• Name: Olympic Log Sort 
  
• Years:    2002 to present    Peak story
• Activity:  Log Sort at Stillwater
• Activity:    harvesting
• Ownership: part of Olympic Forest Products, (Welch Group), present in Powell River since 1968
• People: Welch Family  Bruce E Welch
• Comments: 
• Website: http://www.olympicforest.com/

• Name: Years:    1968 to present in Powell River (began Van Island 1932) 
• Activity:  bought Log Sort at Stillwater from Weyerhauser in 2002 and created new company    Peak story
• Activity:    harvesting in local area
  • research note: details needed/welcome
• Ownership:  (Welch Group),  
• People: Welch Family  Bruce E Welch
• Comments: 
• Website: http://www.olympicforest.com/
• Other data: welcome from Olympic present or past participants

• Years:    ...... to present
• Activity:  Sand, Gravel, Mulch for roadbuilding
• formerly owned by Mark Hasset of 3 -leaf contracting
• People:Owners 2014 Raeann and Shaun Gloslee and Dan and Bonnie Robinson
• Comments: Gold Sponsor of PRFHS with railroad gravel
• See Also Shaun Glosslee Excavating
• Links:  website

Owned by Western Forest Products:  "Block 1 of TFL 39 (Stillwater Timberlands), located on the Sunshine Coast near Powell River, covers approximately 154,000 hectares of which roughly 69,000 hectares is considered productive forest. The timber harvesting land base (THLB) is estimated to be 48,033 hectares. The southern portion of the block is dominated by gentle terrain while the northern, inland portion is dominated by mountains and steep valleys. The climate is relatively dry with a significant portion falling within the dry maritime CWH biogeoclimatic subzone. There is a long history of logging in the area, with development dating back to the 1890’s and the first pulp mill in the province was built nearby and began production of newsprint in 1912. The long history of logging, combined with a history of large forest fires (in late 1800’s and during the 1920’s and 1930’s), results in significant areas of older second growth timber. The old forests are dominated by hemlock and balsam while the immature forests are mainly composed of Douglas-fir and hemlock." from draft management plan 9 - July 2013

•  logging , road building etc is done by local contractors
• TFL 39 Block 1 AAC is over 400,000 m32015
• most of TFL 39 block 1 is located in  Lois LU, Powell Lake and Powell Daniels Landscape Units
• in 1996, under MacBlo, "The timber harvesting land base associated with block 1 was 78 183 hectares" ^{1996 AAC determination} (compare to 48,033 in 2013)
  • 20% take back 2003, more back 2009; private timerlands to Island Timberlands

Timeline - Stories    

October 27, 1961 MacMillan Bloedel and Powell River Limited Original TFL 39

May 10, 1966 MacMillan Bloedel Industries Limited Corporate name change

December 31, 1981 MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. Corporate name change

October 30, 1986 Instrument 137 – Added 1,381 ha of land formerly covered by expired Timber Sales to Block 1.

1992 - Forest Practices Code introduced for discussion

1993 - "war of the woods" in Clayoquot Sound stimulates push for higher standards

1995 - The Forest Practices Code Becomes Law; Forest Practices Board ^website begins audits

October 29, 1999 Weyerhaeuser Company Limited Corporate Purchase

1999 Pilot project for forest stewardship using ISO methodology  "One Plan" proposed by Weyerhaeuser for Stillwater Timberlands ^{More Ministry files for "OnePlan"} which helped lead to 2004 Forest-Range Practices Act

2001 Large switchback in Powell Daniels area ^{Peak story}

2001  AAC up 70,000 m³ due to growth recalculations and alder area

2002 Log Sort sold to Olympic Forest Products   ^{Peak story}

2002 local reaction to Forest Practices Code ^{Peak story}

May 2002, the United States introduced a 27 percent tariff on Canadian softwood imports

2003  Weyerhauser shuts down for at least a month - poor markets, high inventory from  high dollar, softwood lumber dispute,   ^{Peak story Peak story2}

2003: Stillwater Timberlands certified half of the public land portion of its operation to the Canadian Standards Association's (CSA) Sustainable Forest Management system standard. Having certified almost 2.1 million hectares, Weyerhaeuser has the largest area of CSA certified forest operations in British Columbia.

