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NSC 2019 Winter Conference:Silviculture Practices for Changing Forest Landscapes, Values, and ExpectationsFebruary 26-27, 2019
Provincial Reforestation Program:Seedlings – Drivers, Demand and
Capacity
Neil Hughes RPFResource Practices Branch, FLNRORDNorthern Silviculture Committee Meeting
February 26th 2019Prince George
Seedling Demand Drivers
• Harvesting• Beetle Kill• Wildfires
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British Columbia Provincial Harvest
2016 / 17 183,788 ha
2017/18 170,058 ha
North 85,000, South 70,000 Coast 15,50080% planted and 20% Natural Regeneration
• 2017 Planting Season• Obligation
harvesting and S.108
• Government - FFT
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Cariboo Natural Resource Region 38,650
Kootenay-Boundary Natural Resource
Region20,727
Northeast Natural Resource Region
14,372
Omineca Natural Resource Region
76,512
Skeena Natural Resource Region
33,027
South Coast Natural Resource Region
7,281
Thompson-Okanagan Natural Resource
Region43,391
West Coast Natural Resource Region 13,530
TOTALS 247,490
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Licensee Obligations1. Annual harvesting commitment
averages 210 million trees per year2. Section 108 legal obligation
120 – 170,000,000 trees3. Drought Losses
Unknown but substantial
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LicenseeHigh / Medium Low Unknown sub-total
High / Medium Low Unknown sub-total Total
West Fraser 25,647 2,863 3,765 32,275 9,178 1,507 3,803 14,488 46,763 Tolko 29,568 2,523 3,598 35,689 1,202 450 34 1,686 37,375 Canadian Forest P 8,051 633 1,089 9,773 6,673 963 1,767 9,403 19,176 BCTS 5,800 600 254 6,654 3,687 558 3,306 7,551 14,205 All others 23,933 2,974 3,555 30,462 14,169 2,436 7,534 24,139 54,601
92,999 9,593 12,261 114,853 34,909 5,914 16,444 57,267 172,120
2017 2018
Licensee Obligations Impacted by Fires
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Non Obligation Planting Requirements
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THLB wildfire impacted area Remaining NSR from 2000-2016 Approximately
100,000
THLB burnt only 2017 and 2018 1,000,000
Remaining severe Mountain Pine Beetle Impacted THLB
900,000
THLB wildfire impacted areas within severe and very severe MPB impacted areas
250,000
Burnt area under legal reforestation obligation 188,880
Net impacted THLB areas 1,750,000
Wildfire and MPB impacted area (ha)
Provincial Reforestation Program
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Non-obligation reforestation
1. Forests For Tomorrow - Gov’t-funded investments to improve timber supply.
2. Forest Carbon Initiative - FESBC/ProvGov’t/Fed Gov’t funded reforestation to increase carbon sequestration.
• FFT building since 2003.• FCI 4 year funding (2017-2021) • 2020 (may) be the final year for FCI sowing• Est. seedling demands for 2020, 60-64M
M trees
Sowing Year FFT FCI Total
2012 23 23
2013 24 24
2014 19 19
2015 20 20
2016 24 24
2017 25 1 26
2018 24 11 35
2019 22.5 25.9 48.4
2020 25 37 62
2021 25 0 25
2022 25 0 25
2023 25 0 25
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Ten Year Provincial Planting Program
Calendar Year Licensee
BCTS + FSMF
Provincial Delivery
s108 Other Total FCI FFT 2008 170 59 0 7 1 4 241 2009 131 50 0 14 1 3 198 2010 112 43 0 18 0 3 177 2011 132 43 0 14 6 4 199 2012 165 40 0 15 13 3 235 2013 170 36 0 23 6 2 237 2014 169 38 0 25 4 3 239 2015 178 40 0 19 2 5 244 2016 174 42 0 20 6 5 247 2017 161 64 0 26 6 3 248
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Current Seedling Demand
2018 Sowing Requests Growing 2019 for planting 2020Industry 255FFT, FCI 53
308 million
What is the Demand Projection for the next 3-5 years???
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Sowing Year
Provincial Reforestation
Program1
(M seedlings)
FES2
(M seedlings)
Sec.108 Licensees3
(M seedlings)
Licensees Obligation4
(M seedlings)
Total Sowing Request (M Seedlings)
2017 27 236 2632018 39 235 2742019 74 3 229 3062020 70.5 3 10 223 306.52021 24.5 7 15 224 270.52022 24.5 7 15 228 274.52023 24.5 15 227 266.52024 24.5 15 225 264.52025 24.5 15 219 258.52026 24.5 15 219 258.52027 24.5 15 193 232.5Total 382 17 118 2458 2975
Average 35 6 13 223 270
Scenario #2: Potential Expansion of the Provincial Reforestation Program (over and above Scenario #1)
2018 work to address seedling demand and supply capacity
What Should the Next Steps Be?
Work with Licensees to: better determine seedling requirements for next 3-5
years.Determine Priorities and schedules for reforestationWork with Nurseries and Silviculture Industry: to develop strategies to deliver as much of the
demand as possible at a cost acceptable to all.16
