West Kelowna family-owned forestry company – Gorman Group – has completed a $120 million deal to transfer harvesting tenures from Seattle-based Weyerhaeuser, with the move continuing the strategic partnership with the Osoyoos Indian Band’s Nk’Mip Forestry division.
The B.C. Wildlife Federation (BCWF) is calling for a science-based return to restricted backcountry access to fire-damaged forests, saying the post-fire road closures announced by the Ministry of Forests have “devolved into chaos.”
Christmas trees are forecast to be more expensive and in shorter supply, in much of Canada, this year after B.C.’s heat bubble and record rainfall wreaked havoc in mid-Nov.
