KAMLOOPS, BC — The Thompson-Nicola Regional District board of directors handed out a new, five-year contract for invasive plant management throughout the TNRD. At its regular meeting last Thursday, the board voted unanimously in favour of handing the contract to Spectrum Resource Group at an estimated contract value of $1,750,000 over the term. The previous five-year pact expired at the end of 2025 and a request for quote was issued last fall, yielding a number of proposals for the five invasive plants management regions the TNRD is responsible for — Cache Creek, Clearwater, Clinton, Kamloops and Merritt. …The regional district’s invasive plant program has been receiving annual grants and funding from the Ministry of Forests, Ministry of Transportation and Transit, Ministry of Environment and BC Parks, FortisBC, and BC Hydro to carry out management of invasive plants on their respective jurisdictions.