Morice Land and Resource Management Plan
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Morice Land & Resource Management Plan  Morice Land and Resource Management Plan
Economic Development Action Plan (EDAP) Prepared with assistance from: Westcoast CED Consulting Ltd. Prepared by: Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management, Skeena Region Date: October 15, 2003 Executive SummaryThe Economic Development Action Plan (EDAP) is intended to provide the Morice LRMP Table with direction on how to manage the land and resource base when considering economic development opportunities. As part of the LRMP process an Economic Development Action Plan Working Group was formed to identify economic development opportunities such that the LRMP Table, through their decision-making deliberations, could create conditions suitable for the development and promotion of these opportunities. The steps followed in creating this EDAP were as follows:
Members of the Working Group felt that economic diversification as well as the maintenance and enhancement of the current way of life enjoyed by all residents in the Morice were essential factors when considering the range of opportunities to pursue. An assessment of each economic sector’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats assisted in the development of sector specific strategies for economic development in the Morice EDAP. The general economic development strategy, based on the SWOT profile, is to pursue opportunities that are a good fit with the core strengths of the region. Members of the Working Group categorized opportunities into seven economic sectors. These included; agriculture, commercial fisheries, forestry, land development and infrastructure, non-timber forest products, tourism, and minerals, oil, gas and energy. Within each sector the Working Group identified a number of economic development opportunities. The following paragraphs provide a summary of the sector strategies considered in the EDAP. Individuals are strongly encouraged to read the complete document in order to develop a better context for this analysis. The general forest sector strategy for economic development is to strengthen existing forest companies and promote the development of new products and markets. The opportunities selected for further technical analysis were: development of a cogeneration wood facility, production of engineered wood products, and development of a medium density fibre board mill. The technical analyses for these opportunities indicate that all three are viable operations to pursue in the Morice LRMP area. The strategy for the mineral, oil and gas, and energy sector is to develop productive and profitable, world-class mine sites that respect social and environmental needs. Ensuring land-use certainty and collaboration with other land and resource users is a key consideration. Four opportunities were selected for further analysis. Those opportunities were; exploration and development of medium to large scale open pit mines, exploration and development of small to medium underground mining operations, construction of a copper smelter and opportunities associated with oil and gas exploration and extraction. With the exception of developing a copper smelter the remaining opportunities are worth pursuing in the Morice according to the analysis conducted for the EDAP. The economic development strategy for tourism is focused on maintaining natural wilderness experiences and promoting the region as a wilderness attraction. Five opportunities were selected for further analysis. Those opportunities included; house boating, snowmobile tours / destination snowmobiling, commercial recreation site development, First Nations cultural heritage site development, and guided tours of historic mines / prospecting tours. A large number of opportunities were identified for this sector. This is a reflection of the interest local communities have in developing this sector of the economy. This was also evident in the outcome of the SWOT analysis. Priorities for establishing an organized non-timber forest products sector were; to collect information on the many uses of local flora and fauna, undertake an inventory of these species, and carry out research on the harvestability and sustainability of economic activities involving these species. Three priority opportunities were selected for analysis in the non-timber forest products