Taan Forest welcomes the Forest Practices Board to Haida Gwaii to conduct a routine General Audit on Taan Operations relating to Provincial Legislation Requirements on TFL 60 and FLTC A87661 the week of September 20th to 24th.

The Taan Management Strategy focuses on a proactive approach to goshawk management within Taan tenures to manage for Goshawk habitat and forage needs based on past and current conditions of individual known and potential Goshawk territories.  The strategy follows current legislated requirements but at an individual territory level of forage use, habitat enhancement techniques and prey management.

Taan Forest is committed to creating a successful forest business and economy on Haida Gwaii based on the management objectives of the Haida Gwaii Land Use Objectives Order (HGLUOO). Unique to this order is the management of cultural heritage and forest features, culturally significant wildlife, significant protection of fish-bearing waters in addition to principles of Ecosystem-Based Management.

Come out and see what we have been up to related to local employment, training, capacity building, safety programs, planning, silviculture, harvesting, and road construction.

All Taan staff and contractors who may fight wildfire must have annual wildfire safety and suppression training. On July 9th, 2021, we held our most recent wildfire training, and we currently have over 60 trained persons within the Taan Forest organization.

Q: How do I access firewood from Taan Forest’s operating areas?

The construction of resource roads is to develop and protect local natural resources. Logging trucks and firefighting equipment must be able to use the roads without delay. If you choose to use resource roads for recreation access, please do so with care by following these important safety tips.

In 2021 we have already planted over 210,000 seedlings. The extra effort required to ensure successful ts’uu cedar plantings are what makes these numbers truly extraordinary; each is staked in place and protected with a tree cone to guard against browsing k’aad deer.

The Council of the Haida Nation, Canadian Coast Guard, BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy and Taan Forest were the Unified Command who oversaw the Foss 153 Diesel Spill Diinan Kahlii Dinan Bay, Haida Gwaii.

Wildlife advocates say that unless urgent action is taken to protect their winter dens from the impacts of industrial logging, black bears may disappear from Vancouver Island within a generation - Read full story.

Notice is hereby given that Taan Forest has received a major amendment approval to their approved Forest Stewardship Plan for TFL 60 and FLC A87661 adding new licenses A97524 and FNWL N1G (The Haida Tenure) without having been made publicly available for review and comment.

Taan Forest LP (Taan) is certified under the Forest Stewardship Council®(FSC®) BC-Regional Forest Management Standard and is in the process of transitioning to the new FSC® Canada Standard (FSC Trademark License: FSC® C104355).

WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE.

This is a Question and Answer session so please bring your questions (no prepared presentation). www.taanforest.com has our FSC® Monitoring Report and assessments, plus other operational information for review.

Sampling and SCAT (Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Technique) surveys are now complete. There has been no observed fish kills by response personnel, sampling personnel, or shoreline assessment personnel. Samples have been taken in accordance with the approved sampling plan and are being analyzed by the lab and the data collated. Once this data has been reviewed by the Environmental Unit and Unified command, which are made up of representatives of the Council of Haida Nation, the Federal Government, the Provincial Government, and Taan Forest, the results will be released.

Following the intense spill response last week, efforts are now being directed to shoreline monitoring and environmental sampling.

Following three days of intense spill response, clean-up efforts are now being directed to shoreline monitoring and environmental sampling.

Today clean-up efforts continue in relation to the diesel spill in Diinan Kahlii Dinan Bay.

At Diinan Kahlii Dinan Bay between 01:00 and 05:00 April 22, 2020, a valve feeding diesel to the electrical generator failed on the Toba Barge owned by Taan Forest. Consequently, an estimated 4500 liters of diesel leaked onto the deck of the barge and into the ocean near the dryland sort.

Notice is hereby given that Taan Forest is submitting a First Nation Woodland Licence Management Plan (FNWL) to convert the Haida Tenure FLC A87661 to a First Nation Woodland Licence FNWL N1G.
The Management Plan is necessary to enact the First Nation Woodland Licence and replace FLC A87661 which expires in September 2020.

Come out and see what we have been up to related to safety programs, training, planning, silviculture, harvesting, road construction, capacity building, local employment and view our operational plans for 2020.