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PORT ALBERNI – A community forest agreement issued to the Alberni Valley Community Forest Corporation will support forestry employment and operations while protecting cultural, recreation, wildlife, and visual qualities around Sproat Lake, Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell announced.
100 MILE HOUSE – A community forest will create employment, enhance recreation and tourism, and help supply the area’s world-renowned log home manufacturers, Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell and Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett announced.
VICTORIA – Building on another record year for lumber sales into China, Forestry Innovation Investment (FII) has increased funding for China marketing by 17 per cent and sharpened the focus of its joint market development strategy with industry and the federal government, Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell announced.
VICTORIA – British Columbia is on track to complete $20 million in targeted upgrades to more than 200 Forest Service Roads that serve as crucial transportation links, improving travel and safety conditions for residents in about 70 rural communities, Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell announced today.
VANCOUVER – The Province will provide an additional 16 Wildfire Management Branch staff to accelerate the completion of Community Wildfire Protection Plans and further reduce the risk of interface fires, Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell announced at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention.
SMITHERS – The Nilkitkwa Forest Service Road will be closed for construction upgrades at the 18- and 19-kilometre marks, nightly from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m., as of Monday, Sept. 28, for up to three weeks.
BARRIERE – Travellers are advised that the North Barriere Lake Forest Service Road will be closed for bridge construction at the 11-kilometre mark at Harper Creek from 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29 until 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30.
VICTORIA – Forest sector stakeholders and First Nations continue to provide valuable input to a silviculture discussion paper released in March, said Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell.
CAMPBELL RIVER – The Province continues to expand forestry opportunities for individuals, groups and First Nations with the offering of two new woodlot licences on Quadra Island, Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell announced.
VICTORIA – Resource teaching kits that highlight the role B.C.’s forests and wood products play in tackling climate change have been distributed for use in elementary and secondary schools, Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell announced during National Forest Week.
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