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Louisiana Pacific, Fort St. John

Project Date: 2020 – Present

SNRC provides Louisiana Pacific with multiphase timber development and cutting permit acquisition services for predominantly deciduous volume in the Fort St. John TSA.

Strategic Approach

  • Developing regionally specific regulatory knowledge related to the administration of TSA under the Fort St. John Pilot Project Regulation 
  • Designing accessible cut blocks in accordance with specific constraints of deciduous layout, seasonal terrain constraints, and cost concerns related to operability vs. timber valuation along with increased wildlife habitat management requirements
  • Recognizing and understanding the diverse First Nations interests in the area
  • Implementing block-specific management recommendations identified through FOS scheduling, and more general recommendations within the critical area of different First Nations groups

Additional Information

  • The Fort St John TSA is large, minimally developed, and features a patchwork of harvestable stands spotted in between large expanses of non-productive areas and black spruce in difficult and remote terrain

  • Louisiana Pacific targets deciduous stands, which operate under a different set of constraints than conifer stands, related to the valuation of hardwood lumber and different environmental values. This means that we have to develop blocks that are cost-effective to log while addressing the many environmental and First Nations Concerns.

  • The Fort St John TSA operates under a slightly different set of regulations, known as the “Fort St John Pilot Project Regulations”. This is allowing us to develop a regionally specific knowledge set related to the regulations behind block development and permitting in Fort St John.

Key Aspects

  • Owner: Louisiana Pacific Canada Ltd
  • Project: Multiphase Timber Development and Cutting Permit Acquisition
  • Location: Fort St John, BC
  • Project Value: $1,500,000 Annually

Services

  • Timber Development: Initial recce, block layout, eco and riparian assessments, cruising
  • GIS Mapping
  • Cutting permit acquisition: Configuring and developing cutting permits and road permits, creating site plans
  • Professional forestry advice
  • CP Acquisitons: 1,000,000 m3
  • Multiphase Development: ~700,000 m3

Team

  • Five to six full-time staff on this project (three field staff doing development and two in the office doing permitting, site plans, and project management)
  • Four summer students exclusive to this project 

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