Campbell River Forest District staff actively solicited public input on the Timber Supply Review in the Strathcona Timber Supply Area through the following actions:
• direct mail-out of the three documents to over 100 individuals, organizations and business. The Discussion Paper included a response form which readers were encouraged to complete and return to the district manager
• 14 meetings were held with public, representatives from industry, labour, local governments and other interests groups (see Table 1)
• seven open houses were extensively advertised through direct mail-out, newspaper advertising, articles and cable television (see Table 1)
• newspaper articles were encouraged
• radio interviews were provided
As Table 1 shows, over 160 individuals attended the meetings, information sessions and open houses. The Campbell River Forest District received nine completed response forms and 19 written submissions (see Appendix 1). The Strathcona Timber Supply Area licensees commissioned Timberline Forest Inventory Consultants to technically critique the Campbell River Timber Supply Analysis (referred to as the Timberline critique in this report). Two other detailed critiques were received; one from the Sierra Club and one from the Coast Forest and Lumber Association.
|
Activities (No. of participants) |
Date |
|
Meetings with interest groups | |
|
Forest Industry (20) |
February 14, 1995 |
|
IWA/Labour (2) |
February 15, 1995 |
|
Campbell River Fish and Wildlife Club (1) |
February 17, 1995 |
|
Canadian Confederation of Unions (1) |
February 22, 1995 |
|
First Nations (5) |
February 23, 1995 |
|
Open Houses | |
|
Gold River (23) |
April 4,1995 |
|
Tahsis (35) |
April 5,1995 |
|
Zeballos (19) |
April 6,1995 |
|
Campbell River (17) |
April 7,1995 |
|
Courtenay (9) |
April 10,1995 |
|
Kyuquot (14) |
April 12,1995 |
|
Woss (23) |
April 12,1995 |
Table 1: Participation in public information activities
Prior to the 90-day review period, the district staff held numerous meetings and information sessions. Many individual meetings were conducted with stakeholder groups representing labour, forest and mining companies, local government, community interests, resource agencies and environmental groups. These meetings provided much of the information which was reported in the Socio-Economic Analysis.
