3ACKGROUND

The area proposed for harvesting on Bagle Ridge is with:.
the Fraser Timber Supply Area (Figure 1) and is also
within the Indian-Pitt Provincial Forest (Figure 2),

The Ministry of Forest has the mandate to manage the
forest, range and recreation resources on all Crown
Forests in the Province, The Ministry of Forests operate
under three interlocking pieces of legislation.

1, Ministry of Forest Act,

2. Forest Act.

3. Range Act.

FRASER 'TSA

the fraser Timber Supply Area (TSA) has a total area of
1 168 000 ha of which 29% or 342 100 ha lends itself to
the continuous yield of forest products (ie. the ‘working
forest'),

The current Allowable Annual cut (AAC) for the Fraser TSA
iS 1.765 million m3, Many factors are considered when

the AAC is determined, but one of the major factors is the
forest land base, or "working forest", Alienations for
non forest use reflect in lower cuts and reduced revenue.
to the province,

Every 5 years a TSA analysis is conducted to review the
current status of the various resources and land base
within the TSA. Resource goals and Strategies to attain
these goals are also determined. There are opportunities
for the public and agencies to provide input to this
process. The results of this analysis is used in the
development of a long term management plan for the TSA and
also assists in determining the AAC for the planning
period (usually 5 years).

We are currently in the early stages of this analysis
process for the next Fraser TSA plan.

Indian Pitt Provincial Forest

There are 6 Provincial forests in the Fraser TSA (the
Douglas, Chilliwack, Skagit, Dewdney, Blue Mountain and
the Indilan Pitt) and for the most part they make up most
the the working forest portion of the Fraser TSA.