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June 4
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. 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. |
