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Subcommittee on Boreal Forest

 

SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE BOREAL FOREST

COMPETING REALITIES: The Boreal Forest at Risk


Softwood

Hardwood

Total

Harvest from Provincial Crown lands only

(million cu.m.)

(million cu.m.)

(million cu.m.)

Manitoba

63/64

0.768

64/65

0.829

65/66

0.794

66/67

0.930

67/68

0.679

68/69

0.829

Source: The Forests of Manitoba; Manitoba Five Year Report on the Status of Forestry (1986, 1991, 1996); National Forestry Database.

69/70

1.238

70/71

1.027

71/72

1.306

72/73

1.572

73/74

1.589

74/75

1.932

75/76

1.851

76/77

1.520

77/78

1.647

78/79

1.714

79/80

1.940

80/81

2.320

This high volume is a bit of an anomaly; likely quite a bit of 'salvage' volume of fire-killed trees after the major fires of 1980.

81/82

1.782

82/83

1.478

83/84

1.500

84/85

1.673

85/86

1.689

86/87

1.669

87/88

1.854

88/89

1.857

89/90

1.830

90/91

1.448

0.104

1.552

91/92

1.144

0.134

1.278

92/93

1.475

0.123

1.598

93/94

1.374

0.165

1.539

94/95

1.586

0.186

1.771

95/96

1.693

0.292

1.985

96/97

1.574

0.574

2.148


 

Softwood

Hardwood

Total

Harvest from Provincial Crown lands only

(million cu.m.)

(million cu.m.)

Saskatchewan

63/64

0.607

Source: Saskatchewan Annual Reports; National Forestry Database.

64/65

0.621

65/66

0.860

66/67

0.977

67/68

1.424

68/69

1.390

69/70

1.962

70/71

1.827

71/72

1.888

72/73

2.371

73/74

2.420

74/75

2.495

75/76

1.990

76/77

2.562

77/78

2.693

78/79

3.239

79/80

3.482

80/81

3.297

81/82

3.487

82/83

2.828

83/84

2.579

84/85

3.000

85/86

3.271

86/87

N/A

87/88

3.021

88/89

3.484

89/90

3.327

90/91

1.871

0.715

2.601

91/92

1.694

1.047

2.741

92/93

1.633

1.233

2.864

93/94

2.409

1.491

3.726

94/95

2.402

1.730

4.066

95/96

2.637

1.356

3.933

96/97

2.509

1.434

3.942


 

Softwood

Hardwood

Total

Harvest from Provincial Crown lands only

(million cu.m.)

(milion cu.m.)

(million cu.m.)

Alberta

85/86

5.740

0.330

6.070

Source: The Status of Alberta's Timber Supply, D. Price (Alberta Land and Forest Service).

86/87

7.370

0.620

7.990

87/88

7.390

0.620

8.010

88/89

8.300

1.300

9.600

89/90

7.400

1.400

8.800

90/91

9.327

2.318

11.600

91/92

9.721

2.173

11.900

92/93

10.789

2.628

13.700

93/94

9.605

3.489

13.100

94/95

10.536

4.587

15.100

95/96

12.450

4.529

16.600

96/97

12.214

5.550

17.700

97/98

13.300

5.800

19.100


Volumes harvested from Provincial Crown Lands.

Total

Softwood

Hardwood

(million cu.m.)

(million cu.m.)

(million cu.m.)

Ontario

90/91

18.992

15.661

3.330

Source: National Forestry Database

91/92

17.988

14.951

3.038

92/93

18.962

15.819

3.143

93/94

20.045

16.920

3.125

94/95

20.652

17.550

3.102

95/96

21.522

16.737

4.785

96/97

21.234

16.014

5.220


Quebec

90/91

21.541

19.021

2.520

91/92

19.711

17.288

2.423

92/93

22.024

18.904

3.121

93/94

25.142

21.651

3.491

94/95

29.222

24.885

4.338

95/96

31.288

26.767

4.521

96/97

28.482

25.022

3.460

Volumes harvested from various sources.


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