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Prescribed purposes for forestry licence to cut |
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For the purposes of section 47.6 (2) (d) of the Forest Act, harvesting Crown timber to protect a community from wildfire is prescribed.
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Small scale and intermediate salvage |
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For the purposes of section 47.6 (2) (d) of the Forest Act, the regional manager or district manager may enter into a forestry licence to cut under which the harvesting is restricted to Crown timber that |
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is dead, |
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in the opinion of the regional manager or district manager, is in danger, as a result of an insect infestation, fire, disease or windthrow, of being significantly reduced in value, lost or destroyed, or |
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must be harvested for insect management purposes. |
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If a forestry licence to cut is entered into under subsection (1), it may, in the discretion of the regional manager or district manager, include Crown timber that |
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is interspersed with timber described in that subsection, or |
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must be harvested to provide access to timber described in that subsection. |
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Subject to subsection (4), the total volume of Crown timber that may be specified in a forestry licence to cut entered into under this section must not exceed 2 000 m3. |
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The regional manager or district manager may enter into a forestry licence to cut for a volume exceeding 2 000 m3, but not exceeding 5 000 m3, if the forestry licence to cut is entered into as the result of a competitive process. |
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Controlled recreation areas |
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Harvesting Crown timber within a controlled recreation area established under the Resort Timber Administration Act is prescribed for the purposes of section 47.6 (2) (d) of the Forest Act. |
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| [Provisions of the Forest Act, R.S.B.C. l996, c.157, relevant to the enactment of this regulation: section 47.6 (2) (d)] |
