Photo credit: Dennis Owen / Globe and Mail
Innovating.
Photo credit: Dennis Owen / Globe and Mail
About CCR
Central Chilcotin Rehabilitation Ltd. (CCR) is a joint venture company owned by the Tŝideldel First Nation and the Tl’etinqox Government. Our focus is to coordinate and implement large scale forestry programs and initiatives within our traditional territories to provide sustained economic opportunities for our communities and to ensure the long-term sustainability of our traditional forest land-base.
CCR is recognized as an innovative organization—a catalyst that creates new economic opportunities. We are leaders in the forestry sector, with a proven reliability to carry out large-scale forest rehabilitation work.
Chief Otis Guichon
Director of CCR and Chief
of Tŝideldel First Nation
Chief Joe Alphonse
Director of CCR and Chief of Tl'etinqox Government
Vision.
First Nations people leading forest rehabilitation and management on their traditional territories.
Mission.
To coordinate and implement large-scale forest rehabilitation programs and initiatives within the traditional territories of the Tŝideldel First Nation and the Tl’etinqox Government, generating economic, social, and environmental benefits.
What We Do
CCR’s projects focus on forest rehabilitation through reforestation, wildlife habitat restoration and by enhancing the utilization of wood fibre. Learn more about the work we do and our incredible partners.
Photo credit: DroneSeed
PURPOSE: To collect Douglas-fir cones
PARTNERS: Internal project
STATUS: Ongoing
BENEFITS:
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Reforest the Douglas-fir stands
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Overstory retention to help regenerate un-salvaged sites back to Douglas-fir
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Recover uneconomical fibre
Cone Collection
PURPOSE: To rehabilitate and reforest burned Douglas-fir stands
PARTNERS: Tolko Industries
STATUS: Complete
BENEFITS:
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Reforest the Douglas-fir stands
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Overstory retention to help regenerate un-salvaged sites back to Douglas-fir
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Recover uneconomical fibre
Douglas-Fir Rehabilitation
Photo credit: FESBC
PURPOSE: To utilize dead or fire damaged fibre to create electricity
PARTNERS: Forest Enhancement Society of BC, Drax, Cariboo Pulp, Atlantic Power Corporation
STATUS: Complete
BENEFITS:
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Jobs for local community members
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75,000 cubic metres of fibre recovered
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Addressing fibre shortages for local pellet and biomass production facilities
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Innovative partnerships
Enhanced Fibre Utilization
PURPOSE: To reduce wildfire risk in the area
PARTNERS: Forest Enhancement Society of BC.
STATUS: Active
BENEFITS:
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Jobs for local community members
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Over 10,000 hectares of area treated
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Additional benefits such as wildlife habitat enhancement
Wildfire Hazard Mitigation
Project Partners
Shell Canada Limited
Shell and CCR are jointly undertaking a reforestation project in the Tsilhqot'in territory in B.C. Although this won’t be the biggest project that CCR delivers, I think in time we will look back with pride at what we were able to deliver for the community—together.
Denise Chang-Yen
Manager, Nature Based Solutions
Partner with Us
We partner with some of the most innovative companies to implement forestry solutions to ensure our forests are healthier now, and for our future generations.