B.C. reviews the timber supply for all timber supply areas (TSA) and tree farm licences (TFL). This review for the Lillooet Timber Supply Area examines current forest management practices and their impacts on:

• Timber supply
• Economy
• Environment
• Social conditions

The Lillooet Timber Supply Area is in B.C.’s southwestern region of the Thompson-Okanagan Plateau.

Based on this review, the chief forester will determine a new allowable annual cut (AAC) for the Lillooet Timber Supply Area.

Objectives of the Lillooet Timber Supply Review are to:

• Examine management practices
• Examine environmental and social factors
• Receive input from First Nations, forest licensees, and the public
• Set a new Allowable Annual Cut for the Lillooet TSA

This engagement is open for comments and feedback until 11:59pm (PST) on October 18, 2022

Public input is a vital part of determining an allowable annual cut. Feedback is welcomed on any aspect of the discussion paper, as well as any issues related to the Timber Supply Review for the Lillooet TSA.

Read the discussion paper here.

The discussion paper provides a summary of the timber supply analysis conducted for the Lillooet TSA. Details about the analysis are provided in a January 2021 data package.

More technical detail is available upon request from the Ministry of Forests (Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch) at Forests.AnalysisBranchOffice@gov.bc.ca.

Input received from this engagement will be used to inform the allowable annual cut for the Lillooet TSA.

For more information on the timber supply review process: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/forestry/stewardship/forest-analysis-inventory/tsr-annual-allowable-cut/tsr_backgrounder_apr_2021.pdf

Send comments via email: forests.cascadesdistrictoffice@gov.bc.ca.

Send written comments to:
District Manager
Ministry of Forests
Cascades Natural Resource District
PO Box 4400 STN MAIN
Merritt, BC V1K 1BB
Telephone: (250) 378-8400