By Ken Matthews, Forestry ManagerForestry & Engineering

orestry and Engineering have had a quiet summer during 2009.

Zolie’s engineering crews have developed 6 new cutting areas in TFL 54 to submit to the Ministry of Forests and Range for cutting permit approval. Currently, we are waiting for final approval to submit these blocks.

This new timber combined with timber in existing cutting permits left over in the Kennedy area from last winter is expected to maintain our logging program going until the late spring of 2010 when we will return to Cataract Lake and Toquart.

On the forestry side, Ron has completed the necessary mapping and record keeping legally required to maintain our silviculture obligations on TFL 54 areas we have logged to date. We will be putting forward our budget and plan to complete waste surveys and advertise out spring planting program in the next month or two.

We still need to be very careful with any burning; however, we appear to have successfully worked through a very dry summer, even for the West Coast. This is a great achievement and thanks go to all the folks working in the field through the past summer.

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