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Three way partnership extends wood industry in Quesnel AUTUMN MacDONALD Observer Reporter An innovative partnership has secured a further five years of fiber. Tolko, Nazko First Nations and Pacific Bio Energy (PBEC’S) announced their partnership Friday with a progressive partnership for the Gold Pan’s timber supply area. The agreement provides an additional log supply for Tolko’s Questwood
sawmill, harvesting work for Nazko Logging and additional fiber for PBEC’s wood manufacturing plant in Prince George. The timber comes from PBEC’s mountain pine beetle salvage license in the Quesnel timber supply area. “This agreement provides our Questwood sawmill with additional supply for at least five years,” Tolko manager of external and stakeholder relations
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Tom Hoffman said. “The agreement also allows Tolko to invest in a new biomass processing facility. We will be able to convert lowvalue mountain pine beetle-killed logs into pulp chips and biomass fibre for use at facilities in this area. “Tolko would like to thank both Minister Coralee Oakes and Mayor Mayor Sjostrom for their hard-work and
support to make this innovative partnership agreement a reality.” The agreement provides certainty to Nazko as well as their community works to mitigate the aftermath of the pine beetle. “Our logging company is the biggest employer in our community,” Nazko economic development CEO Gerry Powell said. “The mountain pine beetle has ravaged most of the pine forest in our tra-
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ditional territory and we now have an opportunity to salvage the beetle-killed fibre, deliver logs to the Questwood mill for production and use the lowvalue wood in Tolko’s new biomass processing facility. “This agreement highlights the benefits when three different businesses work together to achieve a positive outcome.” PBEC vice-president Brad Bennett also spoke to the
partnership, highlighting the “cooperation and collaboration that others in the forest industry can learn from.” “We’re pleased this agreement sees continued involvement of the Nazko First Nation in the region’s forest industry and additional log supply to help keep the Queswood mill operating,” he said. “This agreement generates on-going economic benefits for Quesnel.”
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