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Table 1 Study region characteristics, forest inventory information and baseline assumptions for Cranbrook (BC) and Dog River (ON)

From: Climate change mitigation in Canada’s forest sector: a spatially explicit case study for two regions

Category

Description

Cranbrook (BC)

Dog River (ON)

Climate

Mean annual air temperature

1.5 °C

0.8 °C

Forest Inventory

Total area

1 Mha

0.75 Mha

Management Unit

Timber supply area 05

4 W 177

Baseline year

2011

2010

Leading species

Lodgepole pine, Douglas fir, fir, spruce

Black spruce, poplar, jack pine, white birch

# Records (400 m2, 16 ha pixels)

59.1 k

46.2 k

Merchantable yield tables

Gross merchantable volume (VDYP7) based on site index and classifiers

Gross merchantable volume (Mist 3)

Classifiers

Montane Cordillera ecozone, leading species, ownership, harvest eligibility, growth curve key, pixel X ID, pixel Y ID

Boreal Shield West ecozone, species mix, Forest Unit, silvicultural intensity, harvest eligibility, pixel X ID, pixel Y ID

Projected Activity Data

Harvest amount

1,292,000 m3/year in 2020 decreasing to 1,101,000 m3/year in 2040

513,000 m3/year in 2020 decreasing to 409,000 m3/year in 2040

Harvest methods

85% utilization rate, minimum 60 year age, eligible stands sorted by highest merchantable C, slashburn 50% of harvested area

90% utilization rate, minimum 60 year age, eligible stands sorted by highest merchantable C, capture 10% of roundwood for bioenergy, 25% of residues for bioenergy and slashburn 25% of harvested area

Wildfire

1.1 kha/year

0.5 kha/year

Land use change

None

None

Harvested Wood Products

Bioenergy from roundwood

Bioenergy from roundwood 0%

Bioenergy from roundwood 10%

Milling efficiency 76% of roundwood used for commodities

Milling efficiency 76% of roundwood used for commodities

Mill residues

Mill residue used for bioenergy 30% capture

Mill residue used for bioenergy 15% capture

Commodity proportions

Sawnwood 42%

Sawnwood 50.4%

Panels 16.2%

Panels 19.5%

Other solid wood 3.6%

Other solid wood 4.3%

Pulp and paper 38.2%

Pulp and paper 25.6%

Infrastructure

Road layers (Accessed March 10, 2017)

GeoBC Atlas: Integrated Transportation Network, Government of BC, 2016

National Road Network, Natural Resources Canada, 2012

Forestry tenure road segment lines, Government of BC, 2016

MNRF Road Network, Government of Ontario, 2016