The CSA standard includes performance requirements established through a community advisory process ^{CAG website} using critera set by the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers. These third-party certifications validate that these forests are managed in ways that maintain forest productivity and biodiversity, protect soil and water, and offer aesthetic, recreational, cultural and wildlife benefits.

2003 IWA Strike ^{Peak story}

2003  one way loop opened to mile 4 ^{Peak story}

2003 Northwest Hardwoods story - 5 cutblocks north-west of haslam lake ^{Peak story}

2004 The Forest and Range Practices Act  specifies requirements to conserve soils, reforest logged areas, and protect riparian areas, fish and fish habitats, watersheds, biodiversity and wildlife.

2004 Powell Lake pilot project "One Plan" tour describes new opportunities and responsibilities ^{PEAK STORY}

 2004  "take-back" is 15 per cent of Weyerhauser's annual cut in the region as a result of the provincial government's tenure take-back program. ...  82,000 cubic metres of timber reallocated from Block 1, located in the Powell River area, to First Nations, small business timber sales or a community forest. The annual allowable cut in the area is about 550,000 cubic metres  $32m compensation Peak story

July 9, 2004 Instrument 167 – Deleted all private land from TFL 39 (17,483 ha). 2,000 hectares of Weyerhaeuser land surrounding Horseshoe and Lois lakes, Olsen Valley, Stillwatr Bay  moved from TFL to "Private Managed Forest Land Act. Peak story

2005 Brascan buys Stillwater Timberlands from Weyerhaueser Peak story

• About 15 per cent of Stillwater's production is from private land, said Ray Balogh, Stillwater manager
• Weyerhaeuser has 21 employees in Powell River and between 200 and 300 contractors who have roughly 1,200 employees.
• Phillips arm moved from Stillwater management to Campbell River Peak story

2005 three contractors lost from take-back  Peak story

May 1, 2006 Western Forest Products Inc. Corporate Purchase

2006 comment on FSP by WFP  Peak story

July 2007 Strike in the forest Peak story  Peak story

2007 Salvage timber from the 2006 blow-down will be logged by PR Community Forest Peak story

2008 WFP shuts down for six weeks - poor markets, high inventory due to US housing crisis Peak story

 July 15, 2009 Instrument 170 – Deletion of areas due to Forestry Revitalization Act to form part of Pacific TSA. Block 1 – 26,526 ha. Three areas removed: Hotham Sound block 21 21,000 ha | Dodd Lake Block 22 1,700ha |Theodosia Block 23 3,700ha

2010 Sustainable Forest Management Plan for Stillwater Timberlands ^{on CAG Website}

May 28, 2012 Instrument 174 – Deletion of approximately 3,600 ha from Block 1 to create a tenure opportunity for the Sliammon First Nation.

2013 favorable Forest Practices Audit

• Years: 2003  - present.  
• Mandate: BCTimber Sale (BCTS) was created to provide cost and price benchmarks for timber from crown land (more below).
  • operates much like an industry tenure holder, so is included in the industry section as well as the Government Organizations section
• Activity: Tenure holder for several large patches of crown land in the Powell River Forest
  •  Pacific Timber Supply Area - Powell River's portion is areas  taken from TFL 39 in 2009- (Mt Troubridge and Freil Lake areas around Hotham Sound; patch between Horseshoe Lake and Dodd Lake; and Theodosia block)
  • several blocks in the Haslam Landscape unit
    
    
• Comments:
  • Sep 1 2015: local BCTS office realigned to the Chinook Chilliwack TimberSales office from Campbell River office
• Links: Website   
  • Contact email: .This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• about BC Timbersales
  • BC Government department with mandate to provide the cost and price benchmarks for timber harvested from public land in British Columbia.  
  • BCTS manages some 20 percent of the provincial Crown allowable annual cut.
  • BCTS is one of the largest planters of trees in British Columbia, with 458 million seedlings planted in its first eleven years. The commitment to forest management excellence includes maintaining certification of an Environmental Management System in all Business Areas under the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 14001) and Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) certification over 100% of its operating areas.
  • From a 2008/9 Forest Practices Board Audit, "The audit assessed more than 30 cutblocks, over 300 kilometres of road activities and obligations, 89 bridges and associated operational planning of the BCTS program and its timber sale licence holders."
• Example awards
  • 2015 BCTS awarded Probyn Log Ltd TSL A84892; 259 acres of timber; 94,769 cubic metres Peak Article

