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December 8
BC Hydro Announces Successful Proposals in Phase One of Bioenergy Call for Power
VANCOUVER – BC Hydro has selected four proposals submitted in phase one of BC Hydro’s Bioenergy Call for Power.
November 12
Timber Supply Review Starts for Prince George TSA
VICTORIA – Today's release of an information report and technical data package signals the start of the fourth timber supply review for the Prince George timber supply area (TSA).
September 25
Province Launches Trees for Tomorrow
PENTICTON – Community organizations, First Nations and local governments are invited to apply to the Trees for Tomorrow program, a cost-sharing venture to plant millions of trees in the public areas of cities, towns, villages and regional districts throughout B.C. over the coming five years. The initiative includes a mountain pine beetle program stream that will see seedlings provided for urban areas affected by the epidemic.
August 1
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.
July 22
$600,000 Grant to Improve Local Roads in Clearwater
CLEARWATER – The Province is providing a $600,000 grant to help the District of Clearwater upgrade local roads impacted by the harvest of mountain pine beetle-attacked wood.
July 10
B.C. Investing in 100 Mile House Area Roads
100 MILE HOUSE – The Province is investing in the upgrade of 100 Mile House area roads and local roads impacted by the harvest of mountain pine beetle-attacked wood.
July 8
$1.05-Million Grant to Improve Local Roads in Houston
HOUSTON – The Province is providing a $1.05-million grant to help the District of Houston upgrade local roads impacted by the harvest of mountain pine beetle-attacked wood.
July 8
$300,000 Grant to Improve Local Roads in Burns Lake
BURNS LAKE – The Province is providing a $300,000 grant to help the Village of Burns Lake upgrade local roads impacted by the harvest of mountain pine beetle-attacked wood.
July 8
$400,000 Grant to Improve Local Roads in Telkwa
TELKWA – The Province is providing a $400,000 grant to help the Village of Telkwa upgrade local roads impacted by the harvest of mountain pine beetle-attacked wood.
July 7
$500,000 Grant to Improve Local Roads in Mackenzie
MACKENZIE – The Province is providing a $500,000 grant to help the District of Mackenzie upgrade local roads impacted by the harvest of mountain pine beetle-attacked wood.
July 7
Over $1 Million for Vanderhoof Area Roads and Airport
VANDERHOOF – The Province is providing grants to help the District of Vanderhoof upgrade local roads impacted by the harvest of mountain pine beetle-attacked wood, and to help light the Vanderhoof Airport.
July 7
$500,000 Grant to Improve Local Roads in Fort St. James
FORT ST. JAMES – The Province is providing a $500,000 grant to help the District of Fort St. James upgrade local roads impacted by the harvest of mountain pine beetle-attacked wood.
July 4
$1.1 Million to Improve Local Roads in McBride
MCBRIDE – The Province is providing a $1.1-million grant to help the Village of McBride upgrade local roads impacted by the harvest of mountain pine beetle infested wood.
July 4
$600,000 Grant to Improve Local Roads in Valemount
VALEMOUNT – The Province is providing a $600,000 grant to help the Village of Valemount upgrade local roads impacted by the harvest of mountain pine beetle infested wood.
June 4
Omineca Receives Funding for Pine Beetle Response Plans
VICTORIA – 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.
May 28
New Harvest Level Set For Kamloops Timber Supply Area
VICTORIA – The allowable annual cut for the Kamloops timber supply area will be decreased by about eight per cent to four million cubic metres, chief forester Jim Snetsinger announced today.
April 17
Market and Product Development for Pine Beetle Wood
Forestry Innovation Investment is directing over $1.2 million to research in 2008/09 to develop new markets and products from wood affected by the mountain pine beetle.
April 7
Allowable Annual Cut Set For Tree Farm Licence 14
VICTORIA – Effective immediately, the allowable annual cut for tree farm licence 14 will increase from 160,000 cubic metres to 180,000 cubic metres, deputy chief forester Craig Sutherland announced today. The tree farm licence has significant amounts of mature lodgepole pine, which is vulnerable to the mountain pine beetle.
March 31
$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.
March 20
Water Stewardship Funding Announced
A grant of $27,000 will go to the Chase Creek Community Association to complete a hydro-geomorphic risk assessment for the Chase Creek watershed near Chase to determine the risks posed by increased stream flows due to mountain pine beetle salvage activities.
March 6
Xeni Gwet'in Get $51,000 Grant to Improve Fish Passage
VICTORIA – A First Nation in a remote area southwest of Williams Lake will use a $51,000 provincial government grant to ensure that fish can pass through culverts where streams are crossed by roads. The funding comes from the Environment Ministry’s Mountain Pine Beetle Ecosystem Restoration program.
February 27
Sigurdson Bros. Gets Clean Audit
VICTORIA – A limited scope audit, in which harvesting, road activities and associated planning were examined, has found good forest practices by Sigurdson Bros. Logging Company Ltd., according to a Forest Practices Board report released today.
February 27
Yun Ka Whu'ten Holdings Ltd. Gets Good Audit Result
VICTORIA – A limited scope audit, in which harvesting, road activities and associated planning were examined, has found good forest practices by Yun Ka Whu’ten Holdings Ltd., according to a Forest Practices Board report released today.
February 20
Geoscience BC Applauds Commitment for Mineral Exploration
Geoscience BC commended the provincial government for its commitment of $6 million in new funding to support mineral exploration work in pine-beetle affected areas and $6 million for oil and gas exploration in B.C.'s frontier areas, which was announced in today's provincial budget.
February 6
BC Hydro to Advance Bioenergy Production to Utilize Wood Fibre
VANCOUVER – BC Hydro today released the first phase of its two-phase Bioenergy Call for Power with a request for proposals that will utilize forest-based biomass, including sawmill residues, logging debris and other residual wood for power production.
January 31
New Bioenergy Strategy Advances Innovation
VANCOUVER – The BC Bioenergy Strategy will create new opportunities for rural communities; spur new investment and innovation; and help British Columbia reach the goal of becoming electricity self-sufficient by 2016, Premier Gordon Campbell announced today.
January 31
Harvest Level Set for Morice Timber Supply Area
VICTORIA – Following an expedited timber supply review in response to the Morice timber supply area’s growing mountain pine beetle infestation, the new allowable annual cut for the Morice area will be 2.16 million cubic metres, effective Feb. 1, 2008.
January 21
New Green Community Energy System for Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE – The City of Prince George will build a new hot water community energy system thanks to more than $5.3 million from the Canada-B.C. Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund. This innovative project will utilize biomass, such as wood impacted by the mountain pine beetle infestation, to decrease electricity and heating fuel consumption of downtown facilities.
January 15
Roof Completion Marks Major Milestone for Richmond Oval
RICHMOND – A construction milestone for a major Olympic venue was marked today as the final section of the Richmond Oval’s massive roof was lifted into place. The roof includes 15 B.C.-manufactured glulam beams that are nearly 100 metres in length. The beams are linked by “wood wave” roof sections constructed from one million board feet of pine beetle-killed wood.
January 3
B.C. Government Funds Forest Habitat Study
WILLIAMS LAKE – The B.C. government is investing $70,000 to study techniques to increase habitat quality for forest-dependent species, Environment Minister Barry Penner announced today.
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