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For more information on Resource Inventory in the Cariboo Region, please visit the following links.
British Columbia enjoys a rich legacy of natural resources with the provincial well being predicated on the wise management of those resources. From the extractive industries of forest harvesting, ranching and mining, to the secondary industries of milling, re-manufacturing of forest products, guiding and outfitting, to the non-consumptive uses of forest recreation, all are dependent upon our base of natural resources. The province spans 13 degrees of latitude and 19 degrees of longitude enclosing 94.8 million hectares. Of these, 73.8 million hectares are included within Crown Land; the Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management has the management responsibility over these lands. The current timber (forest cover) inventory is the result of the application of sophisticated sampling designs that provide information on the extent, location and condition of forest cover over large geographic areas. These inventories represent the state of the forest over vast areas on 0.1 - 5.5 million hectares (for reference, 1 million hectares is the area enclosed within a square measuring 100 x 100 km). Today the general public, government ministries and the forest resource industries are requiring detailed information about forest resources on smaller areas. Although large area analyses are used for Timber Supply Area and Annual Allowable Cut analyses, they are not suitable for addressing the growing number of local resource planning issues. The Forest Act states: The chief forester must develop and maintain an inventory of the land and forests in British Columbia.
The chief forester must assess the land in British Columbia for
its potential for
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