D6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 10, 1995

Forest code marks start
of new ways for us all

THE MUCH heralded brave new
world of forestry dawns in B.C,
June 15 when the Forest Practices
Code (FPC) becomes law.

There’s no doubt the FPC Act
and its accompanying 18 regula-
tions and 66 field guides will
bring significant changes for the
forest companics, their employees
and the communities that depend
on the resource.

But it will likely be some time
before the full extent of any im-
pact is known, says chief forester
Larry Pedersen.

And they will likely vary sig-
nificantly from one region to an-
other, he added,

Although the FPC regulations
were published in mid-April,
Pedersen said . implementation
was delayed for two months to al-
low companies time to review
and understand them plus make
whatever adjustments were
necessary to their operations.

“We gave them a phenomenal
amount of material,”’ he said, ex-
plaining the waiting period.

He anticipated the companies
main preoccupation at this stage
was working out what the regula-
tions meant for the ’95 field sea-
son, their internal organization
and staff training.

Pedersen said industry’s biggest
concerns revolved around the cost
of meeting the FPC standards and
ils effects on timber supply.

As for the latter, he noted
Forest minister Andrew Petter
had indicated timber supply
would decline 4-6 per cent be-
cause of provisions in the Code.

In terms of the total provincial

annual allowable cut, that trans-
lated to “a significant impact,”
Pedersen conceded. ‘Change
comes at 4 cost.”

But the impact will also vary
Significanily from region to
Tegion.

For example, the Code regula-
tions prohibit cutting trees within
specified distances of strcam
banks, called riparian zones. Such
requirements have been included
for some years now in the Coastal
Fish and Forestry Guidelines,

In those areas where the
guidelines have been followed,
Pedersen noted, there will not be

As for the field guides — 16
have been released to date with
another 50 on the way — Peder-
sen emphasized they recognized
differing conditions from region
to region and even timber stand to
timber stand.

For example, although they
didn’t deal with named geog-
raphical areas, silvicultural guides
laid down requirements for very
specific types of stand.

Other guides required that if a
certain soil texture existed on a
certain type of slope, then indi-
viduals with “high level geo-
technical expertise’ must be

Visible signs of new Code will be in the sizes and layout of
eutblocks and the clear move to protect the borders of
streams and wetlands by leaving protected zones.

any significant change. ‘But if
they haven’t, (companies) will be
effected more.”’

And certainly coastal areas will
feel the effects more than any
other. ‘“There’s a much higher
impact where you have a high
concentration of (fish-bearing)
streams,’” he pointed outy

Therefore, the total amount of
timber protected from logging
would obviously be far less in the
dry, interior areas,

Similarly, the effect of require-
ments for preserving bio-diversity
within an area would depend on
the age of the trees there,

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sess the situation.

“The guides are very site
specific,’' Pedersen said.

As for industry fears there will
be blind obedience to the rules
regardless of special local condi-
tions, he offered assurances “the
decision makers have discre-
tion’’.

However, there was also a re-
quirement for the district man-
ager, when he — exercised
“flexibility”’, to fully document
his justification for doing so.

And what will the man-in-the-
street see from all these changes?

Pedersen said the visible signs
will be in the sizes and layout of
cutblocks and the clear move to
protect the borders of streams and
wetlands by leaving riparian
zones.

All in all, ‘I feel very good
about where we’re at,’’ said
Pedersen, describing this as “an
exciting’ and positive” time in
B,C.’s forests.

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Allen Contracting

BMT Contracting

Bro Enterprises Ltd.

Borden Lake Contracting Ltd.
Cedar River Timber (1971) Co. Lid.
Clear Creek Contracting Ltd.
Copper River Contracting Ltd.
Cypress Forest Consultants Ltd.
Dasque Contracting Ltd,

Dave Lavoie Contracting Ltd.

Don Hull & Sons Contracting Ltd.

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Our planned activities for 1995 are:

All West Trading Co. Ltd,
Backwoods Silviculture Ltd.

Piston & Liner Kits
Batteries
Hydraulic Hose & Fittings

Under Carriage
__ (most equipment)

Bucket Teeth
Dozer Cutting Edges
Corner Bits
Gears Pins
Radiators

Duane Contracting Ltd.

E.J, Kerby & Sons Ltd.

Earl Ellis contracting

Ed Dobler Contracting Ltd.
Far-Ko Contracting Ltd.
Formula Contractors Ltd.
Gitwinksihlkw Development Corp.
Godet Contracting Ltd.

Gwin Hamook Enterprises Ltd.
H.J. Wall Contracting Ltd.

Hire A Logger Agency

Hirsch Creek Falling Ltd.-
Houlden Logging Ltd.
Hovland Contracting Ltd. . 7
Ivor Johnson Contracting.

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For Your Great Support During
Our First Two years in business.
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Se -. plant 1,500,000 seedlings of different species on 2,000 hectares... —..-- vs : ren ee
Harvest 1,000,000 cubic metres of logs from 2,300 hectares | :

oe construct 160 km of road including 28 new or replacement bridges

- survey 11,000 hectares of second growth forest to monitor forest health |

- manually tend 1,000 hectares of immature forest stands |

- engineer 3,000 hectares of forest land and 200 km of roads | in preparation f for future

Everyone at Skeena Cellulose wishes to thank the following local contractors whose
hard work and dedication will make this all possible:

A & D Trucking Ltd.

Jasak Logging Ltd,
JR Contracting

_. Jock’s Excavating Ltd.

~ Kadii’s Wana’am Gan
Kitimat Booming Contractors
_: K’shian Construction Ltd.
~L &J Logging Ltd.
_ Lakalzap Band Council
Long’s Lagging Inc.
Mactrak Road Building
Main Logging Ltd.
Magnum Road Builders Inc.
McElhanney Engineering Services Ltd.
~ Mercer Logging Ltd.
Nason Contracting Supervision
_ Nass Valley Grading

_* Northwest Loggers Association -

Pacific Regeneration Technologies Inc.
Py Martian Contracting 7
RJA Forestry Ltd.

R. Seaton Contracting Inc.

Shearwater Towing Ventures -
TT & C Contracting Ltd.

Vic Froese Trucking Ltd.

C. Warner

_-.G, Watmough
~. Western Brushing & Ditching Lid.
Wolf Pack Contracting |

- Woodima Forestry Services Lid.
- Woodmere Nursery