One element is to convert volume-based licences to area-based licences, but the big issue is to provide forest management and economic development in areas affected by the mountain pine beetle.
More than 198 million seedlings were planted last year and more than 200 million will be added in 2012.
The plan supports limiting harvesting of old growth, wildlife or scenic areas only when the reasons are ecologically sound. Some communities were asking the provincial government to allow harvesting within sensitive areas.
