New Grants Given In The Cariboo-Chilcotin Region From The Forest Enhancement Society Of BC
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The Forest Enhancement Society of BC has allocated $3 million dollars in new grants.
The money is to support jobs in the forestry sector and increase the use of wood fiber that otherwise would be burned as slash.
In the Cariboo region, $200,000 went to Atlantic Power (Williams Lake) Ltd to help local First Nations companies deliver fiber to Atlantic Power for electricity generation. (about 15,385 cubic meters in the Cariboo region))
$135,000 to Cariboo Pulp and Paper (Quesnel) to transport low-value pulp fiber which otherwise would be uneconomical to move, to manufacture pulp. (about 9,122 cubic meters in the Cariboo region)