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)
2009/03	Takla Lake	Norhern Interior	Prince George	1.52	n/a
2009/03	Shackan	Southern Interior	Merrit	.28	30
2009/03	Hupacasath	Coast	Port Alberni	.57	n/a
2009/03	Tsilhqot'In Nation ^B-6 (May 2009 Amendment)	Southern Interior	Williams Lake	7.7	844
2009/03	Tsay Key Dene Band	Northern Interior	Prince George	.33⁷	9
2009/03	Penticton	Southern Interior	Penticton	2.2	236
2008/10	Mowachaht_Muchalaht	Coast	Gold River	1.29	77
2008/10	Nicoman	Southern Interior	Lytton	.271	29
2008/10	Okanagan	Southern Interior	Vernon	4.14	n/a
2008/08	Gwawaenuk	Coast	Port McNeill	.088	30
2008/09	Williams Lake	Southern Interior	Williams Lake	1.195	130
2008/08	Popkum	Coast	Chilliwack	.075	n/a
2008/07	Ditidaht	Coast	Port Alberni	1.61	173
2008/07	Cook's Ferry	Southern Interior	Spences Bridge	.701	117
2008/01	Matsqui	Coast	Matsqui	.526	32
2008/01	Tsawataineuk ( March 2008 Amendment )	Coast	Campbell River	1.225	73 ^{incl abt}
2008/02	Klahoose	Coast	Campbell River	.714	50
2008/02	Coldwater	Southern Interior	Merritt	1.794	207
2008/03	Nooaitch	Southern Interior	Merritt	.466	50
2008/03	Tlazten	Northern Interior	Fort St James	3.56	TBD
2008/04	Haida	Coast	Massett	9.49	n/a
2008/04	Ahousaht	Coast	Tofino	4.34	n/a
2008/04	Peters	Coast	Chilliwack	.295	18
2008/04	Lower Nicola	Southern Interior	Merritt	2.37	257
2007/10	Neskonlith	Southern Interior	Chase	1.4	152 ^{incl abt}
2007/07	Hesquiaht	Coast	Tofino	1.7	n/a
2007/07	T'it'q'et (aka Lillooet)	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 (aka North Thompson)	Southern Interior	Barriere	1.48	160
2007/02	Nuxalk	Coast	Bella Coola	3.31	311
2007/01	Upper Similkameen	Southern Interior	Keremeos	.135	32^{incl abt}
2006/12	Xaxli'p ( June 2006 Amendment )	Southern Interior	Lillooet	2.57	128 ^{incl abt}
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	99
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	.914	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 (Dec 2008 Amendment)	Southern Interior	100 Mile House	1.36	150
2006/07	Squamish	Coast	North Vancouver	8.23	593
2006/07	Skeetchetsn	Southern Interior	Savona	1.16	125
2006/07	Shuswap	Southern Interior	Invermere	.554	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 ^{incl abt}
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 (aka Spallumcheen)	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	Prince George	.303	n/a
2006/04	Sliammon	Coast	Powell River	2.71	190 ^{+ 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 (Dec 2007 Amendment)	Coast	Zeballos	.333	48
2005/12	Tlowitsis	Coast	Campbell River	.855	51
2005/12	Lower Kootenay (agreement became void as a result of KNC agreement signed 2005/12)	Southern Interior	Creston	included within KNC agreement	included within KNC agreement
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	2.06	300⁶
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 ( Dec 2008 amendment)	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 (agreement replaced by July 2008 FRO see above)	Coast	Port Alberni	see July 2008 FRO	see July 2008 FRO
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 (May 2008 Amendment)	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 (May 2008 Amendment)	Coast	Quatsino	.961	58 ^{+ abt}
