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Some 'Quick Facts' About Us ...
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District
Description ... [District
map]
- One of the
most ecologically complex areas in the province.
- Covers approximately
2.25 million hectares
- Approximately
320 km long by 140 km wide
- Stretches
from U.S. border in the south to Seymour River/Shuswap Lake in
the north
- Vegetation
ranges from wet interior hemlock/cedar forests to semi-arid sagebrush
- Lodgepole
Pine and Douglas-fir are the dominant species
- Roughly 1.4
million hectares of forest land of which 73% is available for
harvest
- Seven biogeoclimatic
zones.
- Home to numerous
endangered, threatened or vulnerable species.
Annual Allowable Cuts ...
- Okanagan
TSA has an AAC of 2,655,000 m3/year.
- TFL 49, Riverside
Forest Products Ltd, has an AAC of 380,000 m3/year.
- TFL 33, Federated
Co-operatives Ltd, has an AAC of 21,000 m3/year.
- TFL 15, Weyerhaeuser
Canada Ltd, has an AAC of 70,000 m3/year.
Major Licencees in the Okanagan
Timber Supply Area ...
- Approximately
95% of the cut is held in replaceable forest licences and the
BCTS
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Company
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AAC
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Location
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Weyerhaeuser
Canada Ltd
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380
031 m3/yr
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Okanagan
Falls
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Riverside
Forest Products Ltd
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767
413 m3/yr
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Kelowna, Armstrong, Lavington
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Tolko
Industries Ltd
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234
228 m3/yr
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Lavington
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Gorman
Brothers Ltd
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231
349 m3/yr
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Westbank,
Lumby
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Louisiana-Pacific
Canada Engineered Wood Products Ltd
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140
217 m3/yr
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Malakwa
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Federated
Co-operatives Ltd
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332 963 m3/yr
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Canoe
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Bell
Pole Ltd
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45
286 m3/yr
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Lumby
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BC
Timber Sales
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361
974 m3/yr
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Throughout
the TSA
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Additional Facts ...
- Population
increased by 19% between 1991 and 1996 for a total of 313 000
which comprises 46.5% of the population of the Southern Interior
Forest Region.
- Over half
of the district's population live in Penticton, Kelowna, Vernon
or Salmon Arm.
- Known for
winter and summer recreational opportunities.
- Forestry
accounts for over 11% of the district's total employment.
- Approximately
178 range tenures throughout the district.
- There are
62 woodlot licences with an AAC of approximately 68,000 m3/yr
from Crown Land and 8,000 m3/yr from private land. (total of 76,000
m3/yr)
Contact
Information ...
- Ministry of Forests
Okanagan Shuswap Forest District
2501 - 14th Avenue
Vernon, B.C., V1T 8Z1
- Phone: (250) 558-1700
Fax: (250) 549-5485
Toll Free (via
Enquiry BC) 1-800-663-7867
- For
a street map of how to find our office in Vernon click
here
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