The volume of timber that may be harvested annually from a specific timber tenure.

An effluent treatment system that uses microbes in the absence of oxygen to break down effluent constituents into methane, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulphide.

A wood treatment used to prevent fungus from staining the wood.

An air pollution control device that captures particulate in filter bags.

Bleached chemi-thermomechanical pulp.

A wood waste incinerator.

The variety of genes, organisms and ecosystems.

A measure of the amount of oxygen that is taken up by microbes in the process of breaking down organic matter.

A unit of measure for lumber, equivalent to one square foot of lumber, one inch thick.

Controlled burning of debris on harvested sites that reduces fire hazard and improves growing conditions for seedlings.

Means a wood waste incinerator.

Microscopic organisms used as indicators in a sublethal toxicity test.

A type of tree which is cone-bearing and has needles or scale-like leaves, such as pine and spruce.

An air pollution control device used to separate particulate from air that is removed from an industrial work area.

A type of tree with broad leaves that usually are shed annually, such as aspen.

Standard commodity lumber ranging from 1 x 3's to 2 x 12's, in varying lengths.

Permission granted by the government to emit a specified quantity of matter.

A systematic examination of an industrial operation used to measure compliance with regulations, industrial good practice and environmental state of the art.

The framework or method of guiding an organization to achieve and sustain environmental performance in accordance with established goals and objectives.

An anadromous smelt that inhabits the coastal waters of western North America.

A licence granted by the Ministry of Forests of British Columbia which entitles the holder to cut a specified volume of timber on specified lands.

An agreement granted by the Alberta government which entitles the holder to establish, grow and harvest timber on specified lands.

An area of forest land designated by the Minister of Environmental Protection of Alberta as a management unit.

The process of growing and tending forests using both natural and enhanced methods.

a component of resin used to manufacture plywood and panel products, and a naturally occurring component of wood.

Gases that provide an insulating effect in the earth's atmosphere, potentially leading to global climate change. These gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and water vapour.

Waste wood that is used for generation of heat and process energy.

A strategic, multi-agency, integrated resource plan. It is based on the principles of enhanced public involvement, consideration of all resource values, consensus based decision making and resource sustainability.

Water that has as a component of dissolved matter accumulated as a result of passing through material.

A solid cubic metre, a unit of measure for timber, equal to approximately 35 cubic feet.

Means one thousand board feet (equivalent to one thousand square feet of lumber, one inch thick), and MMfbm means 1.0 million board feet.

Is a unit of measure for MDF and plywood equal to 1,000 square feet, on a 3/4 inch basis for MDF and on a 3/8 inch basis for plywood, and MMsf means 1.0 million square feet.

A unit of measure for MDF equal to one million square feet on a 3/4 inch basis.

A reconstituted, non-structural panel product made from cellulosic materials by applying pressure and heat to refined and resinated fibres.

A beetle that kills pine trees by eating the living layer of circulatory tissue underneath the bark of the tree. If the infected trees are not harvested in a timely manner the infestation will kill trees at an increasing rate.

Means Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft Pulp.

Finely divided solid materials suspended in gas or air.

A chemical substance released by animals, including insects, which influences the behaviour or development of other individuals of the same species eg. Sexual attractants.

A boiler that uses wood waste and natural gas as fuel to produce process steam.

A boiler that recovers process chemicals for re-use and creates process steam with the heat it generates.

2,000 pounds or 0.9072 tonnes.

The process of growing and tending forests using both natural and enhanced methods.

Solid material separated from liquid pulp mill effluent during treatment.

Means spruce/pine/balsam fir species of trees.

The yield a forest can produce in perpetuity at a given intensity of management without impairment of the land's productivity, with the intent that there will be balance between timber growth and harvesting on a sustainable basis.

An area of forest land designated by the Minister of Forests of British Columbia and allocated an AAC from which non-area based timber tenures are granted.

A unit of weight in the metric system equal to 1,000 kilograms or approximately 2,204 pounds.

Sulphur compounds produced in a Kraft pulping process that can exhibit a "rotten egg" smell.

The total amount of suspended solids dispersed in a liquid.

A measure of lethality used to test effluent. To pass the test, 50% of young rainbow trout must survive exposure in undiluted effluent for 96 hours.

A license granted by the Ministry of Forests of British Columbia to a licensee who undertakes to manage an area of timberland to yield an annual harvest on a sustained yield basis.

An insect that kills Hemlock, Cedar and other species of trees by eating the needles and defoliating the tree.

Wood chips, shavings and sawdust produced by a sawmill.

A naturally occurring bi-product of pulping wood chips.

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