Prince George, Summary of Public Input

Public Review Process and Response

Staff from the Fort St. James, Prince George and Vanderhoof Forest District offices actively solicited public input on the Timber Supply Review in the Prince George Timber Supply Area through the following actions:

• copies of the Discussion Paper, Timber Supply Analysis and Socio-Economic Analysis were made available at the district offices and at all open houses. The Discussion Paper included a response form which readers were encouraged to complete and return to the district manager

• open houses were held in Fort St. James, Prince George and Vanderhoof (see Table 1)

• comments on the data package for the timber supply analysis were solicited from the forest industry, interest groups, government agencies and First Nations bands

• newspaper articles were encouraged

As Table 1 shows, 291 individuals attended the information sessions and the open houses. The Forest Service district offices also received six completed response forms and 23 written submissions (see Appendix 1). Many articles editorials were written in the local newspapers.

Table 1: Participation in public information sessions