Williams Lake TSA Type 4 Silviculture Strategy

Prince Albert FMA
Forest Management Plan
Timber Supply Modeling Summary
Prince Albert Forest Management Area (FMA)
Sakâw Askiy Management Inc.
• Landbase
• Forest Growth and Mortality
• Management Practices
• Events (harvest opening size)
• In-block retention
• Old seral retention
Forest Management Plan
• Sakâw Overview
• Forest Management Plan
• Forest Estate Modeling and Forecasting Basics
January 19-23, 2015
Outline / Overview
• Pure Timber Focus Scenario
• Natural Forest Pattern Scenario
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Forest Management Plan
• Licensees and
January 19-23, 2015
Sakâw Overview – 8 Shareholders
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A.C Forestry
Carrier Forest Products
Edgewood Forest Products
L&M Forest Products
Meadow Lake Mechanical Pulp
Meadow Lake OSB (Tolko)
Montreal Lake Business Ventures
NorSask Forest Products
Sakâw Totals
Third Party Operators
Northern Village of Green Lake
Paper Excellence
PA FMA Totals
Softwood
Allocation
(m³/yr)
200,000
375,000
75,000
75,000
200,000
175,000
1,100,000
150,000
15,000
1,265,000
Hardwood
Allocation
(m³/yr)
200,000
Pulp
Allocation
(m³/yr )
400,000
375,000
75,000
75,000
95,000
600,000
240,000
175,000
2,035,000
95,000
600,000
40,000
935,000
12,000
947,000
FMP will assess if harvest levels need to change.
Total Allocation
661,000
661,000
162,000
15,000
661,000
2,873,000
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Allocation Holder
January 19-23, 2015
Sakâw Shareholder Operating Areas
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Hardwood
Operating Zones
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Softwood
Operating Zones
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January 19-23, 2015
2015-2035
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• Harvesting limits
• Renewal requirements
• Practices designed to protect non timber values
• water, wildlife, biodiversity,
• visuals, trapping/outfitting, recreation
• Etc
Forest Management Plan
• Provides strategic direction for forest management in an
attempt to minimize land and resource use conflicts.
• Establishes desired future forest conditions
• Establishes clear goals, objectives, and strategies to guide
forest management activities to achieve this future
January 19-23, 2015
20 Year Forest Management Plan
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Pat Mackasey / Dave Lindenas – Forest Service
Chris Brown – Forest Service
Cam Brown – Sakâw and Forsite Consultants
Doug Braybrook – Edgewood Forest Products
Michelle Young – Meadow Lake OSB (Tolko)
Dave Knight – Carrier Forest Products
Darrel Crabbe – Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation
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FMP Planning Team
• Has been meeting monthly since Feb 2013 (~2 yrs)
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• Forest Management Planning Standard
• Forest Operating Plan Standard
• Regeneration Assessment Standard
• Resource Roads Standard
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PA FMA Standards and Guidelines
Previous 20-Year Forest Management Plan
Public Advisory Group and Other Public Input
Aboriginal Groups Input
Sakaw Shareholder Input
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• Provincial Acts, Regulations, Manuals and Standards
January 19-23, 2015
Sources of Direction
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Ecosystem Based Management
Adaptive management / Continual Improvement
Sustainable Forest Management
Public Involvement / Transparency
Accountability to Government and Stakeholders
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Sakaw Forest Management Principles
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• Harvesting
• Renewal
• Management of values
such as wildlife,
recreation, visually
sensitive areas, etc.
• Commits to targets and
monitoring/reporting
• Seeks public input
Forest Management Plan
• Develops strategic
management direction for
FMA (next 20 yrs)
• Guides:
January 19-23, 2015
FMP Process
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• Provides background and contextual information on the FMA area
• Describes historical management practices
• Forest Estate Modelling Report (Focus of today)
• Describes modeling assumptions
• Explores alternative management scenarios
• Identifies a preferred management scenario with harvest rates
• Volume II Document (The Plan – expected June 2015)
• Provides a detailed forest management plan that guides how forest
management activities will be undertaken.
• Provides a Tactical Plan (detail on the first 10 years of the plan)
Forest Management Plan
• Volume I Document (presented Nov 2013)
January 19-23, 2015
FMP - Three Main Products
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• Landbase Description (starting condition)
• Growth and Mortality (stand changes over time)
• Management Practices (how we interact with the forest)
Forest Management Plan
• Computer modeling that grows and harvests forests over
long time frames to explore future outcomes and
sustainability of harvest levels.
• Three major categories of inputs:
January 19-23, 2015
What is Forest Estate Modeling?
