Alberni Valley Community Forest

Profits from a municipally owned forestry operation are set to finance upgrades to the Valley’s airport, but funding for this project and several others has been delayed until city council gets more information on what they’re supporting. The Alberni Valley Community Forest encompasses 6,400 hectares of land by Sproat Lake, a logging project that has yielded $350,000 in profits currently sitting in a reserve fund. A legacy committee released a list of projects to invest this money into, with $185,750 in upgrades to the Alberni Valley Regional Airport at the top of the recommendations.