3 North Vancouver Island Communities collaborate on a Community Forest initiative

Tri-Port Communities enter forestry business North Island Gazette – June 16, 2011 North Island communities have collaborated to establish a new community forest on three separate tracts of land in the Alice Lake , Marble River and Quatse River Areas.

The area includes second-growth hemlock and douglas fir, and old-growth cedar, including many stands regenerated after a hurricane in 1908, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson recently announced.  “North Vancouver Island has abundant forests, and it’s great to see the  three Ports working together on a community forest that will support North Island families,” he said.
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