Forestry – The Rocky Mountain Goat News

Letter: Conflict of interest “Not a problem” – Community Forest Manager

July 30, 2020 Admin

RE: July 23rd Editorial: Are we in trouble? Dear Editor, There is no question that there are conflicts of interest on the VCF board. I believe that we are diligent that in cases of conflict […]

Leon’s Grizzlies

July 27, 2020 The Goat

Every once in a while all the pieces of my wildlife filmmaking come together beautifully and I’m filled with awe and gratitude for what unfolds before me. For me filming intimate and rare footage of grizzly bears in the wild is at the top of my list for wildlife subjects. […]

Community Forest earnings down amid mill closures

July 19, 2020 The Goat

The Valemount Community Forest and the Valemount Industrial Park held their Annual General Meetings last week at the Valemount Community Hall and the news is mixed: progress is happening at the industrial park, but earnings are down in forestry. […]

Valemount’s new mill: Phase 1 of 5 nears completion

July 18, 2020 The Goat

It’s early days, but if you want to get on with the new mill under construction at the Valemount Industrial Park, you should put in an application now even though it’s not scheduled to start until fall. […]

Millions for Ancient Forest

July 17, 2020 The Goat

The federal and provincial governments and the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation are investing $8.7 million into the Ancient Forest – Chun T’oh Whudujut Provincial Park, located near Dome Creek. […]

Open burning bans rescinded in Prince George Fire Centre

June 18, 2020 The Goat

The Province rescinded the burning ban in the Prince George Fire Centre June 18th, which means Category 2 and 3 fires as well as resource management open fires are once again allowed with the proper precautions. […]

Wildfire app

May 30, 2020 The Goat

The BC Wildfire Service has launched a mobile app to provide real-time wildfire information and an interactive map containing various fire-related data. The app adds to the BC Wildfire Service’s website and social media channels. […]

Valemount’s new mill: Getting started

April 30, 2020 The Goat

Millwright Robert Johnson is welding together a log deck, a particular large component of the new mill at the Valemount Industrial Park owned by the Valemount Community Forest. The deck was too big by far […]

New B.C. fire ban covers all Crown and private land

April 16, 2020 The Goat

By Laura Keil In the wake of a devastating wildfire year in Australia and with concerns around the impact of wildfires during the COVID-19 epidemic, the Province has issued a sweeping burning ban that takes […]

New Valemount mill to open this fall

April 14, 2020 The Goat

By Andru McCracken The Valemount Community Forest has purchased a mill from Edgewater Holdings in Prince George and it’s on the way to Valemount this week. The local company got a deal on the equipment […]

All gone: No new hires for empty Forest Ministry office

March 17, 2020 The Goat

By Andru McCracken Not a single staff person for the Ministry of Forests lives in the Robson Valley anymore, save fire protection staff in Valemount. The four staff that used to work for the Ministry […]