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Non-Contributing
Non-Forest
Parks and RANS
69,000
1,492,000
85,000
Partial Netdowns
Riparian
Stand Level Retention
Net Land Base
Total
236,000
13,000
132,000
1,323,000
3,350,000
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Area (ha)
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Landbase Description
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Note: Areas rounded
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Landbase Description
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Stand Types
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Current Age Class
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Productive Forest by Seral Stage
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Empirical plot data
combined with knowledge
of stand dynamics used
to create projections of
stand growth over time
(m³/ha)
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Individual stands were
grouped together based
on species cover,
productivity, geography,
and crown closure
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Predicting the Future - Growth & Mortality
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Succession
Operable Harvest Window
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STAND GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Operable Harvest Window
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etc.
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STAND GROWTH AT THE FOREST LEVEL
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Renewal within 2 years to the same stand type.
Protection of riparian areas, heritage sites
Retention around cabin sites /recreation areas
Consider viewscapes around important recreation lakes
Consider wildlife habitat needs (caribou, moose, fisher, etc)
Emulate Natural Forest Patterns
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In-block Retention (9%)
Old Seral Stand retention (15%, 5% of which to be very old)
Interior Old Forest Habitat (Min of 20% of total old for FMP term)
Event Size / Harvest Patch Size (Diversity of sizes)
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Key Management Assumptions
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• Working to ensure
harvesting leaves
similar stand
structures and
landscape patterns
behind.
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• In-block Retention
• Old Seral Retention
• Disturbance
Patterns/Events
• Interior habitat
January 19-23, 2015
Natural Forest
Patterns
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Forest Management Plan
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Old Seral Retention (Example Areas)
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Events (Mimicking Natural Patterns)
Current Landbase
Patterns:
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Reflection of past
events /disturbances
(10 yr age classes)
Event Size Class
<100ha
100-1500 ha
1501-3500 ha
3501-8000 ha
8000+
Natural
Estimate
18%
36%
10%
11%
24%
Proposed
FMP Targets
10%
50%
20%
20%
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Whiteswan Tower
Egg Lake
Clam Lake
Dog Mountain
Otapanask
Dore Mountain
Sulby
(2500 ha – MLOSB/Carrier)
(1800 ha – MLOSB/Carrier)
(3300 ha – L&M / MLMP)
(2300 ha – ACTC)
( 680 ha - MLOSB/Carrier)
(1200 ha – ACTC)
(2400 ha – MLOSB / L&M)
• Plan to work in these areas for multiple years so seeking
multi-year approval (up to 5 years) for these blocks.
• Notification will be given when harvesting is going to start.
• See AOP maps for details
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• 7 larger events proposed in AOP
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Proposed Events in AOP
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Sample Proposed Events in AOP
Dog Mountain
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Dore Mountain
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Otapanask
Purely timber focused
Used as a reference point only
Includes all spatial Netdown including retention around riparian
Does not include any consideration of:
• Visually Sensitive Areas
• Wildlife Habitat
• Old seral Retention
• In-Block Retention
• Event / Patch size
• Two Scenarios shown:
• Highest Non-Declining Harvest
• Highest Initial Harvest Level
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Timber Supply Forecasts – Timber Only
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Timber Supply Forecasts – Timber Only
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Timber Supply Forecasts – Timber Only
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Visually Sensitive Areas
Wildlife Habitat
Old seral Retention
In-Block Retention
Event / Patch Size Objectives
• And decide to harvest at the currently approved levels as a
starting point:
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• If we add the following considerations to the model:
January 19-23, 2015
Timber Supply Considering
Multiple Forest Values
We get a two tired harvest flow (short term / long term).
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Forest Management Plan
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Timber Supply - Multiple Forest Values
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Timber Supply –Multiple Forest Values
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Timber Supply –Multiple Forest Values
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Timber Supply –Multiple Forest Values
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Timber Supply –Multiple Forest Values
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Timber Supply –Multiple Forest Values
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Timber Supply –Multiple Forest Values
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Timber Supply –Multiple Forest Values
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Timber Supply –Multiple Forest Values
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Caribou – Moving Forward
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• A key part of maintaining natural forest patterns is the creation
of a range of opening sizes on the landbase. The current AOP
includes a range of smaller and larger events – and we are
seeking multi-year approvals for several larger events.
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• Current ages classes on the FMA are older than what would be
present under natural fire regimes (successful fire suppression).
• Harvesting at levels above the long term sustainable level can
capture the volume in some of these stands before they die.
• When all forest values are considered, the current HVS can be
sustained for 40-60 year before declining to the long term level
(which could improve when benefits of active management are
recognized).
January 19-23, 2015
Summary
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(Contact Us page)
Cam Brown 250.832.3366 x220
Darryl Sande 306.953.2021
or shareholder contacts
[email protected]
Forest Management Plan
www.sakaw.ca
January 19-23, 2015
Input Welcome
Maps are available for viewing on the website.
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