Tsilhqot’in National Government and Shell team up to plant 840,000 trees

Williams Lake Tribune wrote about how Shell is teaming up with the Tsilhqot’in National Government to plant 840,000 trees.

Photo Credit: Rebecca Dyok • A horse at Yunesit’in (Stone) looks over landscape charred by wildfires in 2017.

Shell Canada will be providing funding to plant more than 800,000 trees west of Williams Lake.

The Tsilhqot’in National Government (TNG) announced Nov. 12 it will be jointly undertaking a reforestation project with the oil and gas company in Tsilhqot’in territory where the 2017 wildfires left a charred landscape.

“It’s exciting news,” TNG tribal chair Chief Joe Alphonse said.

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