quote:I have read about logging operations in Europe, specifically Scandinavia, that are primarily based on selective harvest and sustained yield methods. Can't remember the link now, but I will try dig it up.

quote:Obviously, you can't just blindly compare what goes on in Scandinavia to BC, since there are huge biological, climate, market conditions, political status, terrain and other differences to consider

It is a difficult comparison because the Scandinavians only build infrastructure once and it is depreciated over many harvest rotations.

On BC's west coast,roadbuilding costs can be 1 million per Kilometer and the roads must be deactivated between cuts.

The largest reason for a lack of select cut on the coast is that the mayor corporations control access to timber and they prefer to cut very high value butt logs into dimension lumber rather than maximising value for clear millwork stock or value added products.

BC's timber marketing system must be opened up to reflect the value of these logs rather than allowing industry to waste them.

All the changes into a market based timber pricing system that BC is implementing is merely rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic because the same players control BS's timber supply that controlled it before the reforms.