,_ By doing this, there can be a better

mates tl dat there is 33 years se sta
Bon ae in the 13,800 hectare
ters

Also in the works is a revi

s by which a number a ee PS
estry issues will be ined and
incorporated into #] agement
Plan where applicable. These issues
include old-growth Saree wildlife
tap ne enhancement, and visual
val

nm target with our
;There ‘are many technical aspects
Roadbuilding

and access must be carefully con-

lee cut SO SeEe are See to an

tion and a spring eee ‘ing.
says the reestablishment of

logged off sites to thei normal st:
and reduce any potential for soil
erosion. i

for uphill eee and selective jie
ging is practised in jwell drained

¢ Posing oe the Lumberworker ona eee were (I

Jay, chaser Neil Lindsay

Logging is an important phase in

managing Victoria watershed area

NLC EORLA BC. —

of blowdown 1: d

ging on ¢ BC. Coast is the only
concern he many forest companies:
Getting the the

Dis helping

prevent costly fires.

in many situa:

or ees rane maintained.

The Greater Victori: is-
trict (GVWD) has taken @ a seen
attitude and has been prac ctis

ghar

iby. win.
ter storms off the ae its of Geo
can be compounded by root rot pend
the accumulative effects of disease
and in:

en selec-
ag the blowdowns wrhich may

says logging superintendent Russ
Boyd.
pm nocal 1-80 business agent Rod

repeat wo. He

“The guys mal Ja good buck (aver-

age $18.00 hoor) and it keeps them

working year round,” says Brother

Thomson, former P president of thenow
hi

logging is only a small step in the
game. plan of providing improved

tal city and surrounding areas on
Southern Vancouver Island.

“In our Operating Plan there’s no
special logging section,” says Gordon
Joyce, Assistani forester of the
GVWD. “Our plans deals with vari-
ous ‘land use prescriptions’ whic!
include such steps as accessibility,
planting, silviculture, and protection
(from fire, erosion, blowdown, dis-

trict’s water Sante
Kee geet pare) bas been a stead,
anaes us sections of the
Se ed. and fork re past 80, or 0:
ging,

There are 25 IWA jobs in the GVWD
where the crew harvests 69, cen feubis
meters of wood per year.
employs 1 steelspar crew, a ae
Madill tower, 2 loaders, jGewing
trucks, and | other eater opera-

1 1-80.

can be eliminated.
According to Joyce the GVWD

rot (Phelinus Sania is detec.
ted eouah ti

whichorig-
inally corned the reasoner
How ‘ost of the tree . planting

tors as the eae crew keeps going
ona stancy basis.

ce said the District is pres-
tly ilvi-

photos or as they are known * sruessle

alee planning which may include

pane . After
and refores tation plans aa

The GVWD Peolatitai its logged off
areas in less than a year. It has no
is which are non-rulficiently i

area:
sueetedl In root rot areas such spi
is Weste: ‘ine and Western
Red Cedar m i
survival rat

In all retenecs: the District at-

genetic stock

the first place (to maintain and
improve water quality), focuses on 4
be areas which are related to cli-
and terrain: fire, blowdown, ero-

ait cena disease.
The watershed, which starts about
17 km. north of Victoria, has experi-
enced a historical problem wai ire:

u

ave an. ‘ncredible nega-
Mr,

cs
y going in and logging off areas
that are susceptible na (ie. areas

ine ae their Aaa Naeee
ecivities. they are provided with a
variety of silviculture work, which
pies priority over outside contrac-
Replanting is done with 2, 3 or 4

White Pine.

am site pre pre parati ion, Fiat ve
tand tending and other sve pura
projects, ithe GVRD has produ

ie think they (the , Workers) have

tion because they are involved with
silvicultural projects to a degree,”

thinning in stands
of second growth.

be used.
Most harvesting is done by the
steel tower and mini-spar high lead
choker system:
layne Jon a, ‘rigging slinger on the
peat tower, eas that thugs are dif-
jer pee mpared to other places
eae Jones, who has been with

the GVRD for over a year and has
pia. in the bush for over 14 years,

di

He ay.
Hess

} 1 hich

Wool 71 Van de W:
ry
that the bucking specs are a lot
cleaner than elsewhere and that o
merchandisable lumber and “any- ~
thing we see that’s questionable 6
sent into the landing
The GVWD also Als leans up the set-

ting and hauls out Srewordy va skid-
ders, Cats and the mini-

Over 80% of the mateested TES
maining old growth is Douglas Fir,

Pp

bid market.

operation is entirely self sufficient.
venues surplus to forestry pro-

Continued on page thirteen

e The shaded area above supplies Victoria and surrounding municipalities with a
q ply. P: f th jiaerteriae

cree
12/LUMBERWORKER/MAY, 1991