CURRENT NEWS FROM
Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management

•	REVISED KOOTENAYS PLAN PROTECTS FORESTRY JOBS
	VICTORIA – The new Kootenay Boundary higher level plan will help protect forest sector jobs and maintain the area’s unique wildlife, scenery and ...	Released on October 31, 2002
•	PRE-TENURE PLAN ALLOWS GAS EXPLORATION IN BESA-PROPHET
	VICTORIA – The government has approved Phase 1 of a pre-tenure plan that has cleared the way for exploration of natural gas deposits in the Besa-Prophet ...	Released on September 10, 2002
•	COQUITLAM CROWN LAND OPENED TO 7,500-UNIT DEVELOPMENT
	VICTORIA – Potential residential land in Coquitlam that could generate an estimated $1 billion in economic activity has been put on the market, ...	Released on September 05, 2002
•	FISH-FARM MOVE BENEFITS FIRST NATION, ENVIRONMENT
	VICTORIA – The Homalco First Nation has received a two-year temporary aquaculture tenure to move a fish farm from Penny Creek in Port Alberni to the Bute ...	Released on August 01, 2002
•	LAND AND WATER BC OFFERS HELI-SKI TENURE
	WILLIAMS LAKE - A commercial recreation tenure has been offered to Bella Coola Heli Sports Inc., Land and Water BC announced today. Bella Coola Heli Sports ...	Released on July 19, 2002