tender information,
license documents, maps, and pictures (if available)
If you have identified a tree or trees, on Crown Land adjacent to
your property, that you believe are a potential hazard to your
safety or improvements refer to the following guide:
First Nations can request a Free Use Permit for the purpose of
harvesting trees from crown land for traditional and cultural
activity as defined in
Sec. 1, Free Use Permit Regulation of the Forest Act.
For more information on Minor Tenures / Small Scale Salvage Program, please see office contacts above ________________________________________________________________________
iMapBC, link to the public version of a mapping
application a window to natural resource information
in British Columbia
GeoBC
great source for base maps, imagery and spatial
analysis
Canadian Biomass magazine, online version.
Canada's premiere trade magazine, provides
comprehensive coverage of the emerging Canadian
forestry biomass market.
Ministry of Forests, Lands and
Natural Resource Operations
South Island Natural Resource District
4885 Cherry Creek Road,
Port Alberni, B.C., V9Y 8E9
Phone: (250) 731-3000
Fax: (250) 731-3010
Mailing Address:
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource
Operations - FLNRO
South Island Natural Resource District -
SINRD
4885 Cherry Creek Road,
Port Alberni, B.C., V9Y 8E9
Hours of Operation:
8:30am - 4:30pm
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