By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — B.C. Premier David Eby said further progress had been made on a 2023 agreement between northeast B.C. First Nations in a speech at the B.C. Natural Resources Forum. The 2023 Consensus Document, signed by the province and four Treaty 8 First Nations – Doig River First Nation (DRFN), Fort Nelson First Nation (FNFN), Halfway River First Nation (HRFN) and Saulteau First Nations (SFN) – outlined a plan for land and resource planning, according to a government press release. This included a shared management of wildlife, land-use and protective measures, natural resource landscape planning and restoration initiatives, a fund to help heal the land, a revenue-sharing approach to support Treaty 8 Nation communities and education about Treaty 8 through…
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