Support for Regional Beetle Action Coalitions


June 4, 2008
Omineca Receives Funding for Pine Beetle Response Plans
The Province is providing the Omineca Beetle Action Coalition with $870,000 to continue planning that will sustain mountain pine beetle-impacted communities into the future.

March 31, 2008
$250,000 to Help Finalize Regional Pine Beetle Plan
VICTORIA – The Province has granted an additional $250,000 to the Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition to finalize a regionally developed plan for sustaining beetle-impacted communities and First Nations into the future, Forests and Range Minister Rich Coleman announced.

July 25, 2007
$800,000 to Southern Interior for Pine Beetle Planning
MERRITT – The Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition has received $800,000 to help it assess the impact of the mountain pine beetle in the region and plan its response.

April 12, 2007
Omineca Region Receives Beetle Funding
VICTORIA – Communities in the Omineca region will benefit from another $900,000 to help address the economic impacts of the mountain pine beetle infestation.

April 5, 2007
Southern Beetle Coalition Receives Start-Up Funding
MERRITT – The Province and the Government of Canada are providing $50,000 to help establish a group that will lead community-based planning to mitigate the economic impact of mountain pine beetle in the southern Interior.

March 22, 2007
Cariboo-Chilcotin Receives Beetle Funding
VICTORIA Communities in the Cariboo-Chilcotin will benefit from another $900,000 to help address the economic impacts of the mountain pine beetle infestation, Forests and Range Minister Rich Coleman and Dick Harris, Member of Parliament for CaribooPrince George, announced today.

September 16, 2005
Funding Helps Omineca Communities With Beetle Impacts
PRINCE GEORGE – An $800,000 grant to the Omineca Beetle Action Coalition, to reduce economic impacts of the mountain pine beetle in the north central Interior, was announced today by Prince George-Omineca MLA John Rustad and Forests and Range Minister Rich Coleman.

April 8, 2005
Grant Will Help Cariboo-Chilcotin Cope With Beetle
100 MILE HOUSE – The provincial government is granting $800,000 to the Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition to help southern interior B.C. communities prepare and recover from mountain pine beetle impacts.

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