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AAC reduction expected: West Fraser Monica Lamb-Yorski Staff Writer The drop to three million cubic metres for the annual allowable cut (AAC) in the Williams Lake Timber Supply Area was not unexpected, said West Fraser Plywood Plant
Manager Dave Walgren. “It’s not outside the realm of what we thought it might be,” Walgren told the Tribune Thursday morning at the plant in Williams Lake. In 2007 the AAC was increased from 3.7 to 5.77 million cubic me-
tres because of the mountain pine beetle epidemic. The new AAC is restoring to more historical levels. Within the new AAC, the maximum volume of live trees allowed for harvest is 1.5 million cubic metres, with the remaining half expected to be the salvage of dead
and dying pine. “Our plant uses about 400,000 cubic metres of live trees annually. There will be no immediate impact to this plant,” Walgren said. See COBB Page A3
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