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Boreal Forest Bounty: A Botanical Species Resource Guide for Conservation Enterprise Development

by Boreal Centre for Conservation Enterprise; Edited by Reg C. Whiten

123 pages; Black coil; catalogue #06-3185; ISBN 1-4251-1426-1; US$26.09, C$30.00, EUR20.34, £13.48

For aspiring entrepreneurs in northern rural/agricultural First Nation and resource communities, Boreal Forest Bounty is a valuable resource guide that will be sure to stimulate ideas on conservation-based economic diversification!

About the Book

Boreal Forest Bounty is a compendium of market information on selected species of botanicals that grow in the Boreal forest region of British Columbia and across Canada. It is a Resource Guide for enabling development of conservation-based enterprise in the northern/rural agricultural, First Nation and resource communities with particular emphasis on the emerging agroforestry & non-timber forest products sector. The Guide features profiles on 30 plant species known to have market potential through value-added processing in various parts of Canada. Each profile includes botanical descriptions, information on commercial applications, First Nations uses, accessibility for harvest, environmental sensitivity, market locations, harvesting specifications, customer requirements, prices, cultivation potential, processing technology, government regulations and transportation costs. Additional resources in the Guide include an overview on the Boreal Forest, and various resources (WEB links, publications and agencies) for developing conservation-based enterprise.

Species highlighted in the Guide include, in alphabetical order: Mountain/Green Alder, Balsam Poplar, Paper Birch, Blueberry sp., StiffClubmoss, High Bush Cranberry, Devil_s Club, Red Osier Dogwood, Fireweed, Beaked Hazelnut, Common Horsetail, Common Juniper, Bearberry, Labrador Tea, Lodgepole Pine, Manitoba Maple, Stinging Nettle, Ostrich Fern, Prickly Rose, Sweetgrass, Pasture Sage, Saskatoon Berry, Black/White/Engelmann Spruce, Subalpine Fir, Sweet Flag, Tamarack, Northern Valerian, Wild Mint, Diamond willow, and Yarrow.

Reg C. Whiten, P.Ag MCIP

Resource Stewardship Agrologist & Planner
INTERRAPLAN INC.
P.O. Box 108
Moberly Lake, B.C. V0C 1X0

About the Author

The Boreal Centre is a not-for-profit association concerned with community development in the Peace River Region of northern British Columbia. Our Goal is to help improve the livelihoods of peolple in northern, rural and First nation communitites through the promotion of ecologically responsible financially-viable, and socially-relevant 'conservation-based' enterprise.

Since it's formation in 2000, the Boreal Centre has been engaged in market-opportunites research on non-timber forest products, and has facilitated regional consultations on community development. The Centre's vision is being realized as individuals, families and communitites discover new, environmentally-sustainable business opportunities.

Reg Whiten is a founder, and Executive Director of the Boreal Centre based at Moberly Lake, B.C. Reg is a resource stewardship agrologist and planner who specializes in integrated community development for rural groups and First Nations.