Forestry sector an important part of the Caribou Range Plan: Weyerhaeuser
Weyerhaeuser is hoping to work out a Caribou Range Plan with the province that isn’t so rigid.
The company’s Manager of Forestry Stewardship Wendy Crosina believes what is proposed right now will not work for every province or region.
“What constrains us is the Species at Risk Act and the Federal Recovery Strategies. The Species at Risk Act says we have a recovery strategy for caribou and these are the metrics you have to meet. There is not a lot of flexibility in there and if you don’t meet those metrics, you run the risk of a legal challenge,” explained Crosina.
“The metric is a 35-percent disturbance. We think we can maintain caribou on the landscape with a different number than the 35-percent.”