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By Aaron Hemens, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews Osoyoos Indian Band is working to revitalize forests in its territories that have been ravaged by wildfires \u2014 turning them into fire-resistent zones full of biodiversity, wildlife and medicinal plants for its members. The band-owned Nk\u2019Mip Forestry is planning to revive two woodlands located above the First Nation\u2019s reservation in the highlands between Oliver and Mount Baldy \u2014 making up just over 40 hectares combined. The forest tenure where the project is located is approximately 50,000 hectares in size, and is co-managed between the Osoyoos Indian Band and Gorman Bros. The two forests \u2014 a drier douglas fir ecosystem with ponderosa pine, and a montane spruce ecosystem dominated by dense lodgepole pile further up the hill \u2014 were both impacted by the… <\/p>\n

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By Aaron Hemens, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews Osoyoos Indian Band is working to revitalize forests in its territories that have been ravaged by wildfires \u2014 turning them into fire-resistent zones full of biodiversity, wildlife and medicinal plants for its members. The band-owned Nk\u2019Mip Forestry is planning to revive two woodlands located above the First Nation\u2019s reservation in the highlands between Oliver and Mount Baldy \u2014 making up just over 40 hectares combined. The forest tenure where the project is located is approximately 50,000 hectares in size, and is co-managed between the Osoyoos Indian Band and Gorman Bros. The two forests \u2014 a drier douglas fir ecosystem with ponderosa pine, and a montane spruce ecosystem dominated by dense lodgepole pile further up the hill \u2014 were both impacted by the... <\/p>\n

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