Forestry

The Fort St. John timber supply area (TSA) lies in the northeastern portion of British Columbia within the Prince George Forest Region and is administered from the forest district office in Dawson Creek, BC. The total area of the Fort St. John TSA is 4,673,000 hectares. About 1,194,000 hectares of the area are considered available for timber harvesting under current management practices; 769,733 hectares are composed of coniferous forest and 424,391 hectares are covered by deciduous forest.  

The Fort St. John TSA has separate allowable annual cuts (AAC) for coniferous and deciduous strands. White spruce, trembling aspen, lodgepole pine, black spruce, balsam poplar, tamarack, subalpine fir and paper birch are the major tree species.


The majority of the timber harvested in the Fort St. John TSA is processed by mills in the North Peace region.

Business Investment

• timber harvesting & processing, silviculture
• value-added manufacturing

Resource Links

Ministry of Forests & Range
B.C. Forest Information
Council of Forest Industries