Several projects on the Island and Sunshine Coast are getting provincial funding to help prevent wildfires, and increase access to wood fibre.
Fibre-recovery projects take wood fibre that would otherwise be burned or abandoned and put it in the hands of mills and forestry companies that can use it, helping keep forestry workers on the job. They also help remove potential wildfire fuel.
In Sechelt, the Sunshine Coast Community Forest will be getting funding to do wildfire risk reduction work.
In Campbell River, Storey Creek Trading will be getting funding for two projects to access more fibre for harvesting. On Cortes Island, the Community Forest will get funding to do wildfire mitigation work near Whaletown.
In Port Hardy, Storey Creek Trading and Ben West Logging will get funding to access more fibre, and so will Atli Resources in Port McNeill.
The $28 million in funding comes through the Forest Enhancement Society of BC and will support 70 new and continuing projects around the province.
