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Contractors on site, June 10 - 14, 2024

On Monday-Wednesday, June 10th-12th, Kettle River Contracting will be onsite at Stink Lake and Unnamed Wetland to do some excavation work: deep hole tests, for the Wetland Restoration Project. Work will be focused on happening on Tuesday.

On Wednesday-Friday, June 12th - 14th, Bom Contracting will be onsite at Twin Lakes and Long Lake (and possibly Airport Wetland if time permits) to do some excavation work: deep hole tests, for the Wetland Restoration Project. Work will be focused on happening on Thursday.

Keefer Ecological Services and Vahana Nature in Long Prairie and Adrian Lake area

Keefer Ecological Services will be onsite June 10th-30th in the Long Prairie and Adrian Lake area conducting vegetation monitoring. Vahana Nature will be onsite with their goats starting on June 14th and leaving July 15th also in the Long Prairie and Adrian Lake area.

Access to Kootenay IR 1 for purpose of Species at Risk Surveys, June 7-9, 2024

Lands will have contractors onsite Friday afternoon (June 7th) and evening and Saturday evening  (June 8th) doing Species at Risk surveys. This will be road based work with trucks and bird call back units. Please note that this work includes Flammulated Owls and the surveys may go as late as 2 AM.”

Timber Specific Claim settlement distribution

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On the 3rd June 2024 Council made a motion to distribute the Timber Specific Claim settlement to all Band members, with distribution for Band members below the age of 18 going into trust.
We request that if you have not sent a direct deposit form/void cheque to

Access to Kootenay IR 1 for purpose of cutting stumps flush near the Airport from June 3-7th, 2024;

British Columbia Wildfire Services- Cranbrook Zone is granted access to ʔaq̓ am lands forming Kootenay IR
1 for the purposes of cutting stumps flush to the ground that are left over from falling operations last fall
near the Cranbrook Airport from June 3rd- 7th, 2024.

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