FAST FACTS FOR THE VANDERHOOF FOREST DISTRICT

• In our District, we have 6 commercial species of trees including Lodgepole Pine, White Spruce, Subalpine Fir (balsam), Douglas Fir, Black Spruce and Trembling Aspen (poplar).

• The non-commercial trees in the District are Paper Birch, Black Cottonwood, and Tamarack.

• The total volume of wood cut during the 2005 season in the District was 5,044,287 cubic meters (m³).

• A cubic meter (m³) of wood is about the same size as a telephone pole.

• A highway logging truck holds about 35 m³.

• If a  house requires 60 m³ in its construction, then last year the wood that was harvested in our District could have been made into 91,172.3 houses!  If each house averages 2.5 people, then approximately 227,930.75 people could be housed.

• To manage this area, we have 80 people on staff, 26 vehicles, 7 ATV's and 8 snowmobiles.

• In 2005 we drove over 439,237 kilometers and flew approximately 80 hours

• We were responsible for 30 recreation sites and more than 200 kilometres of trails.  This responsibility has now been transferred to the Ministry of Tourism, Sport, and the Arts.

• In 2005, there were 4.3 million trees planted in the District.  In addition, we did the following silviculture activity:

• Brushing - 205 ha

• There are 12 First Nations in our District:

                  Saik'uz First Nations                  Nazko First Nations
                  Ulkatcho First Nations               Skin Tyee First Nations
                  Stellat'en First Nations               Lheidl T'enneh First Nations
                  Lhoosk'uz Dene First Nations   Nadleh Whut'en First Nations
                  Cheslatta First Nations              T'lazt'en First Nations
                  Nak'azdi First Nations                Yekooche First Nations

• We had 50 fires, which burned 13,054 hectares in our District in 2005.  Lightning  strikes caused 27 fires, and people not putting out their campfires caused 23 fires.  The total cost of the fires was $3,218,268.