Woodlot Licences Available in Quesnel Area

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Quesnel, B.C.- Three woodlot licences are now available  in the Quesnel area.

All three of the licences are within the Quesnel timber supply area near Benson Lake, about 25 kilometres from Quesnel.

The first licence, W1994, includes about 1,087 hectares of Crown land with an allowable annual cut of 2,700 cubic metres.

The second, W1995, includes approximately 1,191 hectares of Crown land, also with an allowable annual cut of 2,700 cubic metres.

The third, W1996, includes 981.5 hectares of Crown land and has an allowable annual cut of 3,300 cubic metres.

"Woodlot licences generate a significant amount of full-time, part-time and seasonal employment helping to strengthen the local economy," said Brian McNaughton, general manager for the Federation of B.C. Woodlot Associations.

Woodlot licences are small, area-based tenures that combine private land with up to 800 hectares of Crown land on the Coast and 1,200 hectares of Crown land in the Interior. Usually, they are replaceable tenures, awarded for 20 years. There are about 850 active woodlots in British Columbia. Each woodlot generates jobs in planning, harvesting, road construction and maintenance, as well as in reforestation, silviculture and small-scale timber processing.  

Applications are being accepted until mid-September. Further details are available at  www23.for.gov.bc.ca/notices/init.do or from the Southern Interior Forest Region office in Kamloops.

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