Prince George Community Forest

City to cut loose tenure after leveraging it for fire protection in the city limits

The Prince George Citizen

The City of Prince George is getting out of the forest business. City council voted on Monday night to begin the process of surrendering its forest tenure, which it first acquired in 2006 to deal with the fire hazard presented by beetle-killed wood in the city’s urban forests. “In terms of being in the logging business, it’s not our core service,” Mayor Shari Green said moments before council voted 7-2 in favour of the staff recommendation to work with the province to allow the city to divest itself of the license.

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