Kootney Lake, (TSA) Public Discussion Paper

• Kootney Lake Timber Supply Area
• Kootenay Lake Timber Supply Review Highlights
• Definitions
• Introduction
• Background to the Timber Supply Review
  • The chief forester’s responsibility
  • Timber Supply Review process
  • A commitment to incorporate change
• Description of the Kootenay Lake Timber Supply Area
  • Forest resources
  • Current allowable annual cut
  • Socio-economic profile
• Current management practices
  • Management zones and forest cover requirements
  • Current practices - all zones
• Historical harvest levels
• Timber supply forecast and impacts
  • Timber supply forecast
  • Environmental impacts
  • Community impacts
  • Provincial impacts
• Examining critical factors
  • A. Critical factors that indicate a reduction in the short-term timber supply from the base case
    • 1. Uncertainty regarding the volume and availability of the existing merchantable timber
    • 2. Uncertainty regarding forest cover requirements to meet integrated resource management guidelines
    • 3. Effects of a four-or five-pass harvesting system
    • 4. Planning delays
  • B. Possible opportunities to partially offset reductions in short-term wood supply
    • 1. Increasing the timber management land base
    • 2. Reducing the minimum harvest ages
    • 3. Reduction of losses to wildfire, insects, disease and blow down
    • 4. Increasing the growth rate of regenerated forests
  • C. The community’s ability to adapt
• Other forest management initiatives
• Your input is needed
• Discussion Paper Response Form
  • A. Economic and social objectives
  • B. Technical forestry factors