Aspen Planers expecting larger timber supply with recent MOU with Lower Nicola
KAMLOOPS — Aspen Planers says the memorandum of understanding signed last week between the Merritt mill and Lower Nicola Indian Band will boost its timber supply and keep it going well into the future.
“It helps us because the Lower Nicola Indian Band has a long-term timber license in the amount of 50,000 cub metres per year,” says Aspen Planers executive vice-president Bruce Rose. “That’s one aspect that helps us because those logs will be directed to the Merritt mill.”
The mill is now the cornerstone of the Merritt economy, the only one remaining in town, 14 months after Tolko shut down. A family-run operation that provides 150 direct jobs to Merritt.