The Cassiar Timber Supply Area (TSA) in northwestern British Columbia is B.C.’s largest and least populated TSA. Covering 13.1 million hectares, or one-sixth of the province, its boundaries coincide with those of the Skeena Stikine Natural Resource District.
Administered by the Skeena Stikine Natural Resource District office in Smithers, communities in the Cassiar TSA include Dease Lake, Atlin, Telegraph Creek, Iskut, Good Hope Lake and Lower Post.
The Cassiar TSA allowable annual cut (AAC) is 119,791 cubic metres, effective February 1, 2020 First Nation Woodlands Licence (FNWL) N3E.
The Forest Act — Section 8 (3.1) allows the chief forester to postpone the AAC by up to 10 years if they finds that a new determination is unlikely to change the AAC significantly.
Taking in one-sixth of B.C.’s land, Cassiar TSA is the province’s largest.
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