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Who
is McBride Forest Industries? McBride Forest Industries (MFI) operates a plywood veneer mill near McBride, BC in
the Robson Valley and holds cutting rights in the upper Goat River, as well as
several other areas of the Robson Valley Forest District. MFI is currently
allocated a total annual
cut of approximately 227,000 cubic metres (m3), or around 6,500 truckloads, in two licenses. The
majority of the wood processed at MFI’s mill is sold on the American market to
be made into plywood. The following, from the BC Securities Commission, describes the ownership structure of MFI (as of June 28, 2000): "McBride Forest Industries Ltd. ("McBride")
was incorporated in British Columbia on October 15, 1999. Its business is to
operate a plywood veneer mill in the vicinity of McBride, British Columbia.
McBride is 100% owned by 599768 B.C. Ltd., which was incorporated on January 20,
2000. It appears that as of June 28, 2000, 599768 B.C. Ltd. was owned by
"A" shareholders and "D" shareholders. The "A"
shareholders were: Strategic Trust (49%); Planning Firm (25.5)%; and Runtz
Forest Management Ltd. (25.5%). The "D" Shareholders were: Strategic
Trust (49.2%); Capital (20.6%); Runtz Forest Management Ltd. (20.6%); Jeremy
Yaseniuk (5%); Grant Cramer (4.1%); and Michael Cramer, Gordon Patterson, Rod
Albers, Al Sanderson, Mike Flynn, Roger Ollenberger, Peter James, Debbie
Hanrahan, Hedy Schulz and John Kason (0.5%, in the aggregate)." The Forest Practices Board has completed their investigation of alleged Forest Practices Code violations by McBride Forest Industries in the upper Goat River watershed (Read more about the complaint here). The investigation's final report is now available. McBride Forest Industries is also responsible for extensive logging planned for a visually sensitive portion of the Rocky Mountain Trench near Dunster, which raised the ire of local residents over the past summer.
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