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Sustainable Forest Management“...balancing all forest values”

2010 Environmental Progress Report

CORNER BROOK PULP AND PAPER

WOODLANDS

2 2010 Environmental Progress Report

Forest and Environmental Policy Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Woodlands Division

Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Woodlands fully endorses the Kruger Inc. Corporate Forest Policy, Environmental Policy and the Environmental Statement of the Forest Products Association of Canada. We will carry out our forest management activities to provide long-term sustainability and maintain natural biodiversity while supplying the fiber requirements for the Corner Brook mill. We shall:

Commit to excellence and continual improvement in sustainable forest management and environmental performance on the land we manage.

Conduct forest management activities in a responsible manner designed to protect the environment, the health and safety of our employees and the public.

Plan and conduct our forest management activities in a manner that meets or exceeds legal and other requirements, including applicable Aboriginal and treaty rights and honour all international agreements and conventions to which Canada is signatory.

Prevent pollution and protect key forest resources including timber, soil, water, wildlife, landscape, and biodiversity while managing for the forest’s multiple uses, values and benefits.

Set appropriate environmental objectives and targets, develop action plans to meet them, monitor progress and regularly review and update our objectives and targets.

Use ecologically sound harvesting and silvicultural techniques to enhance the utilization of valuable timber resources and ensure that harvested areas are promptly regenerated.

Promote public awareness and provide for public input, including from aboriginal people, into forest management planning.

Promote environmental awareness among our employees and contractors and train employees in their specific environmental and forest management responsibilities.

Increase our knowledge of sustainable forest management through the support of scientific research, and incorporate new technologies where applicable.

Monitor our forest management and environmental management systems regularly through internal and external audits and use the results to improve our performance.

Regularly report on our environmental performance to regulatory agencies, Kruger Inc. and the public.

This Policy, our Sustainable Forest Management System and our Environmental Management System shall be accessible, implemented, documented, maintained, audited, reviewed and communicated to all employees and the public.

Patrick Tompkins Woodlands Manager

Stephane Rousseau Vice President and General Manager

December 2010 On Our Cover:At Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Ltd., we are committed to continually improving our operations, our environmental performance, and our company overall, which is why we have decided to seek certification to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) National Boreal Standard. Our management practices will continue to evolve with current knowledge, while valuing biodiversity and natural forest processes.

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Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Woodlands is pleased to present its Environmental

Progress Report for 2010 - an annual look at what our Company is doing to improve the management of our forests. As with previous reports, it is a brief glimpse at our operations and activities, including efforts being made to balance the different values of forest stakeholders. It is also our opportunity to convey the sense of pride that exists with so many of our employees, as they strive to be responsible stewards of the resources in our care. As you will read, 2010 was another positive year for our Company and our employees in terms of forest and environmental management.

Our operations have been certified to the CSA Z809-2002 sustainable forest management standard since 2004. In July of 2010 though, we brought our level of commitment to that standard to a whole new level by becoming the first company in Canada to achieve certification to the revised Z809-2008 standard. The new standard is much stronger than the 2002 version and includes a number of core indicators which must now be included in sustainable forest management planning. Along with the environmental changes to the standard, greater emphasis has also been placed on socioeconomic requirements for things like safety and employee skills training.

2010 was also significant in that one of our contractors, Arthur Fowlow Limited, was judged by the Canadian Woodlands Forum to be the best overall forestry contractor in Atlantic Canada. There are hundreds of

contractors in the region and this is the third time in the past seven years that a Corner Brook Pulp and Paper contractor and his employees have been chosen to receive this award. So it’s really a strong endorsement of the quality of our operations and the caliber of people that we have working for us.

Also noteworthy in terms of achievements for the year has been the progress that we are making as we work towards attaining Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for our operations. FSC certification brings the concept of balancing all forest values to a new level and to date we are very pleased with how the process has evolved and the degree to which forest stakeholders have embraced our initiative. Our goal is to be ready for a certification audit by the fall of 2011.

