Tolko Industries Ltd. has decided to delay harvesting in the Brown's Creek area - for now. "The OKIB's continuing blockade, in defiance of B.C. Supreme Court orders, has caused us to miss our operating window for winter harvesting operations on frozen snow conditions," says Mark Tamas, Okanagan Woodlands Regional Manager. "The RCMP have been in discussions with both Tolko and the OKIB about the continuing blockades, but there has been no meaningful progress to date," Tamas says. "We now do not expect to harvest in the area until the snow has melted. This spring we will complete the additional snow-free fieldwork outlined in our Court-approved Archaeological plan." "In addition to the 50,000 m3 of timber currently covered by the court injunction, we will also provide to both government and the OKIB our specific plans for 2010 operations," says Tamas. "This includes the next group of approved cutting permits and other volumes impacted by the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic in the Brown's Creek area."
Tamas says Tolko remains open to "meaningful meetings" with OKIB to try and resolve the issue. Tolko has a court-issued injunction and enforcement order to allow access to our legally approved cutting permits. "Throughout this dispute we have followed the orders of the Court and we expect the OKIB to do the same when we return to logging as soon as ground conditions are suitable," says Tamas.
Tamas says Tolko remains open to "meaningful meetings" with OKIB to try and resolve the issue. Tolko has a court-issued injunction and enforcement order to allow access to our legally approved cutting permits. "Throughout this dispute we have followed the orders of the Court and we expect the OKIB to do the same when we return to logging as soon as ground conditions are suitable," says Tamas.
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