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December 14
Adams Lake Secures Access to Crown Timber
CHASE – The Adams Lake Indian Band will receive $1.7 million and access
to more than 273,000 cubic metres of timber through two forestry
agreements reached with the Province, Forests and Range Minister Rich
Coleman announced today.
December 5
Beetle Timber Exports to Assist with Reforestation
VICTORIA – The government is permitting limited pine log exports to help
increase the harvest of mountain pine beetle damaged trees and speed up
reforestation efforts in the north, Forests and Range Minister Rich
Coleman announced today.
November 28
Skeetchestn Indian Band Helps Harvest Beetle Wood
VICTORIA – More than 102,000 cubic metres of mountain pine beetle wood
will be salvaged through a forestry agreement reached with the
Skeetchestn Indian Band, Forests and Range Minister Rich Coleman
announced today.
November 17
New Salvage Licence Piloted in Interior Regions
VICTORIA – A new intermediate salvage licence is being tested by the
Ministry of Forests and Range to help recover optimum value from
mountain pine beetle timber in the northern and southern Interior,
Forests and Range Minister Rich Coleman announced today.
October 18
First Nations Receive Funding for Pine Beetle Response
VICTORIA – The Province has provided the First Nations Forestry Council
with $8.4 million to help deal with mountain pine beetle impacts,
Forests and Range Minister Rich Coleman announced today while officially
opening the First Nations Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative Office near
Prince George.
October 18
Lheidli T'enneh Secures Access to Beetle Wood
PRINCE GEORGE – The Lheidli T’enneh First Nation will receive $914,000
and access to more than 1.2 million cubic metres of timber through a
five-year agreement reached with the Province, Forests and Range
Minister Rich Coleman announced today while helping open the First
Nations’ Mountain Pine Beetle Office in Shelley.
October 16
$2.5 Million Funding to Research Pine Beetle Infested Trees
PRINCE GEORGE – The provincial government is providing the University of
Northern British Columbia with $2.5 million to establish a world-leading
wood and fibre multi-site research laboratory to find further uses for
trees infested by the mountain pine beetle.
October 11
Science to Assist with Beetle Response
VICTORIA – The Province is investing $1.5 million in mountain pine
beetle research aimed at protecting the forest economy and environment
that Interior communities rely on, Forests and Range Minister Rich
Coleman announced today.
September 15
Beetle-Wood Forest Licence Signed
QUESNEL – The B.C. government and Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. signed a
forest licence agreement to salvage up to 10.5 million cubic metres of
mountain pine beetle-attacked timber for oriented strand board
production.
September 13
Beetle Plan Guides Forests, Communities into Future
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s updated mountain pine beetle action plan,
backed by close to
$500 million, hints at what the Interior could look like decades from
now, with a more diversified forest industry, new adventure tourism
businesses, and increased mining and oil and gas activity.
September 13
B.C. Taking Action on Pine Beetle
The Mountain Pine Beetle Action Plan provides a framework for government
in dealing with the impacts of the infestation, and ensuring
sustainability for forests, communities, and the provincial economy. The
action plan, first introduced in 2001, is updated regularly.
September 8
Canoe Creek and Canim Lake Secure Crown Timber
VICTORIA – The Province has signed forestry agreements with the Canoe
Creek and Canim Lake Indian Bands that will strengthen their existing
harvesting businesses and help manage the mountain pine beetle
infestation, Forests and Range Minister Rich Coleman announced today.
September 6
Forest Agreement to Aid in Beetle,
Fire Management
PRINCE GEORGE – A community forest agreement to be issued by the
Province will help the City of Prince George better manage the impacts
of the mountain pine beetle and the risk of interface fire, Forests and
Range Minister Rich Coleman announced.
September 6
100 Mile House Harvest Increased
VICTORIA – Effective today, the allowable annual cut for the 100
Mile House timber supply area will increase to two million cubic metres
in response to the mountain pine beetle epidemic, chief forester Jim
Snetsinger announced.
August 1
McLeod Lake Band Secures Crown Timber Access
PRINCE GEORGE – The McLeod Lake Indian Band has reached a five-year
agreement with the Province that will create new forestry opportunities
in the Northern Interior and help combat the mountain pine beetle
infestation, Forests and Range Minister Rich Coleman announced today.
July 24
$29.7 Million for Cariboo Road Improvements |
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VICTORIA – Provincial roads and highways in the Cariboo are being
upgraded as part of the $29.7 million that is being invested in local
transportation projects this year. Included in the list of projects are
infrastructure improvements to local roads affected by the increasing
number of logging trucks carrying pine beetle-killed wood.
July 20
Comments Invited on Williams Lake Timber Supply Review
VICTORIA – The Ministry of Forests and Range is inviting public comment
as part of a review of the Williams Lake timber supply area. Responses
submitted by September 18, 2006 will be considered by the chief forester
to determine a new allowable annual cut later this fall. The review is
necessary because the mountain pine beetle continues to affect the
amount of timber available for harvest.
July 15
Richmond Oval Roof to Showcase B.C. Wood
RICHMOND – One of the 2010 Olympics’ most prominent buildings will
feature an innovative design made from B.C. wood. Lumber used for the
Oval roof will include a significant proportion of pine beetle wood.
