the blue challenge bc forest industry challenge and opportunities
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The Blue Challenge
BC Forest IndustryChallenge and Opportunities
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Forestry Quick Facts
• B.C.’s land base is 95 million hectares (235 million acres).
• Two-thirds of B.C.’s land base is forested (60 million hectares).
• Less than one per cent (600,000 hectares) of B.C.’s forests logged each year.
• 25% of forested area is Lodgepole Pine.• Forestry is a 7 Billion dollar per year
industry.
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Forest Management in BC
• At the end of 2007 B.C. had more than 48 million hectares (118.6 million acres) certified to one of three global standards for sustainable forest management.
• B.C. has more than 13 million hectares of protected lands (parks, ecological reserves etc.).
• B.C. has designated another 13 million hectares for special management (other values such as wildlife habitat take precedence over logging).
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The Blue Challenge
• What to do with the Blue stained pine wood caused by the Mountain Pine Beetle.
• Watch this video:
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The Blue Challenge
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Pine Beetle Facts• The life span of an individual mountain
pine beetle is about one year. • Pine beetle larvae spend the winter under
bark. • Adult mountain pine beetles emerge from
an infested tree over the course of the summer and into early fall.
• The mountain pine beetle transmits a fungus that stains a tree's sapwood blue.
• Comprehensive testing has confirmed that the blue stain caused by the beetle has no effect on wood's strength properties.
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Life Cycle Of
The Mountain Pine
Beetle
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Impact on BC’s Forests
• Current mountain pine beetle infestation on a scale never before seen in BC.
• Millions of trees have been killed.
• The direction and spread rate of the beetle infestation is impossible to predict.
• Potential to infect and kill 25% of BC’s forests.
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Controlling the Pine Beetle• Cold weather with temperatures
consistently at or below -35 Celsius for several straight days will kill off large portions of mountain pine beetle populations.
• Forest fires can kill beetle eggs, pupae and larvae.
• Natural predators such as woodpeckers.• Sanitation harvesting - removing single
infested trees. • Snip and skid - removing groups of infested
trees that are scattered over a large area.
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• British Columbia is facing a big
question: what to do with the billions of trees killed by
the mountain pine beetle?
Sorin Pasca, A graduate student at UNBC doesn’t have the whole answer but he has a concrete suggestion.
One Opportunity
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Cement Wood
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Other Opportunities
• Given the billions of beetle killed pine trees available…
• What would you do with blue-stained pine wood?
• Given BC’s upcoming world events, how could you market the products as “uniquely BC”?
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Rustic Bed Frame
Denim Pine Hand Turned Bowl
Oiled Blue Pine Salmon Chest
Flooring
Furniture
Picnic Table
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Conclusion
• Pine wood is being used in the manufacture of:– Lumber Plywood OSB– Pellets
• For more information on the Mountain Pine Beetle visit the BC Ministry of Forests and Range Website :http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/sof/