Quesnel, Summary of Public Input

Public Review Process and Response

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

• direct mail-out of the three documents to over 80 organizations, businesses and interested individuals within the Quesnel Timber Supply Area or adjacent timber supply areas. The Discussion Paper included a response form which readers were encouraged to complete and return to the district manager

• seven information sessions were held with representatives from the timber industry, labour, local governments and other interest groups (see Table 1)

• three open houses were advertised extensively through a direct mail-out

• radio interviews were provided

• newspaper articles were encouraged

As Table 1 shows, more than 117 people attended the information sessions and the open houses. The Quesnel Forest District also received one completed response form and nine written submissions (see Appendix 1). The Quesnel Timber Supply Association, which includes the major forest licence holders operating in the Quesnel Timber Supply Area, commissioned a consultant to conduct a parallel analysis utilizing similar basic assumptions to those used in the Quesnel Timber Supply Analysis (referred to as the ‘technical critique’ in this report).

Table 1: Participation in public information sessions