By James Peters

Province pumps $134M into re-growing fire-scorched BC forests

Apr 6, 2018 | 10:31 AM

PRINCE GEORGE — The province is injecting $134 million into re-growing BC’s forests in the wake of last year’s devastating wildfires.

Premier John Horgan made the announcement in Prince George this morning.

The money has been awarded to the Forest Enhancement Society of B.C. (FESBC) for a total of 71 projects.

The bulk of the funds, $99 million, will be spent in the Cariboo where fires scorched thousands of hectares of forested land.

$65 million of that portion will go to the Forest Carbon Initiative, an initiative that works to support environmentally-conscious forest practices.

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$4.47 million of the total funding announcement has been allocated to projects in the Thompson-Okanagan.