Forestry

The Tk’emlúps Forestry Development Corporation is working to generate higher and better value added returns from the Band's timber resources through strategic processing and marketing of timber.

Forestry experience:

• Successful management of a woodlot in the Kamloops Forest District.
• Successful management of a fire salvage license from 'Firestorm 2003".
• Jointly managed small wood license specific to commercial thinning of suppressed Douglas-fir stands.
• Currently hold a non-replaceable forest license (54,540m3 annually for 5 years) for Mountain Pine Beetle Salvage operations in the Interior.
• An additional license in process for approximately 42,000 m3 of beetle uplift volume.

Jim McGrath, Forestry Manager
Tel: (250) 314-1597 or Fax: (250) 314-1586 or e-mail: Jmcgrath@kib.ca

Barry Bennett, Natural Resources Officer
Tel: (250) 314-1563 or Fax: (250) 314-1586 or e-mail: bbennett@kib.ca