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New sawmill on the horizon By Flavio Nienow Black Press
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Anna and Jenna enjoy a hot chocolate after sledding with friends at Rock Nest Ranch during the holiday season. Families enjoyed outdoor activities a lot over the holidays, hitting the ski trails, snowshoeing, sledding and building snowmen and forts. For more photos of winter fun see page 8.
The Cheslatta Carrier Nation, located on the south shore of Francois Lake, has issued a request for proposal to interested parties for the construction and operation of a sawmill in the Burns Lake area. Mike Robertson, Cheslatta Carrier Nation’s senior advisor, said Cheslatta “are looking at some options” for their industrial site at Ootsa Lake (the old Cheslatta Forest Products site). The request for proposal states that “Cheslatta are seeking an experienced partner who will bring sawmill construction and operational expertise, product marketing excellence, and additional capital.” The request also states that Cheslatta Carrier Nation have “significant sustainable green timber holdings,
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Cheslatta “seeking an experienced partner who will bring sawmill construction and operational expertise.”
previous sawmilling experience and capital including financial and other assets such as industrial lands.” Robertson chose not to give any details about the project before the new year. “We don’t have anything firm yet,” said Robertson. “I can say that it won’t be a primary sawmill.”
Home owners urged to deal with beetle-infected trees By Monica LambYorski Black Press
Since the wildfires of 2009 and 2010, the Douglas-fir beetle has been hard at work killing trees in the Cariboo-Chilcotin, according to Cariboo Region forest entomologist Jodi
Axelson. “The ecology of this beetle is that fires will fire-up the population,” Axelson said. “A lot of that increase is now quite visible. When you look around the valley, down the Highway 97 corridor, or on the golf course you will see a lot of red trees.”
When large wildfires occur, often a number of trees on the outskirts of the burnt area are damaged, scarred and weakened. “Those are exactly the kind of trees, when the populations are low, that the beetles will go to,” Axelson said. “If you get enough of these damaged trees on
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the landscape, over a number of years you’ll see the population build because there’s so much available host to them.” Axelson said signs of infested trees can be discoloured foliage, with needles turning yellow, bright pink-red and then a dark rust. “A Douglas-fir tree
that is experiencing a current attack may maintain a green, healthy-looking crown for many months, but it’s important to understand that live beetles emerge the following year and infest nearby trees.” If people see a pale green, yellow, red, brown or grey
Douglas-fir tree on or near their property, they are asked to check the surrounding trees to determine if they have also been infested with Douglas-fir beetles. To raise public awareness about the Douglas-fir beetle, Axelson has created a four-page brochure
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for landowners to help mitigate the beetle’s spread. It was made available Friday on the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations website and can be printed at home, or picked up at the ministry’s offices. See BUGS on Page 2
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