• Years:    2015 to present in Powell River
• Activity:  Tenure holder
  •  2015 BCTS awarded Probyn Log Ltd TSL A84892; 259 acres of timber; 94,769 cubic metres
  • see the Peak article here 
    
• People:
• Comments:  

• Years:    2011 to present
• Was Plutonic Power; merged with Magma Energy 2011
• Activity:  run-of-river hydroelectric projects on the Toba and Bute inlets; with future plans for Eldred North, Eldred South, Powell and Chusan creeks 
• Main impact in the Powell River area is the power line from Toba to Saltery Bay, which was built 2008 - 2010, with power flowing through Saltery Bay August 2010
• possible future project: the Freda Creek proposal (peak story here)
• Links:
  • map - Alterra route thru PR Forest   
  • http://www.alterrapower.ca/
  • Peak article 2012   Peak article 2013  peak article 2014  Oct 2015
  • Klahoose web story on Jimmy Creek
  • peak background on the PR and Lois dams
  • 2008 peak story on building the transmission corridor
• Comments:  

index of current industry 

Powell River has many dedicated and effective firms in the forest sector that provide a signifcant economic contribution to our community while maintaining a balance with non-timber values such as recreation and protection of watersheds, old growth trees, biodiversity, and wildlife.

But many residents have little information about these companies and exactly what they do in the forests now and in previous decades.

This website is an attempt to celebrate the firms involved by showing connections between tenure holders, prime contractors, sub-contractors and the forest they work in.

We invite the firms involved to provide or correct the text we have posted so far, add photos and details that describe their part in the industry.

We'd like you to share the information you would like to see preserved as part of Powell River's Forestry Heritage.

From Tenure holders we'd like: dates of involvement in Powell River, tenure maps, forest stewardship summaries, main contractors you work with, cubic meters harvested etc

From Harvest, Road Builder and Trucking contractors we'd like dates of involvement in Powell River, names and photos of main equipments and people, partner firms, forest areas you work in, cubic meters harvested or hauled, kms of road built or maintained, etc

From Management and Silvaculture firms we'd like: dates of involvement in Powell River, your activities, partner firms, forest areas you work in, etc

Index of current organizations involved with the local forest: note : click links  for details. 

Tenure Holders: Western Forest Products; Thichum Forest Products; BC Timber Sales;  Island Timberlands; Powell River Community Forest; Timberline Resources (Westlake Woodlands); TimberWest;

Harvesting Contractors: Tla'Amin Lake Contracting LP; Granet Lake Logging;  Southview Forest Services; Tilt Contracting; Sywash Logging; Ocean View Helicopters; RH Barbour Logging; Triton Logging; Tymatt Contracting

Road Builders: Pilldolla Creek Contracting;  Granet Lake Logging; T&R Contracting; Select Sand and Gravel; Lang Bay Aggregate;

Forest management firms: Results Based Management Group; Stonecroft Project Engineering; 

Sylviculture, tree planting, brushing, windfirming: Ocean View Helicopters; Adept Vegetation Management; Out on a Limb Forestry Inc (windfirming)

Trucking: Marta Trucking; Kip Brown Trucking; A Byrne Trucking

Sawmills, Pulp and Paper, Log Sort: Catalyst; Olympic Log Sort; Goat Lake Forest Products; Powell River Forest Products

Other Value-added products: Theton

Defunct: D&D Logging; Malaspina Enterprises; Powell Daniels Contracting; Pacific Thining; 3-Leaf contracting

others: Drosdovech Forestry Ltd. Drosdovech Logging; Prime Length Timber Ltd.; CedarDrift Sculptures ;R&A Bourassa logging;

• Years:    ...... to present  formertly International Forest Products
• Activity: tenure holder
  • significant tenures in Jervis Inlet, Homfray LU and Toba Inlet
•  
•  
• People: 
• Links:

Research Note: article to be written

• Years: ....   to present
Activity: Booming, Bundling
• 2007 -  ENTSGPR07TCC085 Awarded by BC Timber Sales for BOOMING GROUND INSTALLATION, TALBOT COVE, POWELL RIVER
• Major Equipment:
• People:
• Links: 

