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i" "REPORT ONT THE FOREST r RESOURCES OF THE KALUM
TIMBER SUPPLY AREA, 1987

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-KALUM
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the Kalum timber supply areg Is approximately
500 kilometers long and 100 kilometers wide. It

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- . @ Number of recreation sites: 6

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contains the three major centers of Terrace, |

Kitimat and Stewart, plus ‘hurtierous smaller set-
tlements with a total population of 35,000.

- Estimated value: $69, 000, 000

. (enough to build 21,500 three-bedroom homes)

a PAPER PRODUCTION

LOG PRODUCTION
Major Licences: 2,454,570 m3 (cubic metres)

Small Business Forest Enterprise Program: 308, 430 m3.
Estimated value: $8,600,000

LUMBER PRODUCTION
323,000,000 board feet.
Estimated value: $82,000,000

Paper and sack kraft: 350,000 metric tonnes _
Estimated value: $188,000,000

CHIPS

~ 600,000 m3 (enough to fill 11,500 B-Train trucks) ee eee

LOG EXPORTS (primarily from Stewart)
Softwood (spruce, hemlock, pine, etc.): 353,700 m3
Deciduous (cottonwood, aspen, birch): 42,000 m3:

MAN YEARS* of Employment — ANNUAL PAYROLL ($)
*(1 person for 12 months)

@ Logging: 900 — 36.0 Million
@ Milling: 470 ' . —.18.1 Million
@ Pulpmill: 525 oo a 30.1 Million
@ Forest Service: 49 aoc. =m 1,5 Million

SILVICULTURE SUMMARY

@ Site preparation: 4,223 ha

@ Planting: 3,119,000 seedlings on 3,153 ha

@ Stand tending: 484 ha |

Over 40,000,000 trees have been planted in the Kalum District
since 1965. ee

JOBTRAC PROGRAM (1987) a

@ Number employed: 199 -

@ Man days of work: 10,130 .

e. Type of work: spacing and roadside brushing

PROTECTION SUMMARY
@ Number of fires: 46 (10 year average 55).
@ Cost per fire: $3,665.00 (0 year average $18, 380

RECREATION SUMMARY
@ Number of trails: 15 (totalling 80 km)

ENGINEERING SUMMARY
@ Existing Forestry and Logging Roads: 1, 335 km
@ Constructed i in 1987: 164 km

MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS BEING PROCESSED

@ Skeena West — Skeena Cellulose Inc. a
@ T.F.L. 41 South Blocks — Eurocan Pulp & Paper Co.

e@ Hatchery Creek — Skeena Cellulose Inc.

TIMBER SUPPLY ANALYSIS

A timber supply analysis is currently under review. The
recommendations are due in summer, 1988. It is anticipated
that the final plan will be approved by British Columbia’s

Chief Forester by year end.

The total allowable annual cut is 2,763,000 cubic
meters (79,000) truck loads). The area harvested is
10,000 hectares (ha.) annually (seven times the
area of Lakelse Lake).

This is a brief outline of the economic impact of the forest industry in our com-" |

- munities. For further’ information contact G.F. Dodd, District Manager, Kalum Forest :

District, B.C. Forest Service, at 638-3290.

This information is brought-t fo you courtesy of the es
Ministry of Forests and Lands, Skeena Cellulose Inc. and Eurocan Pulp and Paper Co. —

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