Gitxsan Forest Enterprises Inc. (GFEI) was established in 2006 and purchased Forest License A16831 in April of 2007. The company has an Annual Allowable Cut of 387,879 cubic meters.

GFEI is owned and operated by the Gitxsan Chiefs whose traditional territory encompasses nearly 33,000 square kilometers of mature boreal forests in the north western region of British Columbia, Canada

The forest tenure is located in the Kispiox Timber Supply Area (TSA) between Smithers in the east, Terrace in the west, and the headwaters of the Skeena river to the North, Highway 16 and Canadian National Rail's northern line runs through the region. 

GFEI's timber is shipped out of the nearest ports in the region: Kitimat Port, Port of Prince Rupert and Stewart, British Columbia.

The head office is located in Hazelton, British Columbia at 1525 Omineca Street, in the Village of Hazelton (Old Hazelton).

GFEI's timber license predominantly support the growth of hemlock and balsam fir. The resource base in the Kispiox TSA is located in a transitional complex of six ecosystem zones that are part coastal and part interior and include the following commercial species:

* Western Hemlock
* Sub Alpine Balsam Fir
* Amabilis Balsam Fir (coastal balsam)
* Spruce - Hybrid of White and Engelmann
   Sitka Hybrid at lower elevations
* Western Red Cedar
* Lodgepole Pine
* Black Cottonwood
* Trembling Aspen
* Paper Birch

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