WORK BEGINS ON RICHMOND OVAL'S MASSIVE WOOD ROOF
July 6, 2007 – Forests and Range Minister Rich Coleman speaks at the roof construction ceremony at the Richmond Oval, home of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games speed skating events. The building will be the first in the world to feature a wood wave design roof and will use more than one million board feet of beetle-wood from B.C. forests. [Read more] [More photos]
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HOUSTON OFFERED COMMUNITY FOREST OPPORTUNITY
HOUSTON – The Province has offered the District of Houston a five-year probationary community forest agreement, Dennis MacKAY, MLA for Bulkley Valley-Stikine, announced on behalf of Forests and Range Minister Rich Coleman.
PROVINCIAL FIRE CONTROL ROOM MOVING TO KAMLOOPS
KAMLOOPS – The provincial fire control room, which co-ordinates forest fire control for the entire province, will be moving from Victoria to Kamloops in time for the 2010 fire season, announced Premier Gordon Campbell.
ALLOWABLE ANNUAL CUT SET FOR TREE FARM LICENCE 25
VICTORIA – The new allowable annual cut for tree farm licence 25 will be 529,500 cubic metres, effective Feb. 1, 2008, deputy chief forester Craig Sutherland announced.
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.
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.
Building a strong and diverse forest sector through revitalization, while maintaining high environmental standards, will help ensure long-term jobs and economic benefits.
