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Projects and Services: First Nations Business Ventures
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Joint venture with Whitesand First Nation: Project Summary
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In 1996 KBM Forestry Consultants Inc. signed a five-year joint venture agreement with Whitesands First Nation (WFN) to provide site preparation services for a forest products company. The decision to joint venture was based on a number of factors including: KBM specializes in the delivery of site preparation services in other parts of northwestern Ontario; WFN had a local workforce and vested interest in the forest but lacked the skills and capital to offer site preparation services; together, the parties could forge a mutually beneficial relationship.
KBM represented the joint venture in all negotiations with the forestry company, securing the contract including an advance payment of sufficient amount for the down payment on a prime mover for the operation. The prime mover would be wholly owned by WFN. The advance was repaid through a rate reduction formula within two years. Profits earned in the operation would be split evenly by the two parties.
The five-year relationship has now ended. Achievments include:
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- Completion of the contract in each of the five years;
- Complete repayment of all loans, resulting in full ownership of a prime mover by WFN without any need for capital outlay;
- Training of WFN operators permitting facets of the venture that included machine operation all to be performed by band members of WFN;
- Training of WFN operators in non-operating duties including; First Aid; WHMIS; Forest Fire fighting; and mechanical and welding duties related to equipment maintenance and repair.
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Representative Project List
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Canadian Forest Service
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- Eabametoong Biomass Harvesting Report
- Biomass Harvesting Technical Note
- Winnipeg First Nations Forestry Program Workshop-Silvicultural Contracting
- Thunder Bay Biomass Heating Work Shop-Forest Management Planning
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Constance Lake First Nation
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- Negotiations with Canada, Ontario and local Forest Companies for more equal participation in benefits of forest management
- Development of timber harvesting business
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Fort William First Nation
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- Bark dump reclamation proposal
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Eabametoong First Nation and Marten Falls First Nation
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- Negotiations towards shared forest management planning control and business development opportunities with Long Lake Forest Products for the Ogoki Forest
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Mennonite Central Committee - Kenora and Windigo Island Band
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- Forest Management Proposal
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Mishkeegogamang First Nation
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National Aboriginal Forestry Association, Ottawa
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- Aboriginal Employment & Training Review
- National Aboriginal Forest Practices Code
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Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Wawa, Ontario
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- Silvicultural Rehabilitation Plan for the Gros Cap Indian Reserve
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Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat
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- Nishnawbe-Aski Nation Negotiations
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Shibogama Interim Planning Board
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- Assessment of Low-Tech timber harvesting opportunities near Wannumun Lake First Nations and Kingfisher Lake First Nation
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Stanjikoming First Nation, Treaty #3
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- Traditional and Current Land Use Study
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Aroland First Nation
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For more information contact:
Peter Higgelke, R.P.F.
(807) 345-5445 (ext. 231)
higgelke@kbm.on.ca |
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349 Mooney Ave
Thunder Bay, Ontario,
P7B 5L5
Tel: (807) 345-5445
Tel: 1-800-465-3001
Fax: (807) 345-3440
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