Lillooet, Summary of Public Input

Public Review Process and Response

Lillooet District staff actively solicited public input on the Timber Supply Review in the Lillooet Timber Supply Area through the following actions:

• direct mailout of copies of the Discussion Paper to over 400 organizations and individuals within the Lillooet Timber Supply Area and adjacent timber supply areas. The Discussion Paper included a response form that readers were encouraged to complete and return to the district manager

• a standing offer to provide presentations on the timber supply review to interest groups

• three open houses advertised extensively through a direct mailout and the local newspaper

• local newspaper articles on the Lillooet Timber Supply Review

A total of 47 individuals attended the information sessions and open houses. The Lillooet Forest District also received nine completed response forms and 15 written submissions (see Appendix 1). The Cariboo Lumber Manufacturers’ Association, which includes the major forest licensees operating in the Lillooet Timber Supply Area, reviewed the Lillooet Timber Supply Analysis and the Socio-Economic Analysis and also commissioned a consultant (Sterling Wood Group Inc.) to conduct an independent timber supply analysis. The resulting document, containing both the review and the analysis, is referred to as the "licensee analysis" in this report.

Table 1: Participation in public information sessions