Its being called an historic agreement.The Kenora Forest is now part of a co-operative forest licence involving private business and several area first nations.
Eric Fisher, chief of the Wabaseemung First Nation, is the president of the Mitigoog Limited Partnership, and says it gives aboriginal communities a 50 percent stake in forest activities in the Kenora Forest.
Weyerhaeuser, which had the Sustainable Forest Licence for the Kenora Forest is also a member of the Mitigoog partnership.
Other partners include the Dalles, Whitefish Bay, Kenora Forest Products, Wincrief, and the Kenora Independant Loggers.
