By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca FORT NELSON, B.C. — A joint operation by First Nations and the Northern Rockies community gave an update regarding salvageable lumber within the northeast. The Fort Nelson First Nation (FNFN) and Northern Rockies Regional Municipality (NRRM) Community Forest is a joint entity to assist manufacturing companies in the Fort Nelson area, according to its general manager Percy Wright. Wright added it is a 50-50 partnership between both parties. “They received a licence from the provincial government to harvest,” Wright told Energeticcity.ca. “Between the spruce and aspen trees, I believe it was 185,000 cubic metres per year.” Being a community forest with a volume-based licence, it means the company is not allowed to harvest lumber outside a specific area. During the winter of…
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