As part of the Workforce and Communities Program of Forest Renewal BC, Forintek Canada Corp. (Forintek) and the Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada (FERIC) collaborated on a study to determine if changes to current harvesting and manufacturing methods could improve the utilization of decadent stands of western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla (Raf. Sarg.)) and amabilis fir (Abies amabilis Dougl. ex Loud) in the Prince Rupert forest region of British Columbia. FERIC documented present logging methods, and used a computer module ATLAS to determine how different approaches to harvest planning could reduce delivered wood costs. Forintek used an internal log defect sawing simulation model, "Log Saw", to determine how changes in sawing strategies and product categories could improve mill revenue. The results of these two studies are provided here as two separate reports. It is recommended that these models serve as the focus for additional research required to complete an assessment of the full utilization potential of the resource.