Northern Interior Cruising Committee

NICC 2024 AGM & Workshop are scheduled for May 1st and 2nd, 2024

This year’s Northern Interior Cruising Committee (NICC) event will be taking place on Wednesday May 1st and Thursday May 2nd, 2024 in Prince George. 

The two day 2024 NICC event will feature a field day discussing topics such as DBH, Heights, Path remarks (Scars, Forks/Crooks), Quality remarks (Insect, Fire, Blowdown Codes), Tree Class (Sound Wood, Ages), Borderline In/Out Trees, Orphan Trees and Tips & Tricks.  Followed up with a Banquet Dinner held at the Ramada Hotel.

The second lecture day will be held at the Ramada Hotel it will feature our Annual General Meeting and board election processes.  Guest speakers presenting various topics in today’s forestry sector, such as:

  • Cruise manual updates – Timber pricing Branch
  • Change in Season – Wildfire Updates
  • Forest Health - What whys the cruise data can be used to look at insect attacks
  • Cruise compilations- Data in and optional reports available to analyze cruise information
  • Archaeological impacts and forestry assessments
  • And many more…
  • Door Prizes and session wrap up

The Ramada Plaza has provided a block of rooms for the event. The rates are $115.00/night.  The booking link for attendees making room reservations is here or call the reservation department at 1-800-854-9517. 

Ramada Booking

As always, NICC event is a great opportunity to collect Continuing Professional Development hours (CPD) for those members who are Forest Profession in BC, network with colleagues, ask an expert, and catch up with old friends and enjoy Prince George. 

Registration fee: $175.00 per person.

See Agenda of the NICC event and Site Map.

Click here to register.


ABOUT US

Objectives

  • To promote the viewpoints of its membership,

  • To promote communication between it’s members,

  • To promote continuing education and training for its members,

  • To promote high standards in cruising, and

  • To promote professionalism within the discipline of timber cruising.

About NICC

The Northern Interior Cruising Committee (NICC) was officially formed on April 18th, 1991 with a mandate to:

Promote a level of standards, which is imperative to the proper collection and processing of timber cruise data.

This data is used to determine the quality and quantity of timber within a stand and provides key information for a variety of decision makers and is use in the timber appraisal process.