The total allowable annual cut in the 100 Mile House Timber Supply Area was set in 1981 at 1.25 million cubic metres. Approximately 81 per cent of the allowable annual cut is allocated to long-term timber tenures, 16.5 per cent is harvested through the Small Business Forest Enterprise Program administered by the Forest Service, 1.5 per cent is allocated to woodlot licences and one per cent is unallocated. (SEA page 45)
Because the allowable annual cuts for woodlots are determined separately, the land base for woodlots was not included in the timber harvesting land base for this review. Consequently, the 13,000 cubic metres of allowable annual cut for woodlots was deducted from the cut, creating an allowable annual cut of 1.237 million cubic metres for this review.
In addition to the timber harvesting rights allocated under the allowable annual cut, two pulpwood agreements* also cover portions of the 100 Mile House Timber Supply Area. These pulpwood agreements permit timber harvesting in special circumstances when it is necessary to supplement wood supply. To date, no harvesting has occurred under these agreements, however, harvesting rights were recently issued under one of the agreements. Because there had not been any harvesting under these agreements when the timber supply analysis was initiated, pulpwood harvesting was not considered a current practice and was not included in the timber supply analysis.
