CFA Wildfire Workshop 2019 Presentation – Les Husband
Wildfire Management Branch OperationsLes Husband – Deputy Director, WMB ABSTRACT: Les Husband will be presenting on how WMB operations work and how we work
CFA Wildfire Workshop 2019 Presentation – Jamie Jeffreys
Partnerships and Strategic EngagementJamie Jeffreys – BCWS ABSTRACT: BC Wildfire Service is expanding its focus on Partnerships in wildfire emergency management with First Nations
CFA Wildfire Workshop 2019 Presentation – Jason Regnier
Cheslatta Community Forest 2018 FiresJason Regnier – Cheslatta Community Forest
CFA Wildfire Workshop 2019 Presentation – Susan Mulkey
Harrop-Proctor Community Forest 2017 FiresSusan Mulkey – Manager of Communication and Extension, BCCFA (given for Erik Leslie, Manager, Harrop-Proctor Community Forest) ABSTRACT: The 2017
CFA Wildfire Workshop 2019 Presentation – Jennifer Gunter
Introduction – Setting the Context: The Unprecedented Wildfire Seasons of 2017 & 2018Presentation given by Jennifer Gunter – Executive Director, BCCFA ABSTRACT: Jennifer will
United Way offers free fire risk assessment for homes
A new job creation program from the United Way and WorkBC that is being piloted in the Ashcroft/Cache Creek/Clinton area offers eligible homeowners an
B.C. community raises $50K to save a beloved forest, but it may be too little, too late
Caught off guard by a plan to log more than 600 hectares of treasured local forest, residents near Cottonwood Lake discovered that privately owned
Forest policy review slated for Interior, minister says
The provincial government will conduct a review of forest policy as it relates to the Interior, Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development
Fuel management work continues around 108 Mile Ranch
The 108 Greenbelt Commission has continued its work to reduce the risk of wildfire in the Walker Valley area of 108 Mile Ranch. This
Columbia Basin Trust gives $3 million for healthier ecosystems
With a $3 million boost from Columbia Basin Trust, five large-scale projects will be significantly improving ecosystem health, bringing areas closer to their natural
Learning from women in the forest sector
In 1993, less than 30 years ago, an OSB mill in Canada simply did not hire women. It was in that year an order
City of Fernie to address logging concerns
The Fernie Mayor will personally meet with CanWel executives in response to mounting community concern about clearcutting in the area. It follows a public
Grants given to plan evacuation routes
Each of five north-central B.C. communities will receive $25,000 to develop evacuation route plans in the wake of the massive wildfires over the last
FISH AND GAME DONATES TO LAND TRUST, CUMBERLAND FOREST SOCIETY
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Okanagan hopes $111M in B.C. wildfire cash will extinguish fires this summer
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More money in B.C. budget for wildfire response as natural disaster costs soar
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North Cowichan makes decision on 2019 forestry plans and budget
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Expedited FESBC funding aids forest industry and environment
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Indigenous Forestry Initiative Supports British Columbia Project
A recent IFI funding agreement with the Yunesit’in government resulted in management and skills training to further Yunesit’in’s vision to build community pride and
Penticton Community Forest proposed
Penticton council voted unanimously Tuesday to support in principle an application for a community forest outside the city spearheaded by local trails groups. Andrew