How are communities being prepared to deal with the falldown in timber supply?
The $185-million Northern Development Initiative Trust (with $32 million set aside specifically for mountain pine beetle recovery projects) and the $50-million Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust have been set up to give communities the ability to pursue new opportunities for stimulating economic growth and job creation. Many forest-dependent communities, through regional groups such as the Cariboo-Chilcotin, Omineca, and Southern Interior beetle action coalitions, have already begun planning around a transition stage for diversifying and building long-term economic sustainability.