sector; cultural and traditional use products, manage species for pharmaceutical development, and production of willow furniture. All three opportunities were deemed viable in the Morice area. The general strategy for the agriculture sector is focused on strengthening existing agriculture production while exploring alternative species and crop production. Those opportunities selected for further analysis were; malting or feed barley production, market gardening, and agricultural tours. Of these three opportunities only agricultural tours was found to be appropriate for consideration in the Morice. Livestock production was not analyzed as he group felt that opportunities in this industry were already well known and would be considered at the LRMP Table. The strategy for the land development / infrastructure sector is to identify and designate properties deemed suitable for supplying specific market demands; such as recreational lot development. Within the commercial fishery sector, the strategy is to explore economic opportunities, protect spawning grounds, and undertake salmon enhancement programs that would ensure the sustainability and long term economic viability of the resource. In addition to operating a salmon processing operation, opportunities associated with inland aquaculture sites were explored. Only the salmon processing operation was found to have potential viability in the Morice. It should be noted that this report is only one of many pieces of information intended to assist the LRMP Table in the decision-making process. For additional information on the current state of the economy in the Morice and information on the opportunities analyzed in this report, interested individuals should refer to the Morice Land and Resource Management Plan: Socio-economic Analysis and the Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management Building Blocks. Table of Contents Morice Land and Resource Management Plan 1 Executive Summary 2 Introduction 10 Purpose 10 Plan Location 10 District of Houston 11 Village of Granisle 11 Unincorporated Communities 12 What is Economic Development? 13 First Nations Involvement in Economic Development 13 EDAP Process Description 14 Process Overview 14 Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) Analysis 15 Opportunity Ranking Criteria 16 Opportunity Identification 19 Ranking of Sector Opportunities 19 Technical Analysis 20
Introduction 22 Sector Development Strategy 22 Identified Opportunities 23 Development of Cogeneration Wood Facility 24 Overview 24 Opportunity Analysis 24 Location Analysis 27 Market Analysis 28
Conclusion 30 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 30
Overview 31 Opportunity Analysis 31 Market Analysis 31 Historical Market Trends 31 Current Trends 32 Market Demand and Price Trend 33 Future Market Trends 34 Location Analysis 34 Conclusion 35 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 36 Engineered Wood Products 37 Overview 37 Opportunity Analysis 37
Location Analysis 41 Market Analysis 42
Conclusion 45 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 45
Introduction 46 Sector Development Strategy 46
Identified Opportunities 48 Development of Open Pit Mines 49 Overview 49 Opportunity Analysis 50 Location Analysis 50 Environmental Issues 51 Market Analysis 52 Current Production Trends 52 Market Demand and Price Trend 54 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 55 Development of Small to Medium Underground Mining Operations 56 Overview 56 Opportunity Analysis 57 Location Analysis 58 Market Analysis 58
Conclusion 61 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 61
Overview 62 Opportunity Analysis 63 Location Analysis 63 Market Analysis 64
Conclusion 66 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 66
Overview 66 Opportunity Analysis 67 Location Analysis 69 Market Analysis 70
Conclusion 74 Recommendations to LRMP Table 74
Introduction 74 Sector Development Strategy 75 Identified Opportunities 75 Hiking Trails 77 Overview 77 Opportunity Analysis 77
