1. Key BC Silviculture Statistics
Forest Practices Branch BC Forest Service
July 7, 2009

2. Objectives To share key statistics on silviculture in BC
Purpose to give context for moving forward and improving BC’s silviculture programs
To illustrate management levels on TSAs vs other tenures
To illustrate some reforestation and tending opportunities for the future

11. How many silviculture funding sources
Assigned Funding Source Code to Fund Category to generalize for graph
SILV_FUND_SRCE_CODE
DESCRIPTION
Fund Category
EFFECTIVE_DATE
EXPIRY_DATE
BCT
BC Timber Sales
Legal-BCTS CL
Catastrophic Losses
Non-legal
FID
Forest Investment Account - FRPA 108
FIL
Forest Investment Account - licensee administered
FIM
Forest Investment Account - ministry administered
FIV
Forest Investment Vote
FMC
COMFOR
FME
Forest Worker Development Program (non-MOF funded)
FMY
Youth Fund FR
FRDA I & II
FRP
FRPA - Application For Relief
FTL
Forests for Tomorrow Lic Admin
FTM
Forests for Tomorrow MOF Admin GA
Other Agencies or Voluntary Work
GAC
Corrections
GFS
Forest Stand Management Fund
Legal-FSMF
GJF
Job Creation, Federal
GJJ
Job Creation, Joint
GJM
Job Creation, MOF IA
Industrial Appraisal
Legal-Licensee
IIR
Industrial Incr., Required
IIV
Industrial Incr., Voluntary IO
Industry Outstanding IR
Industry Royalties
LFP
Licensee Funded Program M
Ministry O
Operational
RBC
Forest Renewal B.C.
RBL
Forest Renewal B.C. - licensee administered
RBM
Forest Renewal B.C. - ministry administered S
Section 88
SBF
SMF
South Moresby Forest Replacement Account
TSC
Tree Seed Centre
VCV
Provincial Contingency Vote (Special Use Only)
VFH
Forest Health
VFP
Current Reforestation VG
Ministry Outstanding VI
Provicial Incremental
VOB
Ministry Vote, SBEP
VOI
VRT
Afforestation
XXX
No Funding Source
There have been 43 different funding sources used to date
Only one funding approach has lasted 21 years and delivered $200 million per year in silv funding

12. How do basic silviculture cost estimates for appraisals relate to site productivity
SITE INDEX
Cost Range
a 0-12
b 13-17
c 18-23
d 24-28
e 29-33
f 34-38
g >38
Grand Total
0.00%
0.01%
a 0-500
4.51%
14.43%
18.19%
1.33%
0.02%
38.48% b
1.35%
6.28%
8.73%
0.91%
0.03%
17.31%
55.79% c
0.75%
4.20%
6.51%
0.59%
12.07% d
0.49%
2.81%
4.41%
0.62%
0.05%
8.39% e
0.33%
2.20%
3.36%
6.41%
26.88% f
0.30%
1.31%
2.34%
0.25%
4.21% g
0.14%
0.89%
1.36%
0.22%
2.63%
h >2900
0.69%
3.62%
5.36%
0.80%
10.48%
17.32%
8.57%
35.75%
50.27%
5.21%
0.18%
100.00%
site class
low
poor to med
med
good
percent area in class
44% 5%

13. Does Agency or Tenure currently effect basic silviculture performance

14. Does Agency or Tenure currently effect total silviculture performance

15. Silviculture is a keystone tool used to maintain the inherited estate for current and future generations
estimated standing tree value of the estate is $1/4 trillion
It generates up to $16-19 billion/year in exports
It generates up to $ billion/year in stumpage, rents and fees
Industry and TSP spend ~ $200 million/yr in basic maintenance (silv) - 1% of export values
This year $45 million in incremental enhancements -0.28% of export values

16. A good foundation to start from
In the last few years 82% of harvested areas are planted within 1.7 years
22 different tree species planted
1987

17. Basic silviculture - a great industry success story

18. Planting Densities
Based on taking sum of planted trees/planted area
Data source: RESULTS as of December 11, 2008,
PL Yr
BCTS
GOV
IND
1995
1,383
1,204
1996
1,367
1,089
1,217
1997
1,380
1,043
1,327
1998
1,306
1,136
1,325
1999
1,408
1,173
2000
1,359
1,104
1,314
2001
1,347
1,198
1,343
2002
1,377
1,259
2003
1,400
1,237
1,267
2004
1,410
1,170
1,278
2005
1,402
1,379
1,292
2006
1,397
1,376
1,296
2007
1,459
1,257
1,304
2008
1,399
1,192
1,230
average
1,385
1,201
1,291

19. free growing stand densities as reported since January 2006
on average at the free growing declaration  
the coast is achieving 86% of target free growing target number of well spaced trees per hectare
the northern interior is achieving 86%
the southern interior is achieving 82%
 and BC is achieving 84% of target free growing target number of well spaced trees per hectare
Sites have on average
 1005 free growing wellspaced trees per hectare and
1101 total well spaced trees per ha and
5414 TOTAL trees per hectare

20. Total NSR is still missing an estimated 300,000 of SSS and 400,000 of MPB NSR

21. Estimated annual opportunities for treatment
Additional Proposed Delivery
Current Program
Ha treated per year
Current funding per year $$
Volume at rotation m3 (80 years)
Tonnes CO2* equivalencies (80 years)
Feasible
Additional Ha treated per year
Additional funding per year $$
Additional volume at rotation (80 years)
Additional tonnes CO2* equivalencies (80 years)
Cumulative Program
Potential Ha treated per year
Potential funding per year $$
Potential volume at rotation (80 years)
Potential tonnes CO2* equivalencies (80 years)
Carbon Sequestration Carbon Gains realized starting 2012 for Fertilization and 2020 for other treatments
36,600
$50,878,000
5,182,440
3,800,801
31,979
$38,985,500
2,719,928
1,996,427
68,579
89,095,000
7,902,368
5,800,338
Enhancement and Climate Change Adaptation
1,000
$5,125,000
93,600
567,974
5,500
$11,106,000
139,200
127,612
6,500
12,259,600
208,800
191,417
Improving Forest Health (carbon gains not calculated) NA $ -
$5,500,000
Implementation
$ 5,102,480
$9,090,334
$14,192,814
Total Incremental $$
37,600
$61,105,480
5,276,040
4,368,776
37,479
$64,681,834
2,859,128
2,124,039
75,079
$121,047,414
8,111,168
5,991,756
* CO2 Equivalencies in Solid Wood that is Merchantable (possible gains could be higher if total biomass expansion factor). Preliminary Estimates suggest that a similar amount of CO2 will be sequestered in non merchantable branches, roots, soil components, etc

22. Silviculture investment programs
Need to be developed best on management unit silviculture strategies which are aimed at achieving key mgmt objectives
Silviculture activities need to be designed to be complementary, integrated and synergistic in impact
The following are a few examples for coastal type 2 silv strategies

23. Arrowsmith TSA

24. Fraser TSA

25. Strathcona TSA

26. Thanks to Mei Ching Tsoi for graphs
Al Powelson and Ralph Winter for stats
Kelly Osbourne for financial estimates