Aboriginal Affairs Branch

Agreements with First Nations

Forest and Range Agreements

These agreements, introduced in 2003, provide for revenue-sharing and forest tenure opportunities. The timber volume comes from unlogged timber from existing forest licences and from timber that will be made available once the province-wide timber reallocation process is completed. The Ministry's approach to negotiating Forest and Range Agreements is outlined in the Strategic Approaches to Accommodation Policy .

The following tables are sortable. Click on the column heading to sort the table by the items in that column.

Date Signed	First Nation	Region	Location	Revenue Sharing (000,000) ¹	Total Timber Volume m3 (000)
2008/04	Haida	Coast	Massett	1.8	n/a
2008/04	Ahousaht	Coast	Tofino	4.21	n/a
2008/04	Peters	Coast	Chilliwack	.295	17.74
2008/04	Lower Nicola	Southern Interior	Merritt	2.37	256
2007/10	Neskonlith	Southern Interior	Chase	1.4	152
2007/07	Hesquiaht	Coast	Tofino	1.7	n/a
2007/07	T'it'q'et	Southern Interior	Lillooet	.872	52
2007/06	Taku River Tlingit	Northern Interior	Atlin	.920	TBD
2007/05	Takla Lake	Northern Interior	Prince George	.303	TBD
2007/05	Stz'uminus (aka Chemainus)	Coast	Ladysmith	2.65	^{+ abt}
2007/04	Sumas	Coast	Abbotsford	.622	37
2007/01	Lyackson	Coast	Chemainus	.444	^{+ abt}
2007/04	Union Bar	Coast	Hope	.230	14
2007/03	Xats'ull (Soda Creek)	Southern Interior	Williams Lake	.835	90
2007/02	Simpcw	Southern Interior	Barriere	1.48	160
2007/02	Nuxalk	Coast	Bella Coola	3.31	311
2007/01	Upper Similkameen	Southern Interior	Keremeos	.135	8^{incl abt}
2006/12	Xaxli'p	Southern Interior	Lillooet	2.14	128
2006/12	Tla-o-qui-aht	Coast	Tofino	1.99	n/a
2006/12	Ulkatcho	Southern Interior	Anahim Lake	2.15	232
2006/12	Mamalilkulla	Coast	Campbell River	.918	97
2006/11	Adams Lake	Southern Interior	Chase	1.7	187
2006/11	Gitxsan (Jan 2007 Amendment)	Northern Interior	Hazelton	13.9	1200
2006/10	Lheidli T'enneh	Northern Interior	Prince George	.762	1225
2006/10	Tletinqoxtin	Southern Interior	Alexis Creek	3.4	367
2006/10	Boston Bar	Coast	Boston Bar	5.76	35
2006/08	Gitanyow	Northern Interior	Kitwanga	1.79	430
2006/07	Canim Lake	Southern Interior	100 Mile House	1.36	150
2006/07	Squamish	Coast	North Vancouver	8.37	593
2006/07	Skeetchetsn	Southern Interior	Savona	1.16	125
2006/07	Shuswap	Southern Interior	Invermere	.559	60
2006/07	Nak'azdli	Northern Interior	Fort St. James	4.03	585
2006/07	Wei Wei Kum	Coast	Campbell River	1.50	90
2006/07	Ashcroft	Southern Interior	Ashcroft	.579	63
2006/06	Canoe Creek	Southern Interior	Dog Creek	1.52	165
2006/06	KNC ^B-4 (May 2007 Amendment)	Southern Interior	Cranbrook	2.35	270
2006/06	Lake Cowichan	Coast	Lake Cowichan	.075	4
2006/06	Splats'in	Southern Interior	Enderby	1.77	191
2006/05	Kwantlen	Coast	Fort Langley	.434	26 ^{incl abt}
2006/05	Lake Babine	Northern Interior	Burns Lake	5.18	559
2006/05	Wet'suwet'en	Northern Interior	Burns Lake	.516	639
2006/05	Takla ⁵	Northern Interior		.303	n/a
2006/04	Sliammon	Coast	Powell River	2.71	50 ^{+ abt}
2006/04	Da'naxda'xw/Awaetlala	Coast	Alert Bay	.436	47
2006/02	Red Bluff	Southern Interior	Quesnel	.325	35
2006/02	Lhoosk'uz Dene	Southern Interior	Quesnel	.445	48
2006/01	Nuchatlaht	Coast	Zeballos	.333	48
2005/12	Tlowitsis	Coast	Campbell River	.855	51
2005/12	Lower Kootenay	Southern Interior	Creston	.511	55
2005/12	Halalt	Coast	Chemanius	.481	n/a ^{+ abt}
2005/12	Scowlitz	Coast	Lake Errock	.566	34