So overall, last year was encouraging for us. We recognize that there are aspects of our operations where we can still improve, and this report points those out as well. However, our successes are an indication of what’s possible when we remain committed to doing the right things and to managing our forest resources in a responsible manner.

We hope that you will enjoy reading our report and we look forward to any feedback that you may wish to provide.

Patrick Tompkins

Message from the

Woodlands Manager

Patrick Tompkins


Assessing Environmental PerformanceMore than a Passing Grade

Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Woodlands (CBPPL) is currently certified to two environmental management standards. We achieved the ISO 14001 Environmental

Management Standard in 2001 and three years later, the CSA Z809 Sustainable Forest Management Standard. Every three years, the company is required to be recertified to both standards, and in the intervening years, surveillance audits must be conducted. Since 2000 CBPPL has contracted QMI-SAI Global, an independent third-party auditor, to carry out both recertification and surveillance audits. Each year, CBPPL has passed the audits with no non-conformances.

In 2010 auditors Sylvain Frappier and Etienne Vezina performed a recertification audit of CBPPL’s Environmental Management System (ISO 14001) and Sustainable Forest Management System (CSA Z809). This entailed examining documentation such as standard operating procedures and the sustainable forest management plan; interviewing CBPPL staff, employees, and contractors; and visiting operations in the woods. Through all of

this scrutiny, the auditors determined that CBPPL Woodlands was indeed maintaining the requirements of the environmental management and sustainable forest management standards, and thus deserved recertification.

Not only did CBPPL achieve recertification to the ISO and CSA standards in 2010, but we were the first company in Canada to be audited and certified to the new CSA standard (Z809- 08). Because CBPPL had to meet the requirements of a more stringent standard, this was a fairly significant achievement.

Apparently the auditors thought so too. They noted the following positive aspects of the management system:

In Pre-commercial Thinning (PCT) operations, special attention was given to protecting browsing trees and flora diversity

The use of GPS for salvage (harvesting) operations in cut blocks

Initiative at Camp 153 to open an access road to cabin owners

The use of a facilitator for the Public Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting

The (internal) audit process was well prepared, documented and reported, showing clear evidence of the company’s environmental and legal compliance

Even though there were no non-conformances found, the auditors did identify two areas of concern and some opportunities for improvement that will be reviewed at the next audit. The

Auditor Etienne Vezina spoke with operator Rex Hodder when he visited a scarification job.

“I was pleased with the

procedure used during scarification, where two

passes are made around the

perimeter of the block to prevent water runoff”

- Auditor Etienne Vezina

areas of concern and two of the opportunities for improvement are listed below, followed by how CBPPL has dealt with or intends to deal with them:

Review the process to ensure adequate stabilization when installing temporary/permanent bridges. Ensure that Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) R-02 “Steel Culvert and Pipe Arch Installation” is well understood and implemented to ensure Significant Environmental Aspects (SEAs) “potential for degradation of water quality” and “potential for soil disturbance” are under control.

In October 2010, Canadian Woodlands Forum held a workshop for CBPPL staff, and road building contractors and operators. The main focus of this workshop was


road embankment stabilization and stream crossing installations. All major roads (to be identified by the Planning and Development Superintendent and the Planning Forester) will be profiled. Resources will be made available to conduct # 2 inspections on roads contractors, and inspect all roads before final payment. A training workshop on stabilization techniques will be conducted with road contractors and operators in the spring of 2011. The Environmental Work Instruction (EWI) to minimize the potential for water quality degradation will be revised to include more references to the requirements for placement of sods.

Review the process to ensure that all communications related to a deviation of EMS/SFM procedures are documented.

DNR Conservation Officers will be asked to document their requests and/or approval of any changes to normal operating procedures in the Contractor’s Job site Directives Book. The incident report form completed by the contractor will be simplified so the contractor need only report the incident to the EMR, who will then complete a more detailed incident report and investigation report if required. When reviewing environmental incidents at Operations Meetings, the EMR will concentrate on the response to the incident, rather than the incident itself. All staff must be more mindful of identifying and reporting environmental incidents when they visit operations. A poster will be developed and distributed to all jobs showing the types of incidents that require a report.

