Resource analysis, while used to explore a potential AAC is also used to understand the
Quantity and characteristics of the timber inventory present on a given landbase. The above
analysis provides detailed information on the current status of the timber resource on both
Crown and municipal lands in PCFA area.
Based on the following factors an AAC of 12,000m 3/yr was been awarded to the PCFA:
1. The estimated cost of treatment of these stands to reduce fire hazard;
2. The safety of Prince George residents The amount of can volume that the CPG can logistically administer and manage within the scope of its current resources; and
3. The amount of annual volume that the CPG can logistically administer and manage within the scope of its current resources; and
4. Limited lands within the PCFA will be allocated toward a treaty settlement with the Lheidli T'enneh.
The allotted volume will be harvested over the next five years. The cut will be focused on treating the areas that pose the greatest interface fire hazard. Approximately 40,000 m will be directed at treating all of the VERY HIGH hazard areas. The remaining 20,000 m will be focused on treating the HIGH hazard areas that pose the greatest risk to public safety.
. Reducing fuel loading and modifying stand structure to reduce fire hazard will achieve this goal. As the PCFA begins operations it will work with the provincial government to develop a strategy to continue addressing the fire hazard abatement and mountain pine beetle management that the current AAC is unable address. Potential options include a temporary uplift in AAC for the proposed tenure, the issuance of additional tenure to the PCFA (i.e. licence to cut), or the incorporation of these objectives into an application for a long-term community forest tenure.
The CPG has made a commitment to the community of Prince George to use the timber harvest to mitigate interface hazard