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A Community Response to the Shutdown of the Domtar Pulp Mill at Cornwall Ontario March 31, 2005 Second edition June 28, 2005 Technical Report Design by Virginia Adams ISBN 1-896392-77-6 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Eastern Ontario Model Forest acknowledges the support of: FedNor / Industry Canada through the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Community Futures Development Corporation Resource Stewardship S.D.&G. Council EOMF Mapping and Information Services and the writers, researchers, facilitators, experts, contractors and staff who responded to the challenge of addressing the impacts and opportunities arising from the shutdown of the Cornwall Domtar Pulp Mill in 2005 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................2 PREFACE ....................................................................................................................................................................5 BACKGROUND..........................................................................................................................................................6 CONTRIBUTORS.......................................................................................................................................................7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .........................................................................................................................................9 CHAPTER ONE: EXPERT ROUNDTABLE ON STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ALTERNATE USES OF WOOD FIBRE................................................................................................................11 PROCEEDINGS OF ROUNDTABLE.........................................................................................................................11 PURPOSE OF EXPERT ROUNDTABLE..................................................................................................................11 “Making Lemonade Up North” a short story by Bob Benson, P.Eng. ...............................................................11 “Developing a Blue Ocean Strategy”: a second short story ..............................................................................12 THE ROUNDTABLE DELIBERATIONS SUMMARIZED: .................................................................................................13 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................................................20 CHAPTER TWO: TESTING THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY AND POTENTIAL OF FOREST BASED BIO-PRODUCT PRODUCTION IN SD&G BY PETER MILLEY...................................................................22 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW.....................................................................................................................22 Relevant Research and Development Initiatives.................................................................................................23 FACILITY CONCEPT AND OPTIONS ..................................................................................................................26 Overview of the Forest Bio-Refinery ..................................................................................................................26 FIBRE CONSUMPTION AND AVAILABILITY .................................................................................................29 Requirements For Forest Bio-refinery................................................................................................................29 REVENUES, COSTS AND FINANCIAL ISSUES ................................................................................................31 MARKETS..............................................................................................................................................................34 GENERAL PROJECT RISKS ................................................................................................................................36 CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS........................................................................................................37 CHAPTER THREE “CLOSER EXAMINATION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS” BY LAURIE GRAVELINES..............................................................................................................39 BACKGROUND..........................................................................................................................................................39 IMPACT OF THE CLOSURE OF THE PULP MILL...........................................................................................................40 Framing the Issue ...............................................................................................................................................40 EXPERT MEETINGS AND ROUNDTABLE SERIES .........................................................................................................42 WOOD SUPPLY.........................................................................................................................................................46 Domtar’s Woodshed ...........................................................................................................................................46 Ontario Sustainable Forestry Licenses...............................................................................................................48 Private Woodlot Supply ......................................................................................................................................50 Private Woodlot Characteristics.........................................................................................................................50 Total Ontario Sourced Wood Input.....................................................................................................................51 Species Composition of Mill Consumption .........................................................................................................52 Wood Supply Developments................................................................................................................................52 Domtar’s Wood Suppliers...................................................................................................................................53 WOOD DEMAND.......................................................................................................................................................54 3 CHAPTER FOUR: DIGITIZING STORMONT, DUNDAS, AND GLENGARRY FOREST RESOURCE INVENTORY BY GREG MOFFATT AND MARK ROWSELL .......................................................................56 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................56 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES..........................................................................................................................................57 METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................................................................57 Study area ...........................................................................................................................................................57 Compilation of photography...............................................................................................................................59 Preparation of base data ....................................................................................................................................60 Digitizing and attribution ...................................................................................................................................60 RESULTS ..................................................................................................................................................................61 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE ....................................................................................................................62 CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................................................63 CHAPTER FIVE: BUILDING A CASE FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF PRIVATE WOODLANDS BY CHER BRETHOUR AND TERRI-LYN MOORE..............................................................64 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND .........................................................................................................................64 Purpose and Objectives ......................................................................................................................................64 PROCEDURES AND METHODS ...................................................................................................................................65 Establishing Private Woodlot Cases...................................................................................................................65 Developing a Net Present Value Model..............................................................................................................65 Economic Literature Review for Recreation.......................................................................................................69 Assessment of Agricultural