Figure 2 illustrates that 59 per cent (718,429 hectares) of the total land base in the 100 Mile House Timber Supply Area is suitable and available for timber harvesting with current land management objectives and harvesting methods. (TSAR page 8)
Figure 2 Classification of the land within the 100 Mile House Timber Supply Area
Notes: Total area: 1,220,426 hectares
Areas with key non-timber values that were deducted from the database for the timber supply analysis include critical caribou and grizzly bear habitat, environmentally sensitive areas and mule deer winter range.
Problem forest types are forests that currently are not economical to harvested for sawlogs because of poor timber quality or low timber volume.
Figure 3 illustrates the dominant tree species within the timber harvesting land base of the 100 Mile House Timber Supply Area (TSAR page 9 ). Approximately 58 per cent of these forests are considered mature and available for harvesting. Many of the pine forests are mature and are becoming susceptible to the mountain pine beetle which has the ability to kill large areas of forest rapidly.
Figure 3 Area of dominant tree species in the timber harvesting land base
