VICTORIA SEEK PINE-BEETLE REFORESTATION PARTNERS

Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 4:01 PM

Greg Fry Williams Lake

Victoria is looking for pine-beetle reforestation partners.

Private investors are being offered a chance to create forestry jobs, reduce their carbon footprint and fight global warming under a new silviculture partnership.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has issued a request for proposals from parties interested in replanting Crown Land damaged by wildfires, pine beetle and other factors.

Liberal MLA for the Cariboo-Chilcotin Donna Barnett: “it is a good news story. The Ministry is targeting between 500 and 2,000 hectares of crown land and plans to increase to over 10,000 hectares by 2015.”

Barnett says interested parties can learn more on the government website. According to Victoria the idea is projected to create 12 silviculture jobs and up to 100 forestry jobs long term. 

 

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