Consider developing a program for gravel pit inventory and rehabilitation.

An inventory for the identification and rehabilitation of gravel pits was started in the fall of 2010, and will continue in 2011.

Consider publicizing the work and accomplishments of the Public Advisory Committee (PAC)

An article about PAC has been published in the CBPPL Dialogue, and will be included in the Newspaper supplement during National Forest Week. A new PAC section will be added to the CBPPL website. CBPPL will confer with PAC as to other ways this can be achieved.

DNR Conservation Officers monitor CBPPL operations and may leave specific directives for operations.

The Public Advisory Committee watched the grinder chipping wood for fuel for the Mill, on one of their tours of operations.

An excavator loads a dump truck at a gravel pit.


Training and Skills DevelopmentOne of the goals of CBPPL’S Forest and Environmental Policy is to “promote environmental awareness among our employees and contractors and train employees in their specific environmental and forest management responsibilities”. CBPPL has set a target to train 100% of its workforce to the requirements set out in the training matrix. The Training Needs Matrix lists all possible job classifications for CBPPL and the training required for each job. A database of all employees and their current level of training and skill development are reviewed annually against the Training Needs Matrix, in order to determine an annual training program. CBPPL’s investment in the training and skills development of its workers and contractors serves to strengthen the organization and its viability.

Sustainable Forest ManagementThere’s More to a Forest than Trees

Being certified to the CSA Z809 Sustainable Forest Management Standard means that CBPPL is required to work towards achieving the targets outlined in its Sustainable Forest

Management (SFM) Plan. These targets were set initially in 2004 by CBPPL’s Public Advisory Committee (PAC), to protect what they feel is important about the forest on CBPPL’s limits. The new CSA Z809-08 standard required that CBPPL and the PAC completely overhaul the SFM Plan, revising some existing targets and developing new ones. Below is an introduction to some of the new target indicators.

Habitat Protection for CaribouWoodland caribou populations on the island have been declining since the mid to late 1990s, with a 60% decrease from 1996 to 2008. Research has identified calf mortality from predators as the main factor in this decline, but protecting habitat is necessary as well. In 2007 the Wildlife Division developed Forest Management Guidelines for Woodland Caribou for the Island of Newfoundland, in order to ensure that adequate habitat is available for caribou at all times. Using the available data on caribou location, core areas were determined, made up of calving/post-calving and wintering grounds. Ten-kilometer buffers were drawn around all core areas,

and migration corridors were also identified. The guidelines ensure that the calculated area of over-mature forest (80+ years) required for adequate caribou habitat remains within these areas at all times. This target has been incorporated into both the 5-Year Operating Plan and the Annual Operating Plan, and has been adopted as the target in the 2010 SFM Plan.

Employees “brainstorming” in groups as part of Environmental Awareness Training.


Capacity Development and Meaningful Participation of the PublicCBPPL’s Public Advisory Committee (PAC) was formed in 2003. This was a requirement for certification to the CSA SFM Standard, to take part in the public participation process to develop a SFM Plan for CBPPL. The PAC consists of a broad range of forest stakeholders such as recreational and environmental groups, forest industry, government, and academic representatives, and CBPPL staff. Since 2003, the PAC has met three to seven times annually for meetings and field trips. These meetings and tours provide PAC members with the opportunity to share information, discuss and solve problems, and set and meet objectives – the keys to achieving and maintaining meaningful participation. CBPPL has set a target to hold six PAC meetings/tours each year.

Members of the Public Advisory Committee visited Deer Lake Power House.

Comments from Public Advisory Committee Members: The PAC gives interested persons/groups opportunities to influence forest management/practices.

The company should be commended for trying to be on top of modern practices and developments.

