Courtesy of David Stanley (via flickr)

By Veronica Beltran

public survey on forestry

Government asking for public’s input to help shape future Interior forest sector

Jul 18, 2019 | 12:45 PM

WILLIAMS LAKE—The BC government is asking for the public’s input in helping shape a better Interior forest sector for future generations.

The province says they are supporting communities and workers through community transition and response teams that communicate with local governments, federal government, industry, labour, employment support programs and organizations, as well as post-secondary institutions.

The locally led Interior Forest Sector Renewal process aims to act on the factors contributing to mill closures. The government’s goal is to sustainably increase added value from B.C. forest products, such as mass timber and advanced bioproducts, while trying to strengthen communities, and maximize employment and advancing reconciliation with First Nations.

Areas the government is asking for feedback in are:

• forest tenure and fibre supply;
• climate change and forest carbon;
• manufacturing capacity and fibre use;
• wood products innovation;
• reconciliation with Indigenous communities; and
• fibre and sustainability of timber and non-timber forest values.

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Lower prices for lumber, pressure from foreign trade action, a shrinking timber supply due to back-to-back wildfire seasons and the end of the mountain pine beetle salvage harvest can be attributed with the recent mill closures and curtailments in the Interior.

The survey is available to the public from July 18 until Oct. 11, 2019. You can provide your feedback by clicking here.

Photo courtesy, David Stanley via flickr.