SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE BOREAL FOREST
COMPETING REALITIES: The Boreal Forest at Risk
4. Hardwood Harvest and Annual Allowable Cuts (AACs)
5. Harvest and Annual Allowable Cuts (AACs)
Soft cut |
Soft aac |
Hard cut |
Hard aac |
Total cut |
AAC |
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(million cu.m.) |
(million cu.m.) |
(million cu.m.) |
(million cu.m.) |
(million cu.m.) |
(million cu.m.) |
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Manitoba |
77/78 |
1.50 |
5.354 |
0.15 |
2.202 |
1.65 |
7.556 |
Data are for provincial Crown (for each province). Source: Harvest; Manitoba Five Year Report on the Status of Forestry (1991, 1996); National Forestry Database (Crown harvest estimated for 77/78 and 80/81). |
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80/81 |
2.12 |
5.786 |
0.20 |
2.070 |
2.32 |
7.856 |
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85/86 |
1.49 |
5.918 |
0.20 |
2.403 |
1.68 |
8.321 |
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90/91 |
1.45 |
5.946 |
0.10 |
2.311 |
1.55 |
8.257 |
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93/94 |
1.37 |
4.907 |
0.17 |
2.179 |
1.54 |
7.086 |
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95/96 |
1.69 |
5.639 |
0.29 |
3.261 |
1.98 |
8.900 |
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96/97 |
1.57 |
5.639 |
0.57 |
3.261 |
2.15 |
8.900 |
Source: AAC; The Forests of Manitoba, Manitoba Forest Management Plan 1981-2000, Manitoba Five Year Report on the Status of Forestry (1986, 1991, 1996), The State of Canada's Forests reports. |
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Saskatchewan |
82/83 |
2.18 |
4.4 |
0.345 |
3 |
2.526 |
7.9 |
Source: AAC; Status of the Resource Report (1993), Compendium of Canadian Forestry Statistics (1996).Harvest; National Forestry Database; for 82/83 and 86/87, figures include estimates of harvest from Federal and private land. |
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86/87 |
3.08 |
3.9 |
0.450 |
3.2 |
3.529 |
7.2 |
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91/92 |
1.69 |
3.6 |
1.047 |
3.0 |
2.741 |
6.7 |
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95/96 |
2.64 |
3.9 |
1.356 |
3.2 |
3.993 |
7.1 |
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Alberta |
85/86 |
5.74 |
14.0 |
0.33 |
12.0 |
6.07 |
26.0 |
Source: The Status of Alberta's Timber Supply (1996), D. Price (Alberta Land and Forest Service). |
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86/87 |
7.37 |
14.6 |
0.62 |
11.0 |
7.99 |
25.6 |
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87/88 |
7.39 |
14.6 |
0.62 |
11.0 |
8.07 |
25.6 |
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88/89 |
8.30 |
14.6 |
1.30 |
11.0 |
9.60 |
25.6 |
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89/90 |
7.40 |
14.6 |
1.40 |
11.0 |
8.80 |
25.6 |
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90/91 |
9.33 |
14.6 |
2.32 |
11.0 |
11.60 |
25.6 |
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91/92 |
9.72 |
14.1 |
2.17 |
10.4 |
11.90 |
24.5 |
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92/93 |
10.79 |
14.1 |
2.63 |
10.4 |
13.70 |
24.5 |
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93/94 |
9.61 |
14.1 |
3.49 |
10.4 |
13.10 |
24.5 |
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94/95 |
10.54 |
12.8 |
4.59 |
9.3 |
15.10 |
22.1 |
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95/96 |
12.45 |
12.8 |
4.53 |
9.3 |
16.60 |
22.1 |
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96/97 |
12.21 |
13.3 |
5.55 |
9.7 |
17.70 |
23.0 |
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97/98 |
13.30 |
13.4 |
5.80 |
10.0 |
19.10 |
23.4 |
6. Merchantable Annual Allowable Cuts (AACs)
Manitoba: Merchantable volume vs AAC |
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Softwood |
Hardwood |
Total |
Total AAC |
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(million cu.m.) |
(million cu.m.) |
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1985/86 |
424.367 |
184.000 |
608.367 |
8.321 |
Source: Manitoba Five Year Report on the Status of Forestry (1986, 1991, 1996), Compendium of Canadian Forestry Statistics (1996). Merchantable volume for 1993/94 estimated by interpolation. |
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1990/91 |
434.478 |
177.097 |
611.575 |
8.257 |
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1993/94 |
N/A |
N/A |
582.000 |
7.086 |
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1995/96 |
388.631 |
171.865 |
560.498 |
8.900 |
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Comments: (Compendium of Canadian Forestry Statistics. 1996.): "AAC prior to 1995 is determined on varying levels of net operable volume levels matched to the current industrial level of utilization."; and "1995 AAC is determined on net merchantable level of utilization which reflects the latest product technology's ability to make the most complete use of harvestable timber." Bottom line; despite there being less forest available to cut (i.e., merchantable volume decreases), the AAC increases due in part (likely principally) to assuming that industry will use much smaller trees and cut in extremely low volume stands and use logs with significant rot. This is not proven, even for LP (there is some data to refute this assumption), and is unrealistic for other present industry (e.g., Tolko). |