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In our District, we
have 6 commercial species of trees including Lodgepole Pine, White
Spruce, Subalpine Fir (balsam), Douglas Fir, Black Spruce and
Trembling Aspen (poplar).
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The non-commercial
trees in the District are Paper Birch, Black Cottonwood, and
Tamarack.
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The total volume of
wood cut during the 2005 season in the District was 5,044,287 cubic
meters (m3).
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A cubic meter (m3)
of wood is about the same size as a telephone pole.
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A highway logging
truck holds about 35 m3.
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If a house
requires 60 m3 in its construction, then last year the
wood that was harvested in our District could have been made into
91,172.3 houses! If each house averages 2.5 people, then
approximately 227,930.75 people could be housed.
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In 2005 we drove over
439,237 kilometers and flew approximately 80 hours
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There are over 30
recreation sites and more than 200 kilometres of trails in the
district. This responsibility has now been transferred to the
Ministry of Tourism, Sport, and the Arts.
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In 2005, there were
4.3 million trees planted in the District. In addition, we did
the following silviculture activity:
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There are 12 First
Nations in our District:
Saik'uz First Nations
Nazko First Nations
Ulkatcho First Nations
Skin Tyee First Nations
Stellat'en First Nations
Lheidl T'enneh First Nations
Lhoosk'uz Dene First Nations Nadleh
Whut'en First Nations
Cheslatta First Nations
T'lazt'en First Nations
Nak'azdi First Nations
Yekooche First Nations
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We had 50 fires, which
burned 13,054 hectares in our District in 2005. Lightning
strikes caused 27 fires, and people not putting out their campfires
caused 23 fires. The total cost of the fires was $3,218,268.
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