Backlog NSR Project Review and RESULTS Issues

Land Based Investment Strategy (LBIS):

Current Reforestation and Timber Supply Mitigation Meeting

September 28, 2011

Richmond, BC

Matt LeRoy

Dave Weaver

Paul RehslerResource Practices Branch

Backlog Management Policy

"backlog area" means an area a) from which the timber was harvested, damaged, or destroyed before October 1, 1987; and, b) that in the District Manager's opinion, is insufficiently stocked with healthy, well-spaced trees of a commercially acceptable species

Not satisfactorily restocked (NSR)" means productive forest land that has been denuded and has not been regenerated to the desired stocking standards for the opening

Previous NSR Reports

1984 1988 1990 1997 1999 2000 20010

100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

600000

700000

800000

82-87

pre82

By Region, backlog NSR would be eliminated by:

• 2007 in PR, PR• 2005/06 in Car, Kam,

Nel • 2003/04 in Van

• Where do these backlog NSR numbers come from?– RESULTS via the Corporate Reporting System

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 (sept)0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

110 109 109 111 112 112 116 116

98 96

60 59 59 58 58 5858 57

50 49

Annual NSR Backlog, Provincial Totals, (thousands of hectares)

Ministry 82-87

Ministry pre-82

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 20150

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Annual Backlog NSR reduction target, (thousands of hectares)

2009 2010 20110

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

2.6

6.2

1.7

0.3

1.2

0.6

Backlog NSR reductions April 1st to September 21st

Ministry 82-87

Ministry pre-82

Condensed Year, April 1st to Sept 21st

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• Known Challenges:– Not just an opening file exercise– Getting down to the most challenging openings

• Anticipating year over year increasingly challenging openings

– Resourcing– Do folks know about their options with survey standards?

• Where does Forsite fit in? Forsite is our provincial contractor, initially handling category 1, and 6

backlog NSR openings

NSR Project Categories

Declared with NO FC Update

Opening FG with NSR with No Planned Treatments

Survey with no FC update

Survey with FC update no spatial

NSR with no SU’s

NSR Increased No Planning

Quick Wins

-There are a number of openings in the backlog NSR listing that are in excess of 1,000 hectares

-Where no RAH’s in place let’s make use of Forsite’s horsepower to clean up these openings

• Survey standard talk with Dave Weaver