July 14
Kamloops Indian Band Signs Beetle Agreement
KAMLOOPS – The Kamloops Indian Band has secured a three-year forestry
agreement that will aid the Province in fighting the mountain pine
beetle while helping the Kamloops Band fulfil its long-range economic
development goals, Premier Gordon Campbell announced today.
July 11
Little Shuswap Assists with Beetle Battle
VICTORIA – The Little Shuswap Indian Band has secured a three-year
agreement that will create new economic opportunities for the band while
helping the Province fight the mountain pine beetle, Forests and Range
Minister Rich Coleman announced today.
June 28
Market Pricing System Launched in Interior
VICTORIA – A new market-based timber pricing system that reflects local
timber values will be in use in the Interior, effective July 1, Forests
and Range Minister Rich Coleman announced today.
June 23
Experimental Burn Planned for Carrott Lake Area
PRINCE GEORGE – An experiment to test how fire behaves in forests killed
by the mountain pine beetle is to be conducted in the Carrott Lake area,
about 100 kilometres southwest of Vanderhoof.
June 1
Province Upgrades Forest Roads as Part of War on Beetle
PRINCE GEORGE – As part of the Mountain Pine Beetle Action Plan, the
Province is spending $20.7 million to upgrade and maintain forest
service roads in the Northern and Southern Interior Forest Regions,
Forests and Range Minister Rich Coleman announced today.
May 31
B.C. Develops Bioenergy Strategy to Include Beetle Wood
VICTORIA – The Province is developing a bioenergy strategy to promote
new sources of sustainable and renewable energy, and to take advantage
of pine beetle-attacked timber.
May 26
B.C. and Alberta Work Together to Limit Beetle Spread
VICTORIA – British Columbia and Alberta have surveyed and mapped 4.1
million hectares of forests and removed more than 45,000 infested trees
this winter in a joint effort to prevent the mountain pine beetle from
spreading across the B.C.-Alberta border.
April 29
Province Helps School Boards Fight Pine Beetle
PRINCE GEORGE – The Province will provide school boards with $1 million
to help offset the costs of removing trees on school grounds affected by
the mountain pine beetle, Education Minister Shirley Bond announced
today.
April 7
Comments Invited on 100 Mile House Harvest Options
VICTORIA – The Ministry of Forests and Range is inviting public comments
until June 7 as part of an urgent timber supply review for the 100 Mile
House timber supply area in response to the expanding impact of the
mountain pine beetle infestation.
April 6
New Pricing System, New Investments Bolster Forestry
KELOWNA – Premier Gordon Campbell today announced new measures to
support B.C.’s forest industry including $10.5 million to promote forest
products and pine beetle wood in international markets, and a new
market-based timber pricing system for the Interior.
April 6
Western Pine Beetle Project to Protect Healthy Trees
VICTORIA – BC Parks is authorizing the removal of approximately 1,400
yellow (Ponderosa) pine trees infested with the western pine beetle in
Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park to reduce the spread of the beetle onto
adjacent lands near and within the City of Kelowna.
March 21
New Interior Log Grades to be Introduced
VICTORIA – Effective April 1, 2006, the Ministry of Forests and Range
will introduce new log grades for the Interior to better reflect the
quality of timber affected by the mountain pine beetle.
March 9
Annual Harvest Increased for TFL 18 near Clearwater
VICTORIA – Effective immediately, the allowable annual cut for Tree Farm
Licence 18 west of Clearwater will increase by approximately 63 per cent
to 290,000 cubic metres a year, Deputy Chief Forester Henry Benskin said
today.
March 6
Lhoosk'uz Dene Sign Timber Access Agreeements
VICTORIA – The Lhoosk’uz Dene (Kluskus) Nation has negotiated two
forestry agreements that provide access to up to 548,000 cubic metres of
timber and $445,000, Forests and Range Minister Rich Coleman announced
today.
March 6
Red Bluff Band Secures Access to Crown Timber
VICTORIA – The Red Bluff Band has signed two forestry agreements that
provide $325,000 and access to up to 285,000 cubic metres of timber,
Forests and Range Minister Rich Coleman announced today.
February 24
$90-Million New Investment for Roads Affected by Beetle Wood
PRINCE GEORGE – The Ministry of Transportation is investing $30 million
a year in new money for the next three years for the rehabilitation of
Interior roads affected by the increasing number of logging trucks
carrying pine beetle kill wood, Minister Kevin Falcon announced today.
February 3
Province Gives $1.4 Million for UBC Wood Research Chair
VANCOUVER – As part of its plan to tackle the mountain pine beetle
epidemic and find new uses for beetle-affected timber, the Province is
contributing $1.4 million towards a Chair in Wood Building Design and
Construction at the University of British Columbia.
January 13
Tree Removals Will Protect Public Safety
KAMLOOPS – In response to the provincial mountain pine beetle epidemic,
beetle-attacked lodgepole pine trees in Lac le Jeune Provincial Park
will be removed from park areas to help protect public safety.
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