Location Analysis 79 Vehicle Camping Combined with Short Walks and Water Activities 79 Chain Lake Canoeing 79 Hiking – all day and overnights 81 Market Analysis 81 Vehicle Camping Combined with Short Walks and Water Activities 81 Chain Lake Canoeing 81 Hiking – all day and overnights 82 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 82 House Boating 83 Overview 83 Opportunity Analysis 84 Location Analysis 85 Market Analysis 85 Recommendations to the LRMP table 86 Snowmobile Tours and Destination Snowmobiling 86 Overview 86 Opportunity Analysis 88 Location Analysis 89 Market Analysis 89 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 91 Commercial Recreation Site Development (includes Forest Service Recreation Sites) 91 Overview: 91 Methodology 92 Opportunity Analysis 92 Forestry Sites 92 Market Analysis 93 New Facilities 94 Conclusion 95 Recommendations to LRMP Table 96
Overview 96 Opportunity Analysis 97 Location Analysis 97 Market Analysis 98 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 98 Guided Tours of Historic Mines and Prospecting Tours 98 Overview 98 Opportunity Analysis 100 Location Analysis 101 Market Analysis 103 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 104 Tour Package Marketer 104 Overview 104 Opportunity Analysis 105 Location Analysis 106 Market Analysis 106
Recommendations for the LRMP 108 Non-Timber Forest Products 108 Introduction 108 Sector Development Strategy 109 Identified Opportunities 109 Development of a Wild Berry Business (Cultural and Traditional Use Non-Timber Forest Products) 110 Overview 110 Opportunity Analysis 110 Location Analysis 111 Production/Management Constraints 111 Shipping Analysis 112 Market Analysis 113 Market Segments 113 Demand 113 Prices 114 Competition 115 Market Opportunities 115 Sales Channels 116 Conclusion 116 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 116
Overview 118 Industry Position: 121 A provincial context: 122 Location Analysis 123 Market Analysis 128
Conclusion 132 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 132
Overview 133 Opportunity Analysis 133 Location Analysis 133 Supply of Raw Material 133 Shipping 134 Production Analysis 134 Market Analysis 135 Demand and Pricing 135 Sales Channels 136 Competition 136 Market Gaps 138 Market Opportunities 138 Marketing Channels 138 Conclusion 139 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 139
Introduction 139 Sector Development Strategy 140 Identified Opportunities 141 Malting and Feed Barley Production 142 Overview 142 Opportunity Analysis 142 Location Analysis 143 Market Analysis 143 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 143 Market Gardening 144 Overview 144 Opportunity Analysis 144 Location Analysis 144 Market Analysis 144 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 145 AGRICULTURE TOURS & GUEST / DUDE RANCHES 145 Overview 145 Opportunity Analysis 146 Location Analysis 148 Market Analysis 148 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 149 Land Development / Infrastructure 149 Introduction 149 Sector Development Strategy 150 Identified Opportunities 150 Recreational Lot Development 150 Overview 150 Opportunity Analysis 151 Location Analysis 151 Market Analysis 151 Conclusion 153 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 154
Introduction 154 Sector Development Strategy 155 Identified Opportunities 155 Fish and Roe Processing Plant 156 Overview 156 Lake Babine Sockeye Run 157 Fish Processing - Viability 158 Markets – River Fish Sockeye and Roe 158 Opportunity Analysis 160 Location Analysis 161 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 161 INLAND AQUACULTURE 161 Overview 161 Opportunity Analysis 163 Location Analysis 164 Quality Water Requirement 164 Market Analysis 165 Recommendations to the LRMP Table 165 Summary Matrix of Opportunities 166 References 167 APPENDIX 1: Summary of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis 172 APPENDIX 2: Northwest Real Estate View 184 Tables Table 1. Goal Categories 17 Table 2. Ranking Criteria 18 Table 3. Rating system for number of employees by sector 20 Table 4. Identified Forest Opportunities and rankings 23 Table 5. Cogeneration Projects in BC 25 Table 6. BC Hydro’s Customer-Based Generation Projects 26 Table 7. Summary of Canadian Cogeneration Projects by Sector, 2001 26 Table 8. North American MDF Activity Measures – 1997-2003, million square feet* 33 Table 9: Number of Secondary Manufacturers in the North 38 Table 10: Wood Costs Benchmarked Against BC Interior (BC Interior = 100) 39 Table 11: Interior Value-added Wood Association 2002 Competitiveness Rankings 39 Table 12: US Share of Value of Shipments Accounted for By the Largest Firms in Specific Value-added Wood Sectors (1997) 40 Table 13: Establishment Count and Value of Shipments of Value-added Wood Manufacturing Firms in Washington, Oregon, and California (1997) 40 Table 14: Factor Cost Significance – Percentage of Manufacturing Costs (Prior to 27% Tariff) 40 Table 15: Top Species Utilization by Business Type in the BC Value-added Sector 41 Table 16. Identified Mineral, Oil and Gas, and Energy Opportunities and rankings 48 Table 17. Mineral Prices for Key Mineral Commodities (1995 to 2004) 54 Table 18. Commodity Prices for Gold and Silver 61 Table 19. Commodity Prices for Oil and Gas 73 Table 20. Identified Tourism Opportunities and rankings 76 Table 21. Identified Non-Timber Forest Products Opportunities and Rankings 109 Table 22. Price Comparison of Wild Huckleberry and Wild Saskatoons 114 Table 23. Percent of Growers by Employment Class 122 Table 24. Percent of Growers by Sales Revenue Category 122 Table 25. Percent of Growers by Business Class 123 Table 26. Identified Agriculture Opportunities and Rankings 141 Table 27. Identified Land Development / Infrastructure Opportunities and Rankings 150 Table 28. Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Building Permit Data 153 Table 29. Identified Commercial Fishery Opportunities and Rankings 155 Table 30. BC Freshwater Trout Aquaculture Harvest and Landed Value 1994 – 2001 162 Table 31. BC Freshwater Trout Aquaculture Average Prices 1994 - 2001 163 Table 32. Summary Matrix of Opportunities 166 Figures Figure 1: Wood Waste Energy Consumption in the US – 1975 to 2002 29 Figure 2: Average Retail Prices for Electricity in the US – 1975 to 2002 30 Figure 3: North American MDF Capacity and Capacity Utilization – 1978 to 1998 32 Figure 4: MDF Prices, $US/Msf – 2000 to 2004* 33 Figure 5: US Consumption of Lumber and Direct Substitutes 44 Figure 6. World Share of Copper Production and Production Trend 53 Figure 7. Molybdenum Producing Countries and World Mine Production 53 Figure 8. Leading Zinc Producing Countries and World Mine Production 54 Figure 9. Leading Gold Producing Countries and World Gold Production 59 Figure 10. Leading Silver Producing Countries and World Mine Production 60 Figure 11. World Primary and Secondary Copper Refinery Production – 1996 to 2002 64 Figure 12. Change in Copper Smelting Production among Key Copper Smelting Nations. 65 Figure 13. Copper Prices by US Cents per Pound of Copper – 1996 to 2004 66 Figure 14. BC Hydrocarbon Resources and Production 68 Figure 15. World Oil Proven Reserves (1982 to 2002) 70 Figure 16. World Gas Proven Reserves (1982 to 2002) 71 Figure 17. World Oil Production (1992 to 2002) 72 Figure 18. World Natural Gas Production (1992 to 2002) 72 Figure 19. Interest Rates for the Last 20 Years 152 Figure 20. Total Pieces of Catch by Species 156 Figure 21. Total Value of Catch by Species 157 Figure 22. Babine Adult Weir: Accumulated Large Sockeye Counts (1990- 2002) 158 Figure 23. Average Fish Price by Species over Time 159 Figure 24. Canadian Aquaculture Production Statistics (tonnes) 1997 - 2001 164 Maps Map 1. Morice LRMP Plan Area 12 Acknowledgements The completion of this Economic Development Action Plan has been made possible by the dedication and collaboration of the Morice LMRP, Economic Development Action Plan Working Group members; Bob Henderson, Jim McCormack, Jaret van der Giessen, Peter O’Gryzlo, Ray Williams, Crissy Isabelle, Mike Hill, Elmar Plate, Rob Payne, Caroll Morey, Trevor Sowers, Zarna Dilley, Terri Stewart, Andrew George Jr., Keith Black, Megan Wood, Gary Thompson, John Groot, and Al Madigan. Westcoast CED Consulting Ltd. (Vernon, BC) prepared the opportunity analyses. The Westcoast team was made up of Victor Cumming (Regional Economist – Project Manager), Larrie McDonald (Economist), Karol Hansma (Researcher) and Barb Levesque (Researcher) in conjunction with Randy Sunderman (Economist, Peak Solutions Consulting Ltd.), Steve Nicol (Economist, Lions Gate Consulting Inc.), John Lerner (Economist), Don Elzer (Tourism Specialist), Ramona Faust (Botanicals Specialist), and Graeme Johnstone (Agronomist). Administrative assistance and technical review from Rahul Ray was greatly appreciated. Members of the Morice LRMP Government Team are also to be thanked for their assistance in the review of the draft plan; Elizabeth Zweck, Geoff Recknell, Anna Regnier, Mary Lou Malott, and Jim Senka A special thanks is extended to Liz Saunders for her coordination, administrative support, and review during the development of this plan. Download 1.06 Mb. Share with your friends:
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