Spray Lake Sawmills (SLS) is inviting the public and stakeholders to take part in a collaborative planning session for the Grease Creek and B9 Quota Compartments.
In an effort to provide opportunities for meaningful participation, early in the operational planning process, SLS is offering a collaborative stakeholder planning session. SLS values stakeholder input and wants to provide opportunities for collaboration to improve operational plans. There will be 2 sessions, one for each compartment. The Grease Creek planning session will be held on
March 10th, 2014 Protected Areas Workshop
Our next protected areas workshop is scheduled for March 10, 2014 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM at our Cochrane office. Spray Lake Sawmills is currently identifying interested parties to begin the process of creating a protected areas network within the geographical context of its FMA. On November 14, 2013 we hosted a Protected Areas Design
2013 Spray Lake Sawmills Forest Certification Update
On October 25, 2013 the Rain Forest Alliance’s SmartWood™ forest certification program awarded Spray Lakes Sawmills (SLS), Forest Management Agreement Area (FMA), Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) certification. SLS has been in pursuit of attaining FSC® certification since 2010. The Forest Management Agreement area and northern timber quota consists of approximately 300,000 hectares of Crown land.
Bragg Creek Log Haul
We have had several blog comments with respect to our log haul operations to the west of Bragg Creek. Rather than responding individually to each comment I will consolidate my response to address the collection of comments as one. Spray Lake Sawmills also posted a blog notice to address some of these same issues. Please
Log Haul west of Bragg Creek
Information Notice – Spray Lake Sawmills’ Log Haul out of West Bragg Creek Area Spray Lake Sawmills would like to clarify our haul plan to move the harvested timber from the area west of Bragg Creek. The plan was to have empty log trucks access the area using the public road system through the Hamlet and
Stumpside Processing
Spray Lake Sawmills typically uses a timber harvesting process referred to as stumpside processing. While it is generally more costly to harvest in this manner there are a number of environmental benefits. Click on the following link to see a video which outlines the benefits of stumpside processing. I hope you enjoy it.
