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C18 Terrace Review —

Wednesday, May 8, 1991

KAL@TIRE Woodlot

by Tod Strachan

While some people say adopting
the "Swedish Solution” is the only
hope there is to prevent our forest
industry from devouring itself, the
B.C. Woodlot Association offers
what might be a better choice; the
"B.C. Solution".

Woodlots are the smallest form
of forest tenure offered by the
province. Basically a miniature

Tree Farm License, Woodlots are

made up of privately owned land
plus an area of Crown land no

. Mm larger than 400 hectares (988.4
Me acres). But there are significant
mn differences between the operation

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of a Woodlot and Tree Farm
License. A Tree Farm License is
big business, while a Woodlot is
closer to something like a family-
owned, home-based business.

In terms of land management, the

Woodlot owner nearly always has

a better handle on things than the
large corporation. He must. If he
manages his small plot of land
poorly, he’s out of business. And
as far as land utilization is con-
cerned, the possibilities for the
Woodlot owner are only limited by
his imagination.

Some suggestions from last
year’s B.C. Federation of Woodlot
Associations annual general mect-
ing in Kamloops, include the pro-
duction of standard fibre (logs) for
local sawmills to crops of wild
berries and the production of fenc-
ing materials, pine mushrooms,
maple syrup and medicinal plants.

But there is more to a Woodlot
than just an alternative form of
tenure. The holder of a Woodlot
License would tell you about

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things like the independence of
operating your own business, the
unique lifestyle that would be
impossible with other form of
employment, and the challenge of
making a living by managing a
sustainable forest on a small plot
of land.

A good example of how well a
Woodlot operation really works

can be found on a 55.5 hectare’

plot of land cailed Wildwood.
Wildwood, located at Yellow Point
near Ladysmith on Vancouver
Island, is owned by a man named
Merve Wilkinson who has been
selectively logging his land since
1945 and can continue to do so
indefinitely. Why? Good manage-
ment. Wilkinson is the
owner/operator of a small business,
and good management is the key
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-In Wilkinson’s words, "I grew up
to believe that forests are my

_ftiends. They are there to use.

They are there to enjoy. They are
there to maintain and they should
never, never be destroyed." And he
adds this bit of wisdom: "You can
work with nature and have a forest
from which you harvest a crop
periodically and regularly —— a
forest from which enjoyment can
be extracted, where all the living
organisms are present and healthy.
It is not difficult at all. Further-
more, you can make a good living
with this type of operation."

From 1945 to 1985, Wilkinson
completed eight complete cut-overs
of his land harvesting 1,253,292
board feet of timber. He explains
that cuts are based on a five-year
cutting cycle and consists of the
rate of the volume-growth on the
property for that five-year period
plus 1/60th of the original volume.
Using this formula, Wilkinson
estimates he can cut 67,000 board
feet of timber or 100 cords of
wood every year... forever.

Timber from Wilkinson's prop-
erty has been used for saw logs,
pulp logs, firewood, fence posts,
telephone poles and building logs.
And at the same time his land has
produced everything from Christ-
mas trees to patio blocks, cones for
seeds and from thinning his for-

. fence rails. Perhaps more
important is the fact that Wilkin-
son’s land has eamed him one-
third of his total annual income
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