The Government of B.C. is taking the first step toward ensuring that more B.C. logs are processed in B.C., creating jobs for British Columbians by applying a new, targeted fee-in-lieu of manufacturing for exported logs harvested from a coastal BC Timber Sales licence.

The BC Wildfire Service plans to conduct a 39-hectare prescribed burn in the Date Creek area, about 26 kilometres northwest of the Village of Kispiox, to prepare the site for replanting and help reduce wildfire risks.

BC Timber Sales (BCTS) was established in 2003 to manage harvesting and reforestation on a significant portion of British Columbia’s provincial forest, providing benchmark costs and prices for provincial public timber harvesting in British Columbia.

Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development; Chief Joe Alphonse, Tribal Chairman, Tŝilhqot’in National Government; and Scott Fraser, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, have commented on the first roundtable discussion on efforts to protect moose in the Cariboo Chilcotin:

BC Timber Sales and the BC Wildfire Service are planning to conduct a 50-hectare prescribed burn about 75 kilometres east of Prince George and about seven kilometres north of the Fraser River.

BC Timber Sales and the BC Wildfire Service are planning to conduct a 15-hectare prescribed burn in the Clemina Creek area, about 30 kilometres south of Valemount and about 60 kilometres north of Blue River.

BC Timber Sales (BCTS) is a supporter of National Forest Week, which takes place from Sept. 23-29 this year.