The PAC is effecting positive change to forest management and promoting public awareness.

The PAC makes a difference. There are so many positive practices that come from the PAC.

Stand-replacing Disturbance in WatershedsA watershed is defined as the region draining into a river, river system, or other body of water. Watersheds are vital for the provision of clean water for drinking and the support of healthy aquatic ecosystems. Watersheds can be impacted by stand-replacing disturbances, which are disturbances (caused naturally or by humans) that result in the removal of the over story. On CBPPL limits, this includes forest fires, insect infestations, wind throw, and forest harvesting. Harvesting impacts water-table levels and stream flow, but these impacts are generally short-term and not severe, provided that forest soils are protected and vegetation recovery is rapid. Studies indicate that effects of harvesting on water quality are negligible when disturbance levels are below 30%. CBPPL’s target is to have less than 25% of a watershed affected by stand-replacing disturbance, either natural or human caused. Watershed areas will be monitored biannually to calculate the amount of stand-replacing disturbance in each area. In the initial analysis, stand-replacing disturbances created by CBPPL in each watershed over the past five years average 1.04%, well below the accepted level. No drastic changes to the percentage of area disturbed are predicted.

A small defoliated patch of forest common to hemlock looper infestations.


Meeting Environmental TargetsOur Programs are Well Grounded

One of the requirements of the ISO 14001 environmental standard is continual improvement of the company’s environmental management system. This is achieved by

setting environmental targets that will assist in the prevention of pollution, and attain compliance with environmental legal requirements. Programs are then developed around these targets. The following are examples of accomplishments made in various programs in 2010.

Road building operators participated in the workshop on erosion and sediment control, offered by the Canadian Woodlands Forum and FPInnovations.

Gene Tilley attaches his key to a fuel pod to begin fueling his forwarder.

Soil Disturbance ProgramThe objective of this program is to minimize the impact of harvesting and road building on soils. In the recent past CBPPL has targeted harvesting and forwarding, two activities that can cause soil disturbance. In 2010, through regular visits to operating sites, CBPPL staff continued to stress to employees the importance of preventing soil disturbance during forwarding and road building. Staff also spent more time in the field doing utilization surveys and discussing soil disturbance with operators to identify potential issues. A policy implemented at the beginning of 2010 put an end to the practice of parking empty wood trailers on landings to be

loaded by forwarders. This eliminates the need for landings, and therefore decreases the amount of soil disturbance. CBPPL staff and employees also participated in an Erosion and Sediment Control Workshop in the fall of 2010, jointly organized by FP Innovations, Canadian Woodland Forum, the Department of Natural Resources, and CBPPL. Issues addressed at the workshop included concepts of soil erosion, erosion control principles, and erosion and sediment control practices.

Fuel Consumption ProgramFuel consumption is a very significant economic cost associated with all aspects of CBPPL’s woodlands operation, but there is also an environmental cost. The consumption of fossil fuel emits carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which results in the “greenhouse effect”. CBPPL hopes to be able to reduce both the economic and environmental cost of fossil fuel consumption in our operations by using fuel pods to measure consumption (you must be able to measure something before you can manage it). A fuel pod is an electronic flow meter attached to a fuel pump. Each piece of equipment is assigned a magnetic key, which must be attached to

the fuel pod in order to start the pump. The fuel pod then collects and stores data including machine number, time spent refueling, and quantity dispensed, which is then retrieved by connecting a laptop to the pod. In January 2010, as a cooperative effort with research organization FPInnovations, CBPPL installed fuel pods on Noble’s Logging fuel tanks. CBPPL plans to collect and analyze this data in order to compare various types of equipment (tracked vs. rubber-tired, forwarders vs. harvesters), and to identify problem areas and areas for improvement (e.g., idling time). The data will also be used to link fuel consumption with the volume harvested, for example, the amount of fuel required to cut 1 m³ of wood. This project will expand to all harvesting contractors in the future.