2004/07	Shishalh Nation (aka Sechelt)	Coast	Sechelt	2.70	181
2004/04	In-shuck-ch ^B-3 (April 2009 Amendment)	Coast	Mt. Currie	2.45	129
2004/04	Moricetown (April 2009 Amendment)	Northern Interior	Moricetown	4.92	463
2004/04	Bonapart ( April 2009 Amendment )	Southern Interior	Cache Creek	2.1	198
2004/04	Ch-ihl-kway-uhk ^B-8 ( June 2006 Amendment )	Coast	Chilliwack	3.78	227 ^{+ abt}
2004/04	Nazko (April 2009 Amendment)	Southern Interior	Quesnel	.831	79
2004/04	Esketemc (April 2009 Amendment)	Southern Interior	Williams Lake	2.04	191
2004/04	Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw	Coast	Port Hardy	1.73	188
2004/04	Kwicksutaineuk/Ah'Kwaw'Ah'Mish (April 2009 Amendment)	Coast	Port Hardy	.748	68
2004/03	Burns Lake (2009 Amendment1)	Northern Interior	Burns Lake	.236	74⁶
2004/03	Chehalis (April 2009 Amendment)	Coast	Chilliwack	2.76	139
2004/03	Ucluelet (April 2009 Amendment)	Coast	Ucluelet	1.82	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) (April 2009 Amendment)	Coast	Bella Bella	6.2	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 (April 2009 Amendment)	Northern Interior	Terrace	3.35	300
2003/12	Metlakatla (Oct 2008 Amendment)	Coast	Prince Rupert	1.81	210
2003/11	Saik'uz	Northern Interior	Vanderhoof	1.88	526⁶
2003/10	Gitga'at (Oct 2008 Amendment) (April 2009 Amendment)	Coast	Hartley Bay	1.96	290
2003/10	Lax Kw'aalams (Oct 2008 Amendment)	Coast	Port Simpson	7.19	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.
⁵Denotes Takla FRO is over a 9 month period.
⁶Reflects only the additional volume authorized under this agreement (i.e. excludes Direct Award agreement volume).
⁷Denotes Tsey Keh Dene FRO is over a 2 year 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)
2009/05	Ktunaxa Nation^5yr	Southern Interior		100
2009/05	Nicomen ^5yr	Southern Interior	Lytton	20
2009/01	Lower Nicola ^5yr	Southern Interior	Merrit	35
2009/01	Wispering Pines/High Bar/Little Shuswap/Shuswap^15yr	Southern Interior	Kamloops	3000
2009/01	Cook's Ferry^5yr	Southern Interior	Merrit	39
2009/01	Lower Similkameen ^5yr	Southern Interior	Keremeos	30
2008/10	Kwicksutaineuk/Ah-kwa-mish	Coast	Alert Bay	4
2008/11	Mowachaht/Muchalaht	Coast	Gold River	200
2008/10	Snaw-naw-as	Coast	Lantzville	15
2008/10	Malahat	Coast	Mill Bay	15
2008/05	Lower Nicola ^5yr	Southern Interior	Merrit	378
2008/11	Lower Similkameen ^3yr	Southern Interior	Keremeos	56
2008/10	Tl'etinqox-t'in (Anaham)^10yr	Southern Interior	Williams Lake	2490
2008/09	Williams Lake	Southern Interior	Williams Lake	300
2008/05	Canoe Creek	Southern Interior	100 Mile House	390
2008/05	Xats'ull (aka Soda Creek)	Southern Interior	Williams Lake	150
2008/02	Esketemc	Southern Interior	Williams Lake	740
2008/03	Canoe Creek	Southern Interior	100 Mile House	175
2008/01	Bonaparte	Southern Interior	100 Mile House	250
2008/01	Osoyoos	Southern Interior	Osoyoos	47
2007/10	Adams Lake	Southern Interior	Chase	81
2008/01	Tsawataineuk	Coast	Port McNeill	132
2007/11	Whispering Pines/Clinton	Southern Interior	100 Mile House	75
2007/10	Skeetchestn	Southern Interior	Savona	130
2007/09	Ulkatcho	Southern Interior	Anahim Lake	300
2007/09	Neskonlith	Southern Interior	Chase	66
2007/09	Xats'ull (aka Soda Creek)	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	277
