Liquefied natural gas and oil exports, two industries the province said would lead to exceptional economic growth and job prosperity, don't seem like they're going to pan out quite as promised, at least not yet.

"The script we we thought we could go by might turn out to be different than what we expected, but that's okay."

Those words came from Premier Christy Clark as she spoke to a gathering of industry leaders, the Legislative Assembly, and First Nations at the annual Natural Resource Forum in Prince George on Wednesday (January 21).

This change of tone comes not only as the price of oil and gas continues to tumble, prompting experts to warn of recession, but also as Malaysia-based Petronas puts a halt on its proposed Prince Rupert LNG plant and the Alaskan government cancels its plans to overhaul the Prince Rupert ferry terminal.

While Clark still maintained that 2015 is "The Year of LNG in B.C.", her speech wasn't as focused on that industry as when she gave the same speech last year.

Instead, she praised B.C.'s mining and forestry sectors, promising to renew the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber agreement before it expires in October. If there were any "bombshells" expected from her speech, that was probably it.

"Our hope is to just get it done as quickly as we can; a lot of people depend on those jobs," Clark said.

While the who's who of B.C. politics and industry socialized inside, outside nearly 100 hunters and supporters staged a protest right in front of the Prince George Civic Centre's doors.

Bearing signs that read "B.C. Wildlife is Not for Sale" and "100,000 Hunters / Voters Can't be Wrong", they called for changes to the province's recent adjustment of harvest allocations.

Demonstration organizer Steve Hamilton works for the Spruce City Wildlife Association, a non-profit conservation group. He said tourists and foreign guide outfitters are squeezing out local hunters.

"We're not happy with the new numbers that are going to the guide outfitters," he said. "It's an unprecedented number of allocations. Across North America, the standard is five percent to 10 percent and in BC, they want to give 25 percent to 40 percent."

Meanwhile inside the conference, Clark responded to these claims, saying the Minister of Forest, Land and Natural Resource Operations could handle the issue. "It's not a huge percentage change and it's not a huge change across the board, either," Clark said.

"With 110 animals at issue? Steve Thomson could come up with a solution to this, I am absolutely confident of that," she continued.

According to Hamilton, members of the group will meet with local MLAs at the end of the month.