Valemount and McBride
The Rocky Mountain Goat
Valemount’s community forest has a plan in place to purchase some of Carrier’s local forest licence. Now it’s looking for public support to convince the province to turn the new volume into a second community forest license. The Valemount Community Forest (VCF) hosted a public information meeting on Thursday Sept. 3rd about the purchase of one of Carrier’s two forest licences in the Robson Valley Timber Supply Area. Craig Pryor, manager for the VCF, says it’s been three years of planning and negotiations, and one of the “worst kept secrets” in the valley. VCF and the McBride Community Forest Corporation have been working together to try to get more volume to better sustain local mills and local jobs, including obtaining Carrier’s licences, which cover the vast majority of the annual allowable cut for the area.
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