Business View Magazine | September 2020

46 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2020 tree species help protect us against some of the beetle issues that have been a serious problem throughout the province. For instance, the pine beetle cannot travel as quickly or cause as significant damage because the density of pine is far less compared to other regions. We still remain very proactive in managing our forestlands. If we find small outbreaks of mountain pine beetle, or Douglas fir beetle, we’re quick to react and we tend to go harvest those areas to ensure that we’re mitigating those bugs from being able to reproduce and travel.” Long-term, Chris says, in conclusion: “We want to continue to bring as much value as we can to the beautiful resource that we have and we believe that mass timber is a great fit for the future of our business. We’re very passionate about sustainability of timber and about recognizing the value of the tree. We’re very active, now, throughout Canada and the United States; we’re working on projects coast to coast and we feel that we can be a leader in mass timber WWW. NORSTE E LBU I LD I NGSYSTEMS.COM 1295 STEVENS ROAD, WEST KELOWNA, BC 250-769-3846 | 1-800-932-9131 SINCE 1992 Proud Canadian businesses supplying the steel and erecting this world class structure for Kalesnikoff Lumber.