2005/11	Cheam	Coast	Rosedale	1.07	64
2005/11	Skawahlook	Coast	Agassiz	.181	11
2005/11	Leq' a:mel	Coast	Deroche	.759	46
2005/11	Penelakut	Coast	Chemanius	1.93	n/a ^{+ abt}
2005/11	Ehattesaht	Coast	Zebellos	.649	70
2005/11	Lower Similkameen	Southern Interior	Keremeos	1.12	121
2005/10	Stellat'en	Northern Interior	Fraser Lake	.955	n/a
2005/10	Nadleh Whut'en	Northern Interior	Fort Fraser	.970	n/a
2005/09	Westbank ⁴	Southern Interior	Kelowna	1.50	90
2005/08	Comox	Coast	Comox	.684	41 ^{+ abt}
2005/07	Osoyoos	Southern Interior	Osoyoos	1.00	108
2005/06	Kaska Dena ^B-3	Northern Interior	Lower Post	1.97	n/a
2005/04	Chawathil	Coast	Hope	1.16	69
2005/04	Uchucklesaht	Coast	Port Alberni	.404	44
2005/04	Pacheedaht	Coast	Port Renfrew	.642	37 ^{+ abt}
2005/04	Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k:tles7et'h'	Coast	Kyuquot	1.20	130
2005/03	Katzie	Coast	Pitt Meadows	1.16	69
2005/03	Squamish ³	Coast	North Vancouver	1.65	99
2005/03	Yale	Coast	Hope	.348	21
2005/03	Ts'kw'aylaxw (aka Pavillion)	Southern Interior	Cache Creek	1.20	72
2005/03	Wewaikai (aka Cape Mudge) (May 2007 Amendment)	Coast	Quathiaski Cove	2.10	102 ^{+ abt}
2005/03	Siska	Southern Interior	Lytton	.714	75
2005/03	Kamloops	Southern Interior	Kamloops	2.52	273
2005/02	Upper Nicola ( Dec 2005 amendment)	Southern Interior	Merritt	2.06	218 ^{+ abt}
2005/02	Namgis	Coast	Alert Bay	3.80	410
2005/02	Lil'wat Nation (aka Mount Currie)	Coast	Mount Currie	4.54	291
2005/02	N'Quatqua	Coast	D'Arcy	.696	42
2005/02	Ditidaht (Dec 2006 Amendment)	Coast	Port Alberni	1.61	173
2004/12	Xwémalhkwu (aka Homalco) ( May 2006 Amendment)	Coast	Campbell River	1.06	79
2004/12	Little Shuswap	Southern Interior	Shuswap	.732	79
2004/11	Tsleil Waututh	Coast	North Vancouver	.965	58
2004/11	Cheslatta	Northern Interior	Burns Lake	.712	125
2004/10	Skin Tyee	Northern Interior	Burns Lake	.303	125
2004/10	Tseshaht	Coast	Port Alberni	2.18	236
2004/09	Seabird Island	Coast	Agassiz	1.79	108
2004/09	Kitkatla	Coast	Kitkatla	3.99	375
2004/09	Nee Tahi Buhn	Northern Interior	Burns Lake	.311	125
2004/07	Quatsino	Coast	Quatsino	.961	104
2004/07	Shishalh Nation (aka Sechelt)	Coast	Sechelt	2.70	181
2004/04	In-shuck-ch ^B-3	Coast	Mt. Currie	2.13	129
2004/04	Moricetown	Northern Interior	Moricetown	4.28	463
2004/04	Bonaparte	Southern Interior	Cache Creek	1.83	198
2004/04	Ch-ihl-kway-uhk ^B-8 ( June 2006 Amendment )	Coast	Chilliwack	3.78	227 ^{+ abt}
2004/04	Nazko	Southern Interior	Quesnel	.731	79
2004/04	Esketemc	Southern Interior	Williams Lake	1.77	191
2004/04	Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw	Coast	Port Hardy	1.73	188
2004/04	Kwicksutaineuk/Ah'Kwaw'Ah'Mish	Coast	Port Hardy	.624	68
2004/03	Burns Lake	Northern Interior	Burns Lake	.225	125
2004/03	Chehalis	Coast	Chilliwack	2.30	139
2004/03	Ucluelet	Coast	Ucluelet	1.52	91
2004/03	Yekooche	Northern Interior	Fort St James	.444	48
2004/02	Haisla	Northern Interior	Kitimaat	3.79	360
2004/02	Heiltsuk (Nov 2005 Amendment)	Coast	Bella Bella	5.17	485
2004/02	Kitasoo	Coast	Klemtu	1.20	115
2004/02	Wuikinuxv (Oweekeno)	Coast	Port Hardy	.625	60
2004/02	Cowichan Tribes	Coast	Duncan/Lake Cowichan	13.0 ²
2004/01	Kitselas/Kitsumkalum	Northern Interior	Terrace	2.79	300
2003/12	Metlakatla	Coast	Prince Rupert	1.73	210
2003/11	Saik'uz	Northern Interior	Vanderhoof	1.88	750
2003/10	Gitga'at	Coast	Hartley Bay	1.57	190
2003/10	Lax Kw'aalams	Coast	Port Simpson	6.85	650

