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Regional Development Corporation, Natural Resources, July 11, 2014 - Saint-Quentin
4,000 hectares of Crown forests to be made available for maple sugar industry
The New Brunswick maple sugar industry will benefit from 4,000 hectares of crown forests being made available for leasing over the next four years. New funding of $800,000 for infrastructure projects to assist 11 local maple producers was also announced. From left: Jean-Francois Laplante, vice-president of the New Brunswick Maple Syrup Association; Restigouche-la-Vallée MLA Martine Coulombe; Natural Resources Minister Paul Robichaud, who is also minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation; Denis Côté and Ginette Cyr Côté of Érablière Denis Côté in St. Quentin; Environment and Local Government Minister Danny Soucy; and Yvon Poitras, executive director of the New Brunswick Maple Syrup Association.