Support for Regional Beetle Action Coalitions


April 15, 2011
$9 Million For Fight Against Mountain Pine Beetle
VICTORIA – The Province is continuing its fight against the mountain pine beetle epidemic with a $9-million infusion to help B.C.?s three beetle action coalitions continue their front-line battle.

December 4, 2009
Province Supports Cariboo-Chilcotin Communities
WILLIAMS LAKE – The Province is providing the Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition with $350,000 to continue its work on a strategy to meet the challenges posed by the mountain pine beetle epidemic.

December 4, 2009
Province Supports Omineca Communities
PRINCE GEORGE – The Province is providing the Omineca Beetle Action Coalition with an additional $100,000 to continue work on a strategy to meet the challenges posed by the mountain pine beetle epidemic.

December 4, 2009
Province Supports Southern Interior Communities
KAMLOOPS – The Province is providing the Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition with $450,000 to begin implementation of its  strategy to meet the challenges posed by the mountain pine beetle epidemic.

August 1, 2008
B.C. Funds Cariboo-Chilcotin Social Development Position
VICTORIA – The Province of British Columbia will immediately provide $75,000 to the Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition to hire a social development coordinator.

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 Cariboo – Prince 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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