Lady Slipper Road sports a new Marshalling Point sign.

EMS Documentation Improvement ProgramThe objective of this program is to improve the effectiveness of CBPPL’s EMS documentation. In the past few years, emphasis has been placed on developing SOPs, which are instructions for performing tasks in all aspects of our operations – harvesting, roads, planning, silviculture and safety. Between 2006 and 2009, 34 SOPs were created. In 2010, another SOP, Working Under a Raised Dump, was developed to ensure the safety of a dump truck operator in the event that the hydraulics failed. CBPPL also completed and distributed a new Forest Management Operations Manual (FMOM) to staff and contractors in 2009, and to outside parties (such as DNR) in early 2010. Revisions to the Emergency Response Manual were also made in 2010, in order to update the Emergency Response Marshalling Points. Emergency Response Marshalling Points are clearly marked and numbered locations where the individual calling for outside help can meet emergency personnel to direct them towards the injured employee. These marshalling points were consolidated and in some cases relocated to better known areas, in order to make emergency responses more effective.

Site RehabilitationCompaction, rutting and displacement of exposed mineral soil (soil disturbance), usually occur during harvesting operations, despite the best efforts to prevent or minimize it. The type and amount of soil disturbance varies, depending on the type of soil and the season of operation. Rehabilitation is the attempt to reduce further soil disturbance, by filling in ruts, putting in water bars to disperse water across cutovers, and replacing topsoil and woody debris, to minimize soil erosion and siltation of watercourses.

Managing soil disturbance and rehabilitation are major components of the ISO 14001 EMS and CSA Z809 standards. As well, the province’s Environmental Protection Guidelines for Ecologically Based Forest Resource Management limits the amount of soil disturbance allowed in an operating area to 10%, including roads and cutovers. CBPPL has set a target of no more than 5% disturbance on its cutovers, and in fact, consistently rehabilitates before the amount of disturbed area reaches that level. Rehabilitation is part of day to day operations and is monitored through regular environmental inspections and audits.

Significant Environmental AspectsA requirement of the Environmental Management System Standard (ISO 14001) is that CBPPL control any major impacts they might have on the environment. The following Significant Environmental Aspects (SEAs) were identified as aspects of activities on their operations that could impact the environment. These SEAs are the basis

for the programs described on these pages:

Maintenance of visual quality Collection and disposal of garbage Potential for fuel spill Potential for degradation of water quality Fibre recovery Potential for soil disturbance


Measuring Environmental CompliancePassing Inspections

Regular audits and inspections provide CBPPL with a record of environmental performance. Not only do they show positive actions, but they also expose problem areas. Through these processes, we can continually improve our forest

management practices and retain registration to the environmental and sustainable forest management standards.

CBPPL Woodlands environmental conduct is scrutinized through both internal and external annual audits, where auditors examine how the company proposes to meet environmental requirements, and determine whether or not these requirements are being met. The process is the same for both internal and external audits (see Assessing Environmental Performance, pages 4-5).

Federal and provincial government departments regularly monitor CBPPL operations for compliance with government regulations. The results of these external inspections are reported to the company, for corrective action if necessary. CBPPL Woodlands conducts regular environmental inspections on all aspects of harvesting, road construction, pre-commercial thinning, and scarification operations. These inspections ensure protection of the environment, and compliance with government regulations and company policies. A comparison of the 2009 and 2010 results of comprehensive environmental inspections (conducted three times per year on each contractor) is shown here.

