Key BC Silviculture Statistics

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Key BC Silviculture Statistics

• Forest Practices BranchBC Forest Service

• September 8, 2009

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Objectives

• To share key statistics on silviculture in BC
• Purpose to give context for moving forward and
  improving BCs silviculture programs
• To illustrate management levels on TSAs vs other
  tenures
• To illustrate some reforestation and tending
  opportunities for the future

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How many silviculturefunding sources

• There have been 43 different funding sources used
  to date
• Only one funding approach has lasted 21 years and
  delivered 200 million per year in silv funding

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How do basic silviculture cost estimates for
appraisals relate to site productivity
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Does Agency or Tenure currently effect basic
silviculture performance
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Does Agency or Tenure currently effect total
silviculture performance
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Silviculture is a keystone tool used to maintain
the inherited estate for current and future
generations

• estimated standing tree value of the estate is
  1/4 trillion
• It generates up to 15 billion/year in exports
• It generates up to 1.2 billion/year in
  stumpage, rents and fees
• Industry and TSP spend 200 million/yr in basic
  maintenance (silv) 1.3 of export values
• This year 45 million in incremental enhancements
  -0.30 of export values

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A good foundation to start from

• In the last few years 82 of harvested areas are
  planted within 1.7 years
• 22 different tree species planted

1987
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Basic silviculture - agreat industry success
story
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free growing stand densities as reported since
January 2006

• on average at the free growing declaration  
• the coast is achieving 86 of target free growing
  target number of well spaced trees per hectare
• the northern interior is achieving 86
• the southern interior is achieving 82
•  and BC is achieving 84 of target free growing
  target number of well spaced trees per hectare
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• Sites have on average
•  1005 free growing wellspaced trees per
  hectare and
• 1101 total well spaced trees per ha and
• 5414 TOTAL trees per hectare

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Total NSR is still missing an estimated 300,000
of SSS and 400,000 of MPB NSR
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Estimated annual opportunities for treatment
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Silviculture investment programs

• Need to be developed best on management unit
  silviculture strategies which are aimed at
  achieving key mgmt objectives
• Silviculture activities need to be designed to be
  complementary, integrated and synergistic in
  impact
• The following are a few examples for coastal type
  2 silv strategies

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Arrowsmith TSA
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Fraser TSA
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Strathcona TSA
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Thanks to

• Mei Ching Tsoi for graphs
• Al Powelson and Ralph Winter for stats
• Kelly Osbourne for financial estimates