• Years: 1994 to present
• Activity:Silviculture
  • 2007 - BR08TCC002 BCTS contract Awarded BRUSHING & PRUNING
  • 2006 - BRTSGPR07TCC036 BCTS contract Brushing & Pruning, Sunshine Coast Area
  • 2004 - FH2005TSGPR175 BCTS  VEXAR/CONE MAINTENANCE REMOVAL INSTALLATION,
• Major Equipment:
• People: David Knights and Ed Kean
• Links: Peak story

• Years: 1960s? to present
• Activity: Road Building Contractor
  • Powell River Community Forest
    • 2014: cutblock H213, which is located at Duck Lake FSR Br-1 at 13-14 km.
    • Oct 2015 - futher harvesting cutblock H213 
    • 2010 - PRCF contract H200
• Activity: Harvesting Contractor
  • Powell River Community Forest
    • 2009: PRCF cutblock H200
    • 2011 - PRCF cutblock H209
• Major Equipment:
• People: owned by Andy Byrne
• Links:

Research Note: information and photos needed:

• ideally an interview with Andy Byrne by a volunteer researcher
• Dates/places, activities etc

Research Note: plan to write a short summary on the paper mill,

• linking to online sources and
• refering to the major local books
• use photos for interest

• Years:    local mill here since
  • 1912 as Powell River Co;
  • 1959 Macmillan Bloedel and Powell River Ltd
  • 1967 Macmillan Bloedel;
  • 1998 Pacifica;  
  • 2001 Norske;
  • 2005 Catalyst 
• Activity: Papermill
• Activity: 
• Links:  PR Museum backgrounder
  

• Years:    2005 to present
• Activity: our local Papermill
• Catalyst history:  
  • roots from BC Forest products, Fletcher Challenge, Norske and Pacifica
  • history of coastal industry consolidation page 44
  • PR Museum backgrounder
  • Wikipedia article
• Links: Catalyst website   Catalyst fact sheet 
  

PaperMill story from 1910 through the different owners

• Years: ...  - present.  
•  
• Activity: Consultant on watershed systems
  • 2015 Haslam Lake study ^{CWAP update 2015}
  • 2003 - Coastal Watershed Assessment Procedure for Community Creek, Saltery Bay ^{ministry website}
• People: Brian Carson
• Links:  
  

• Years: ...  - present.  
• formerly Canadian Forest Products
• Activity: Tenure holder  
  • Licenced in the periferal landscape units (Brittain and Jervis inlet; Homfray and Toba areas)
  • private holdings on the Lois River in 2002 (sold to Island Timberlands??)
• People: 
• Links:   website
  

Research Note: information needed:

• Is this firm present in Powell River now?
• When/where was it in Powell River area?

• Years:    ...... to present
• Activity:  Silvaculture - Brushing
  • 2015 - PRCF contract awarded for brushing blocks. H168/169 and City Properties on the airport reserve and Inland Lake FSR 
•  
• People:
• Links: Website: 
• Comments: Nanaimo firm, doing work with PR Community Forest

• Years:    ...... to present
• Activity:  Road Building
• Major Equipment:
  •  ST-228
• Example Activity:   Road Building
  • 2008 - BC Timber Sales contract EN09TCC037 ROAD MAINTENANCE & REPAIR
  • 2005  BCTS contract  ENTSGPR060018 ROAD CONSTRUCTION - 
• People: partner Howie McKamey;
  • photo at right is Kevin McKamey giving an active road construction demo  at ST-228 in 2009 during a WFP forest tour.

Links:  Photo 2009

• Years:    ...... to present
• Activity:  Harvesting
• Major Equipment:
  • 2015 TMar Log Champ 550 Cable Yarder
    • Story in Forestnet Timberwest ^{Page 21- June 2015}
  • 2008 LH870C fitted with a massive LogMax 12000 harvesting head
    • 2008 Woodbusiness story about logging in Vancouver Bay (Jervis Inlet) story
• People: partner Howie McKamey; operations manager Dana McKamey

Links:  

TMar industries 550 yarder ^{TMar website}

• Years:    ...... to present
• Activity:  Bridge and other Road engineering
  • BCTS Projects - e.g. Saltery Bay log dump
  • WFP projects - e.g. Goat Lake Main km 11.1
• People:
• Comments: based in Campbell River; does work for many in PR  

Links: Stonecroft Project Engineering ^website