By Claire McFarlane, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cabin Radio The Tthets’éhk’édélı̨ First Nation in Jean Marie River, N.W.T., is marking the end of a two-week-long tree planting project that saw 1.5 million trees planted in recently burned areas. The project was a partnership between the First Nation and Windfirm Resources, a British Columbia-based planting company that employed people locally and from across Canada. It was funded through the federal government’s 2 Billion Trees program, which launched in 202`1 but was ultimately cut from last fall’s federal budget. “The chief and the council looked at this as a good opportunity for finding employment for a small community of Jean Marie River,” said Chief Melanie Norwegian-Menacho. Kevan Leach, operations manager at Windfirm, said members of the Tthets’éhk’édélı̨ First Nation did a lot

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