2025 Nanaimo Conference
Session Notes and Presentations
Message from the Minister
Minister Ravi Parmar’s Greetings
Vancouver Island Showcase Panel
- North Island Community Forest – Ione Brown
- Alberni Valley Community Forest – Chris Law
- Barkley Community Forest – Erik Holbeck
- Huu-ay-ahy Community forest – Patrick Schmidt
- Qala:yit Community Forest – Steve Lorimer
Understanding Political Risk: Preparing Community Forests for Uncertain Times
Key Note Speaker
BC Forest Policy: Shaping the Future
No presentation
Innovative Silviculture Part 1 – Practical Insights on Commercial Thinning
- Derek Lefler, Director, Forest Science, Planning and Practices Branch
- Kevin Bollefor, Revelstoke Community Forest
- Sig Kemmler, Integrated Operations Group To watch Sig’s full presentation including the video formats embedded in the presentation follow this link
- Jordan Gabriel, Spelkumtn Community Forest
Sticky Situations: Tackling Social Media, Misinformation and Community Communication
No presentation
Forest Landscape Plans (FLPs) and Community Forests
Robson & North Thompson Fibre Coalition
Bringing Burning Back: Integrating Prescribed Fire into Community Forest Operations
Session Notes
- Garnet Mireau, Forest Professionals of BC
- Josh Macy, BCWS
- Erik Leslie, Harrop Procter Community Forest
- Hayden Leo, Spelkumtn and Cheakamus Community Forests
Practical Engagement Tools for Community Forests
Post Conference Fuel Treatment Workshop – Understanding and Assessing Objectives of Wildfire Risk Reduction
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