B.C. Government says it’s acting on BC Timber Sales review

The B.C. Government says it’s going to expand the scope of BC Timber Sales.

The organization manages 20 per cent of the province’s allowable annual cut for Crown/public timber and the auction of public timber.

The government released a review of BC Timber Sales on Tuesday with a goal of improving the organization and, in turn, helping the industry.

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The review has 54 recommendations.

“I’m pleased to announce today that the government will be expanding the mandate of BCTS and looking at the next steps to implement all of the rest of the recommendations put forward in their report,” said Ravi Parmar, B.C.’s minister of forests.

The recommendations range from BC Timber Sales operating independently of the government, to setting provincial volume sales targets, to improving f