Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch

Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch provides vegetation resources inventory, resource analysis and decision support for a wide variety of clients and projects. Current key projects include:

• developing, producing and maintaining vegetation resources inventory;
• conducting timber supply reviews to support the chief forester's  determination of allowable annual cuts (AACs);
• assisting with the development of plans, information and analysis to address the current mountain pine beetle epidemic;
• advising on timber supply implications of treaty negotiations and land use planning initiatives;
• supporting access to information for Forest Stewardship Planning.

What’s New

• Tree Farm Licence 25 Rationale for Allowable Annual Cut (AAC) Determination - February 2008
• Morice Timber Supply Area Rationale for Allowable Annual Cut (AAC) Determination - January 2008
• Kispiox Timber Supply Area Rationale for Allowable Annual Cut (AAC) Determination - December 2007
• Timber Supply and the Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation in British Columbia — September 2007
• Monitoring Harvest Activity across 16 Mountain Pine Beetle Impacted Timber Supply Areas — June 2007
• Bioenergy Opportunities Using Wood Resources — March 2007

Forest Analysis Projects

• Timber Supply Review
• Current Allowable Annual Cut (AAC)
• Defined Forest Area Management
• Area–Based AAC
• Forest Stewardship Planning Information Support Project
• Forest Inventory and Monitoring in Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) Areas
• Future Forest Ecosystems

Forest Inventory Projects

• Vegetation Inventory Advisory Council (VIAC)
• Vegetation Resources Inventory (VRI)
• VRI Data Management
• National Forestry Inventory (NFI)
• Vegetation Cover Update
• Forest Inventory Audits
• Inventory Projection
• Remote Sensing and Geomatics
• Forest Investment Account
• Maps of the Inventories
• Inventory Program Review
• 2007/08 Mountain Pine Beetle Inventory and Monitoring Project Plan — April 2007
• Contacts
• Resources and Downloads