‘Namgis First Nation and Western Forest Products Inc. are excited to announce the submission of the draft Forest Landscape Plan (FLP) together with accompanying draft Forest Operations Plan (FOP) to British Columbia’s Chief Forester under a pilot project initiated in fall 2021. The submitted plans are available for public viewing on Western’s website here. The draft plans cover approximately 142,000 hectares of the ‘Namgis territory, which represents approximately 89 per cent of the area of Tree Farm Licence 37, an area-based tenure on Northern Vancouver Island held by Western. The draft plans were prepared under the Government of British Columbia’s Forest Landscape Planning Pilot program to support long-term forest health, climate adaptation, and a sustainable and secure forestry sector in the province. The draft plans were developed concurrently with the Gwa’ni Project, a government-to-government process between ‘Namgis and the Province to update land use planning in the Nimpkish Valley.