Environmental Compliance Inspections – Harvesting & Access Road Construction 2009 / 2010 Performance

Inspection Item Performance

Inspection Item Documentation on site 2009 2010 Harvesting 2009 2010Forest Management. Planning & Operating Procedures Manual Treed buffer zones properly flagged prior to harvesting

Forest and Environmental Policy posted on job site Treed buffer zones maintained

Dept. of Forest Resources Operating Permit Brush mats properly prepared

Department of Fisheries & Oceans Authorizations Erosion control measures in place on trails

Provincial Stream Crossing Approvals No silt entering waterbodies as a result of harvesting

Provincial Protected Water Supply Area Approval Extraction trails located in the best locations

CBPP Road Construction Profiles N/A No unnecessary trails or disturbance created by machines

Emergency Response Plan / MSDS Equipment did not cross bogs or wetlands without approval

Standard Operating Procedures & Environmental Work Instructions on jobsite Trails cut off (or rehabilitated if necessary)

Proof of waste oil disposal Minimum of 10 wildlife trees per hectare left on operating areas

Pre-Work Form posted on jobsite Landings > 30 m from waterbodies (>100 m in PWSA)

Employees aware of and know location of ER Plans/Special Considerations Employees know and understand harvesting guidelines

Fuel/Oil Storage, Handling, and Disposal Fibre Utilization

Fuel/Oil > 100 m from waterbodies (>500 m in PWSA) Tops of harvested trees < 8 cm

Fuel storage tanks registered/placarded Stump heights <15 cm..................Summer

Acceptable use of secured slip tanks, spill kit, & fire extinguisher Stump heights < 15 cm ------------Winter

Servicing > 30 m from waterbodies (>100 m in PWSA) Acceptable stump heights under winter conditions

No leaks/drips from fuel tanks or hoses Merchantable trees/ brows on cutover/ roadside landings

Proper refueling procedures followed No excessive butt-junking

No leaks/drips from equipment hydraulic/fuel hoses All merchantable timber cut in block

Minor fuel/oil spills and stained soil cleaned up Employees know and understand utilization guidelines

Spill kits on all equipment Containment basin for hydraulic oil storage/ used batteries General

Oil spill kit on site Hay on site for silt control

Employees know and understand fuel/oil guidelines Filter fabric on site for silt control

Support facilities > 100 m from waterbodies

Road and Trail Construction All garbage removed from site

Ditches free of debris or obstructions Fire equipment on site and in good working order

No logging debris in waterbodies/ centerline brooks Operations within approved operating areas

Equipment activity near waterbodies minimized Prior deficiencies corrected

Temporary crossings removed Deficiencies corrected - # 3 Inspections

Culverts free of debris or obstructions Right-of-ways narrowed through buffer zones Meets Expectations (95-100% compliance)Employees know & understand road and trail const. guidelines Needs Some Improvement (90-94% compliance)

Priority for Improvement (Below 90% compliance)


Moving ForwardAiming for the Boreal Standard

CBPPL is currently registered to two environmental certifications: ISO 14001, and CSA – Z809. ISO focuses on

environmental protection and prevention of pollution by controlling the impacts of a company’s activities on the environment. CBPPL’s other certification, CSA, ensures that all forest activities are conducted in a sustainable manner, that the long-term health and biodiversity of the forest is maintained and enhanced, and that the forest’s economic benefits are balanced with the social and cultural values of the other stakeholders.

CBPPL is preparing to seek certification to yet another standard in 2011, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Boreal Standard. FSC, an international non-profit organization, was established in 1993 to promote environmentally-appropriate, socially-beneficial and economically-viable management of the world’s forests through standards and their application. FSC’s vision is of a healthy forest which provides equitable sharing of benefits from its use, while also respecting natural forest processes, biodiversity, and harmony amongst inhabitants. The FSC Boreal Standard was developed in 2004, as a way of certifying Canada’s boreal forests, which make up 35% of Canada’s total land area, and 77% of Canada’s forestland. The preservation of boreal forests is extremely important for many reasons: boreal forests play a critical role in alleviating climate change; they are important for the livelihood, spirituality, and culture of many aboriginal groups; they are sources of income for many northern communities; and they are an important source of forest products.

