Prince George Timber Supply Area

The Prince George Timber Supply Area (TSA) is in British Columbia’s north-central interior and covers about 7.97 million hectares. It includes the City of Prince George, the towns of Vanderhoof and Fort St. James and several smaller communities such as Fraser Lake.

The Prince George TSA stretches from near the Alberta border in the southeast to Tweedsmuir Provincial Park in the southwest and Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Park in the northwest.

The TSA is part of the Omineca Natural Resource Region and is administered by the Prince George Natural Resource District and the Stuart Nechako Natural Resource District.

Partition

Under Section 8(5) of the Forest Act the chief forester in determining an AAC can specify a portion of the AAC that is attributable to certain types of timber, terrain, or areas of the TSA.

On October 11, 2017 an AAC for the Prince George TSA was set at 8,350,000 cubic metres for the first five years, and 7,350,000 cubic metres for the following five years.  This new cut level included three partitions:

1. A maximum of 1.5 million cubic metres per year is attributed to supply blocks A and B.
2. A maximum of 6.1 million cubic metres per year is attributed to the remaining supply blocks (and reduced to 5. 1 million cubic metres in October 2022), of which 62,000 cubic metres per year is attributed to deciduous-leading stands.
3. A maximum of 750,000 cubic metres per year is attributed to bioenergy stands.

Adjusted Allowable Annual Cut (AAC)

Effective January 1, 2023, the Prince George TSA allowable annual cut (AAC) is 6,935,023 cubic metres, accounting for First Nation Woodlands Licence (FNWL) N2E adjustment. 

News release

• New cut level set for Prince George Timber Supply Area (PDF, 525KB)
  Reference # 2017FLNR0325-001717* Released on October 11, 2017
• Map of the Prince George TSA Supply Blocks (PDF, 508KB)

Current Timber Supply Review

• Rationale for AAC Determination (PDF, 997KB)
• Discussion Paper (PDF, 903KB)
• Data Package (PDF, 2.1MB)