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6:17. Agglomerated Opening Size

Timber extraction shall only be allowed te occur adjacanttea non-clearcut opening when new
conifer growth Is 1) ‘free growing’, and 2) isa minimum of 6 metresin height. in addition to these
requirements, no new clearcut opening shall be allowed within 1 km of o completed clearcut
opening for a period of 20 years.

6.18 Riparlan Zones -

No logging shall be allowed within the riparian zone. No clearcut logging shail be allowed within
160 metres of any permanently flowing or ponded water. os

‘Perhaps the greatest negative impact of industrial logging is on streams, lakes and oceanside
habitats. To insure that these impacts are reduced to aminimum, a wide ‘buffer strip’ will border
all flowing or ponded water sources. |

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6.19 = Log Export

The export of roundilogs (excepting fully manufactured log home components) chips, and canis:
shail be prohibited. '

The raw timber resources of B. C. are too valuable to be allowed to be shipped offshore.

Local Processing .

Seventy-five percent of the sawiog volume extracted annually in any Watershed Authority area
shail be fully processed fo at least a secondary level in the originating jurisdiction. Pulpweod
volumes shall be chipped in the originating Watershed Authority area, with incentives provided
for establishment of finished pulp product manulacturing capac

exceptions to these rules may be negotiated with full agreement between Wate

bodies.

A basic principle of forestry in British Columbia should be that local timber extraction will primarily
benefit a local economy. This premise Is increasingly being violated by the opening of sawmills
that require sawlog volumes from a 200 to 500 mile radius. No corporation should be allowed
to impoverish a community only for the sake of an increment of profit.

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Secondary Manufacturing

Continued award of extraction tenures shall be based on the degree te which timber Is
manufactured in each Watershed Authority for high-value end products. 7