Kruger, CBPPL’s parent company, made a decision in 2008 to seek certification to FSC. Forest operations which meet FSC standards are permitted to display the FSC logo on their products, in order to inform consumers that these products have been produced by forests that meet FSC standards. FSC certification will ensure that CBPPL remains a preferred supplier, from an environmental perspective. FSC certification sends a strong message that CBPP is investing in healthy forests and responsible management and that products supplied by our Company meet world-class environmental standards.

In order to satisfy the FSC Boreal Standard requirements, CBPPL will build on its current certifications in several ways. The Forest and Environmental Policy will be rewritten to indicate a commitment to FSC standards, and additional management strategies will be added to the existing Forest Management Plan. The EMS Monitoring and Measuring programs will be expanded to incorporate FSC principles, as will training and documentation. CBPPL has also begun seeking input from various groups who are not already represented on the Public Advisory Committee (a committee established as a requirement of the CSA Z809 Forest Management Standard). Our goal is to be ready for a certification audit by the fall of 2011.


Tours, Tours, and More ToursA Forest for All Ages

The Lomond Sinkhole

As part of a week-long Teacher’s Institute in August 2010, Parks Canada requested CBPPL

conducted a one day field trip for participants, in order to foster an understanding of forest management. A tour of the Whitewash area was given to 16 participants, including teachers and representatives from the Department of Education, Parks Canada, and the Newfoundland and Labrador Model Forest. A talk was also given to participants, on the theme, “Our Past is Our Future: Sustainable Forest Management”. The tour culminated with a visit to a geological spectacle, the Lomond Sinkhole, a CBPPL Special Place.


Comments from the Atlantic Teacher’s Tour

“I am amazed at how the forest recovers after clear cutting. I now see forestry as an excellent ‘green’ resource for meeting the increasing demands of growing populations. I am impressed with the amount of planning and number of considerations that go into this industry.”

“Forestry is a much more complicated process than I realized. I do believe that most foresters have the best interest of the environment in mind.”

“I feel more optimistic about the future of our forests and their place in our economy.”

“I will use the knowledge that I have acquired this week in my classroom. I will be teaching ecosystems in grade 10 science this semester and look forward to sharing my information with them when we discuss forests.”

Since 2001, CBPPL has been sending teachers to the Canadian Woodlands Forum Atlantic Teacher’s Tour. In August, Della Way

from the Western School District was sponsored to attend the tour, held in New Brunswick this year. The tour, featuring a different maritime province each year, aims to foster an open and free exchange of information and ideas on the social, economic, and environmental importance of the region’s forest industry.

“I am more knowledgeable and therefore I am more able to bring back this information to my students in

a more creative and productive fashion, thus sparking more interest in this industry from my students.”

Forest Resources Technology students from the College of the North Atlantic are frequent visitors to CBPPL operations. Through field tours and presentations, CBPPL demonstrates

practical application of their studies. In 2010, students from the Forestry program, along with their instructor, were given tours of the mill. CBPPL technicians took them to a recent cutover to conduct regeneration surveys, and also to a road construction site where together they carried out a road inspection.

CBPPL Woodlands also gave a presentation on Forest and Environmental Management to 45 first and second-year students in the Forestry and Fish and Wildlife programs.


Outstanding Performances

Each year Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Woodlands recognizes employees for special achievements or outstanding performances and service to the company. Achievements

may be in the areas of safety, the environment, productivity, leadership, communications, technology, and so much more. To show further appreciation of their efforts, the 2010 recipients are featured below.

Terry Wells – ContractorTerry Wells, a road building and harvesting contractor, has worked with Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Woodlands for 25 years – first as a supervisor for Wells & Park, and then with his own road-building company, LTD Construction. Terry is known for having a big heart, and since the introduction of the Safety Point and catalogue system, Terry has exchanged his points to send 24 Teddy Bears to sick kids at the Janeway Hospital. On behalf of the Janeway kids and your fellow workers, CBPPL would like to say thank-you and recognize your generosity and concern for others.

