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The Merritt log haulers who organized a truck convoy in support of B.C.’s forestry industry were at the Thompson Nicola Regional District Thursday to continue advocacy efforts.

This article is an opinion piece written by Jim Hinton

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We tend to be wasteful when we have an abundance which is true in the forest industry as well.

The Province is looking for public input to help develop a new strategy that will better prepare B.C. communities for the impacts of climate change.

B.C. Premier John Horgan and the province’s Indigenous leaders have begun their annual summit with a pledge to break new ground by being the first jurisdiction in North America to endorse the United Nations call to enshrine aboriginal rights for land use.

Our submission includes 10 recommendations

Canfor Corporation announced that, based on the recommendation of an independent committee of Canfor’s board of directors, it has entered into an arrangement agreement with Great Pacific Capital Corp.

Quesnel Mayor Bob Simpson says the opportunity to sit down with local managers from the provincial forestry ministry for close to four hours earlier this month was useful.

The province has approved the transfer of Conifex’s forest licence to Hampton.

In an Oct. 28 news release, Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests,

The heavily interconnected B.C. forestry sector is facing a crisis as 25 mills have ceased operating this year, leaving more than 6,000 people out of work.

B.C.’s minister for forests has approved the first forestry tenure transfer under a new tenure control act that was intended to address the concentration of tenure among major forestry companies in B.C.

BCCFA recommends that BC actively support more partnerships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities on Community Forest Agreements. Where independent licenses are preferred, government should support collaboration between community forest agreement holders and First Nations tenure holders. 

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C.: The Forest Enhancement Society of B.C. (FESBC) is supporting three projects within the 100 Mile House Community Forest which will reduce wildfire risk in priority interface areas.

Province has acted on 92% of wildfire, flood response recommendations

The B.C. government says it has addressed all but nine recommendations made in an external report that looked into how the province could have been better prepared after the devastating wildfire and flood season of 2017.

The provincial government has announced another step in its commitment to have supports in place for contractors, workers and communities impacted by indefinite and permanent mill closures in B.C.’s Interior.

Under the iconic and enormous cross-cut saw arch and down the dirt road, Shilo Freer feeds behemoth aspen beams through the 80-year-old mill at Son Ranch,

Our friends at the Wells Gray Community Forest put together an excellent video about community forest tenure and their vision for the future of their community and forest!

This article is an opinion piece written by Jim Hilton.

First, a reminder of the Oct. 11 deadline for public input into the online engagement process (engage.gov.bc.ca) for the Interior Forest Sector Renewal Policy and Program Engagement Discussion Paper.

There was a not a seat left at the “Rethinking Forestry Forum” held in Terrace, British Columbia in hopes of finding long-term solutions to the economic downtown that has rocked the industry.

Many forest stands in parts of the Bulkley-Nechako region are vulnerable to spruce beetle attacks, as government officials told a Regional District board of directors meeting on Sept.

The Southern Interior Silviculture Committee (SISCO) is set to host their 2019 Fall Field Tour in the Okanagan Oct 1 – 3, 2019. The theme is Working Together: Integration and Collaboration –