Community Forest News from SE BC

West Boundary Forest Report

Boundary Creek Times

President Randy Kappes has released an update of the West Boundary Community Forest guiding principles, which include the provision of local employment opportunities by hiring qualified staff to manage and oversee community forest operations, including harvesting and silviculture. …The WBCF also mandates to maintain an economically viable forest through the employment of innovative harvesting methods and equipment while following provincial utilization standards and attempting to maximize that utilization through value added products. It would also like to foster cooperation with adjacent woodlot licensees to take advantage of joint efficiency’s in forest operations and infrastructure as well as utilize market cycles to maximize economic advantage.

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