2010 Contractor of the Year Arthur Fowlow Ltd. from South Brook was chosen as CBPPL’s Contractor of the Year for 2010. Arthur Fowlow Ltd. was the first contractor to win this award when it was first presented in 1997, and has won the award a total of four times in the 13 years since then. Contractor of the year is judged on several key process indicators: safety, environment, productivity, quality, production, business management, and other noteworthy achievements. Arthur Fowlow Ltd. has been particularly innovative in their use of technology (Foreman Carl Sheppard’s use of GPS). They also participated in a new training project to teach their operators to use herring-bone harvesting. But the accolades don’t stop here! Arthur Fowlow Ltd. has also been awarded the 2010 Canadian Woodlands Forum Atlantic Canada Logging Contractor of the Year, the third time a Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Woodlands contractor has won this award in the last seven years!

Carl Sheppard (l) and Sterling Fowlow (c) of Arthur Fowlow Ltd. are presented with a pevee, in recognition of being 2010 Atlantic Canada Logging Contractor of the Year.

The winning crew of the 2010 CBPPL Contractor of the Year, Arthur Fowlow Limited.


Randy Miles - Precommercial ThinnerRandy Miles is a thinner with the western Precommercial Thinning (PCT) crew. Randy has worked as a thinner for 26 years, serving many important roles in PCT, such as cutter/mechanic, bus driver, job steward, and trainer. He is also a member of the Safety committee and CBPPL’s Public Advisory Committee. Randy is legendary in the PCT workplace for how long he can keep a brushsaw running – certainly an outstanding performance in itself!

Technologically SavvyGPS (Global Positioning System) is a navigation system which uses satellites to provide location information to GPS receivers located anywhere on earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more satellites. GPS receivers are now available in many vehicles and are even built into some mobile phones. They are also used in forestry equipment to show the area to be harvested, including all major land features, such as roads, buffer areas around waterways, and leave areas such as viewsheds. But CBPPL foremen have expanded the use of GPS in harvesting operations. For example, Carl Sheppard, foreman with Arthur Fowlow Ltd., uses GPS to lay out blocks for each harvester, to locate the best trails for forwarders to take, and to identify the location of any unmarked brooks, forgotten wood, or point features (such as a raptor nest or bear den). He then transfers this information back to the GPS systems in the harvester and forwarder machines, to help the operators perform their jobs better. By identifying the best route for forwarders to take, any areas where the forwarder might become stuck, or any areas which would be particularly sensitive to disturbance, can be avoided. Identification of previously unmarked brooks allows harvesters to leave buffer areas around these streams, preventing disruption of the waterway ecosystem. The use of GPS to identify forgotten wood means that no wood is left behind or wasted. The GPS is also used to locate and mark any areas to be rehabilitated.

GPS Mapsource software is used to project a tracklog onto a forestry cover map. The blue lines are harvesting block boundaries, the green are roads and forwarder trails, and the pink are buffers.

Corner Brook Pulp and Paper LimitedA wholly owned subsidiary of Kruger Inc.

Woodlands Facts Operate in 6 Forest Management

Districts, managing over 1.5 million hectares of land on the Island.

Annual Allowable Cut of approximately 739,000 m3.

Harvest of approximately 420,000 m3 per year.

Build approximately 120 kilometers of forest access road per year.

275 Woodlands Employees.

Annual planting ~4.5 million trees.

Annual pre-commercial thinning – 900 hectares.

Visit CBPP Woodlands Web Site to view our Sustainable Forest Management Plan, 2010 SFM Indicator Report, current and historic photos and much more!

www.cbppl.com

Your comments on our environmental performance or suggestions on how we might improve our operations are always welcome. To comment or to request information on CBPP Woodlands, please contact:

Faron KnottEnvironmental Management RepresentativeWoodlands DepartmentCorner Brook Pulp and Paper LimitedP.O. Box 2001, Corner Brook, NL A2H 6J4Tel: (709) 637-3155e-mail: [email protected]

Report produced byRebeccah HearnHearn Consulting Inc.

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