British Columbia has set a new annual timber harvest limit for Tree Farm Licence 30 in the Omineca region at 340,000 cubic metres. The new allowable annual cut takes effect Sept. 4, 2026, and is 17.6% lower than the previous level. The AAC is the maximum volume of timber that can be harvested each year.
The determination reflects changes in the amount of timber considered economically available for harvesting. It also includes additional retention of forests for wildlife habitat, protection of riparian areas and conservation of rare ecosystems.
The review considered protection of archaeological and cultural heritage sites, areas that are unsuitable or uneconomic for harvesting and potential effects of climate change.
TFL 30 overlaps the territories of the Lheidli T’enneh Nation, McLeod Lake Indian Band, West Moberly First Nations and Tsay Keh Dene Nation. The determination considered issues raised by First Nations, including moose habitat and the protection of streams, riparian areas and fish habitat.
The licensee and the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation have a joint working group that discusses stewardship issues, including the timber supply review used to determine the new AAC.
For the review, the licensee made a draft information package and draft management plan available for public review from Sept. 8, 2024, to Nov. 8, 2024, before submitting the plan to the ministry.
TFL 30 covers approximately 180,000 hectares about 50 kilometres northeast of Prince George in the Prince George Natural Resource District. BC Timber Sales has an annual harvestable volume of 21,312 cubic metres within the AAC that applied before the new determination.