Allowable annual cut
The rate of timber harvest permitted each year from a specified area of land, usually expressed as cubic metres of wood per year.
Base case forecast
The timber supply forecast that illustrates the effect of current forest management practices on the timber supply using the best available information.
Cariboo-Chilcotin Land Use Plan
A government decision on land use in the Cariboo-Chilcotin which was developed in consultation with stakeholders with consideration of the recommendations of the Commission on Resources and Environment (CORE).
Commission on Resources and Environment (CORE)
An independent commission established to develop regional land use recommendations in consultation with stakeholders.
Current forest management practices
Forest practices that were being approved and implemented in the area when this review was initiated. These practices are described in this paper beginning on page 6.
Environmentally sensitive areas
Areas identified as requiring special management to protect important recreation and scenic values, fisheries resources, sensitive soils and unstable slopes.
Forest Practices Code
A law which requires better forest practices, with heavy penalties for violators. Present plans call for implementation of the Code in the coming months.
Integrated resource management
The identification and consideration of all resource values, including social, economic and environmental needs, in resource planning and decision-making.
Land and Resource Management Plan
A consensus-building process involving a cross section of the public, interest groups and government agencies, to establish resource management objectives and strategies for a management unit.
Person-year
One person working the equivalent of one full year. If someone works full time for six months, he or she accounts for 0.5 person-years.
Problem forest types
Forests that are not included in the timber harvesting land base because they have not been economical to harvest for sawlogs in the past.
Protected Areas Strategy
A provincial initiative to protect representative ecosystems and special features on a regional basis.
Pulpwood Agreement
An agreement between a private interest and the provincial government which permits harvesting of specified forest types in special circumstances when it is necessary to supplement wood supplies.
Riparian areas
The stream bank and flood plain adjacent to streams or water bodies.
Selection management
A system used to maintain or create forests containing a wide range of tree ages or sizes.
Timber harvesting land base
Crown forest land within the timber supply area that is currently considered feasible and economical for long-term timber harvesting. Harvesting must meet integrated resource management objectives.
Timber supply
The volume of timber available for harvesting over time, under a particular management regime.
Timber supply area
An area of Crown land defined in accordance with the Forest Act primarily by an established pattern of wood flow from the forest to the primary timber-using industries.
Tree farm licence
An agreement entered into with the provincial government which provides for the establishment, management and harvesting of timber by a private interest on a defined area of Crown land in accordance with the Forest Act.