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 (aka Spallumcheen)	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 (Oct 2008 Amendment)	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	500
2006/12	Burns Lake (Sept 2008 Amendment)	Northern Interior	Burns Lake	208
2006/11	Adams Lake	Southern Interior	Chase	86
2006/11	Splatsin (aka Spallumcheen)	Southern Interior	Enderby	87
2006/10	Skeetchsetn ^3yr	Southern Interior	Savona	102
2006/08	McLeod Lake	Northern Interior	McLeod Lake	875
2006/07	Kamloops ^3yr	Southern Interior	Kamloops	124
2006/06	Bonaparte ^3yr	Southern Interior	Cache Creek	100
2006/05	Tlowitsis ^2yr	Coast	Campbell River	41
2006/02	Simpcw (aka North Thompson) ^3yr	Southern Interior	Barriere	200
2006/02	Little Shuswap ^3yr	Southern Interior	Chase	36
2006/02	Red Bluff	Southern Interior	Quesnel	250
2006/02	Lhoosk'uz Dene	Southern Interior	Quesnel	500
2005/12	Kaska Dena	Northern Interior	Lower Post	0
2005/11	Ehattesaht	Coast	Zebellos	119
2005/06	Esketemc	Southern Interior	Williams Lake	107
2004/12	North Thompson (aka Simpcw)	Southern Interior	Barriere	300
2004/06	Squamish Nation	Coast	Squamish	up to 18 ^{+ abt}
2004/04	Sliammon	Coast	Powell River	110³
2004/03	Okanagan ( Silver Star Park Tree Removal)	Southern Interior	Vernon	35
2004/03	Nadleh Whut'en	Northern Interior	Fraser Lake	750
2004/01	Kitselas/Kitsumkalum	Northern Interior	Terrace	500
2003/12	KNC ^B-4 December 2006 Amendment	Southern Interior	Cranbrook	271
2003/12	Westbank First Nation	Southern Interior	Kelowna	100
2003/12	Spallumcheen (aka Splatsin)	Southern Interior	Enderby	80
2003/11	Northern Nlaka'Paumux Nation Tribal Council	Southern Interior	Lytton	100
2003/11	Okanagan Indian Band	Southern Interior	Vernon	100
2003/11	Shuswap Nation Tribal Council and Little Shuswap Indian Band ^B-8	Southern Interior	Kamloops	1035
2003/09	Skidegate	Coast	Skidegate	10
2003/08	Stellat'en	Northern Interior	Fraser Lake	450²
2003/08	Burns Lake Indian Band (replaced by March 2004 FRA see above)	Northern Interior	Burns Lake	75²
2003/08	Wet'suwet'en	Northern Interior	Burns Lake	75
2003/05	Toquaht	Coast	Barkley Sound	162
2003/05	Office of the Wet'suwet'en	Northern Interior	Smithers	500
2003/04	Ktunaxa Kinbasket Tribal Council ^B-5	Southern Interior	Cranbrook	^{+ abt}
2003/03	Lheidli Tenneh	Northern Interior	Prince George	150 ^{incl abt}
2003/03	Saik'uz (replaced by Nov 2003 FRA see above)	Northern Interior	Vanderhoof	450²
2003/01	Huu-ay-aht and Uchucklesaht	Coast	Port Alberni	265
2003/01	Ditidaht and Pacheedaht	Coast	Port Alberni	300
2002/11	Westbank¹	Southern Interior	Kelowna	7.5
2002/09	Westbank	Southern Interior	Kelowna	275 ^{incl abt}

^B-# Denotes the number of bands participating in the Direct Award Agreement.
^{+ abt} Denotes this agreement has an Area Based Tenure associated with it. Please refer to the FRA for specifics.
^#-yr Denotes Mtn Pine Beetle Agreement is over a # year period.
¹ Not a Direct Award Agreement. Direct award of forest licence (over one year) to further September 2002 Direct Award Agreement, pursuant to section 47.3 of the Forest Act.
² Reflects volume from this agreement. Additionial volumes became available through subsequent agreeements.
³ Maximum volume amended as a result of Sliammon First Nations Interim Measures Agreement dated April 11, 2006.