Prince George, B.C.- Work on the report  on area based tenure is underway.

The  report will present recommendations which  reflect information gathered from  a 2 month  province-wide consultation.

The Province says it more than 4,300 submissions from email, tweets, comment ratings and blog comments.

While not considering area based tenure on a province wide basis,  the Government believes  it could be a  viable option  to  help deal with mid-term timber supply issues in those areas  hit hard by the mountain pine beetle.

Veteran professional forester Jim Snetsinger will be compiling all the information gathered from the  dozens of meetings he  chaired across the province.  He will  produce a report, complete with recommendations, and  submit that report to the Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations,  by the end of this month.