Burns Lake, B.C.- The  Province has hired  Forestry veteran Bob Clark to lead the  charge for the Province’s economic response  efforts for Burns Lake.

Clark, vice-president of forestry consultants J B Clark and Co., has served as the district forest manager for the Vanderhoof Forest District, headed the Province’s mountain pine beetle response, and chaired the Nechako-Kitimat Development
Fund.

His appointment was announced after Jobs Tourism and Innovation Minister, Pat Bell, met with municipal, First Nations and union leaders in Burns Lake. The  meeting  provided an opportunity for the community to let the  Province know  ways the Province can help the
region’s short- and long-term economic recovery efforts after the destruction of the Babine Forest Products mill.

Clark, who accompanied Bell and Rustad, will work out of Burns Lake and starts his role immediately. He will be the main point of contact for the Province and will help with the development of short- and long-term economic development strategies between the
community and the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism, and Innovation.