¹ Revenue Sharing is over a 5 year period.
² Revenue Sharing is over a 6 year period.
³ Denotes Squamish FRA is over a 1 year period.
⁴ Denotes this agreement is a Westbank IM Agreement extension.
⁵ Denotes Takla FRO is over a 9 month period.
^B-# Denotes the number of bands participating in the Forest and Range Agreement.
^{+ abt} Denotes this agreement has an Area Based Tenure associated with it. The Woodlot volume is EXCLUDED from the Timber Volume value. Please refer to the Agreement for specifics.
^{incl abt} Denotes this agreement has an Area Based Tenure associated with it. The Woodlot volume is INCLUDED with the Timber Volume value. Please refer to the Agreement for specifics.

Direct Awards

In May 2002 an amendment to the Forest Act allowed the Minister of Forests to invite First Nations to apply for forest licenses without competition. The timber volume for these licenses comes from beetle-kill and fire-damaged timber as well as from unlogged timber from other forest licenses. The following is a link to the Ministry's Direct Award Policy.

Date Signed	First Nation	Region	Location	Total Timber Volume m3 (000)
2007/10	Skeetchestn	Southern Interior	Savona	130
2007/10	Adams Lake	Southern Interior	Chase	81
2007/09	Ulkatcho	Southern Interior	Anahim Lake	300
2007/09	Neskonlith	Southern Interior	Chase	66
2007/09	Xats'ull	Southern Interior	Williams Lake	300
2007/09	Canim Lake	Southern Interior	100 Mile House	115
2007/09	Esketemc	Southern Interior	Williams Lake	75
2007/07	Wuikinuxv	Coast	Port Hardy	200
2007/06	Skin Tyee	Northern Interior	Southbank	268
2007/11	Nee Tahi Buhn	Northern Interior	Burns Lake	276
2007/06	Kwadacha	Northern Interior	Prince George	360
2007/05	Lower Similkameen	Southern Interior	Keremeos	52
2007/05	Lower Similkameen	Southern Interior	Keremeos	24
2007/04	Splatsin	Southern Interior	Enderby	82
2007/04	Cheslatta Carrier Nation	Northern Interior	Burns Lake	796
2007/04	Upper Nicola	Southern Interior	Merritt	96
2007/03	Westbank	Southern Interior	Kelowna	142
2007/03	T'Sou-ke	Coast	Sooke	^{+ abt}
2007/03	Blueberry River	Northern Interior	Buick Creek	100
2007/03	Little Shuswap	Southern Interior	Chase	34
2007/03	Shuswap	Southern Interior	Kamloops	300
2007/02	Nazko First Nation	Southern Interior	Quesnel	625
2007/01	Upper Similkameen	Southern Interior	Keremeos	256
2006/12	Ashcroft ^3yr	Southern Interior	Ashcroft	20
2006/12	Ulkatcho	Southern Interior	Anahim Lake	250
2006/12	Burns Lake	Northern Interior	Burns Lake	208
2006/11