FORT NELSON, B.C. — A joint operation by First Nations and the Northern Rockies community gave an update regarding salvageable lumber within the northeast. The Fort Nelson First Nation (FNFN)  and Northern Rockies Regional Municipality Community Forest is a joint entity to assist manufacturing companies in the Fort Nelson area, according to its general manager Percy Wright. Wright added it is a 50-50 partnership between both parties. …Being a community forest with a volume-based licence, it means the company is not allowed to harvest lumber outside a specific area. During the winter of 2025-26, Wright says the team at the community forest was able to recover salvageable wood from the wildfires of the past several years. …Salvaged wood was able to be sold to West Fraser Timber and sent to mills in Chetwynd and Quesnel. Funds went back into the reforestation of the area.