Prince George– Workers in Prince George and Mackenzie benefit from more than $1.56 million through the Job Opportunities Program for pine beetle mitigation, hazard tree management, seed collection and trail maintenance.

 

“The Job Opportunities Program helps out people who need it most, our displaced workers,” says Prince George-Mackenzie MLA Pat Bell. “Mackenzie is an outdoor recreation playground that these 68 jobs will help to maintain, thereby reducing the risk of wildfires in our forests and increasing safety for our people."

 

The project will create 22 jobs

 

Project details are as follows:

 

Mackenzie

• $595,352 to 4D Warner Enterprises Ltd. for the maintenance of 21 recreation sites and trails • $388,900 to the District of Mackenzie for wildfire protection treatment on more than 100 hectares of both forest and urban lands, as well as development and widening of toboggan runs at a local snowboard park • $120,000 to Summit Contracting for the removal of trees that pose a danger risk on the roadways leading into Carp Lake Park • $22,103 to Noostel Keyoh Development Ltd. for the maintenance and development of recreation sites in Omineca Provincial Park

 

Prince George

• $399,210 to Seneca Enterprises Ltd. for seed collection for reforestation of Crown land in the Northern Interior forest region.

• $38,013 to DWB Consulting Services Ltd. for summarizing data and counting collections of Douglas fir bark beetle trap samples.