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.
A feasibility study into the commercial potential of over 160 non-timber, wild-harvested products like mushrooms, berries, roots, seeds, plants, and tree barks unexpectedly evolved into something far more profound for the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) recently.
The head of forest operations with the Osoyoos Indian Band’s Nk’Mip Forestry and West Boundary Community Forest, Peter Flett, RPF, has been honoured for an article he wrote for the BC Forest Professional Magazine (FPBC).
