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Terrace Community Forest and Williams Lake First Nation will reduce post harvest waste and turn it into wood pellets for use as bioenergy …read more

‘It’s the only way to go’: Coffin company offering its eco-friendly products at farmers markets …read more

Conflict of interest “Not a problem” – Community Forest Manager Conflict of Interest is unavoidable in rural communities. The challenge is to manage it. …read more

Technology, collaboration join wildfire fight …read more

”A milestone is always a great achievement. As BL Comfor was the first pilot community forest, it is the oldest community forest in the province of BC.

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$300K in annual grants distributed

The Wetzin’kwa Community Forest Corporation has once again handed out money to community programs. The profits from the community forest tenure are distributed annually to a broad range of projects that will return the greatest long term benefit to Bulkley Valley residents.

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A First Nation Builds a Forestry Future from the Ashes of the Past

…In August 2018 — the worst fire season on record … three-quarters of the Cheslatta Community Forest was lost….with a $1.25-million grant from B.C.’s Forest Enhancement Society to log and rehabilitate burned forests,

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The structure of the community forest changed this year to become a Limited Partnership, but “falling markets, poor weather conditions and the loss of Canfor Vavenby and Interfor Adams Lake as purchasers has very negatively affected our business,” said General Manager Craig Pryor in his overview of 2019. …read more

Village of Clinton and community organizations benefit from yearly profits By Barbara Roden BC Local News July 15, 2020

CLINTON, BC — At the July 8 Clinton council meeting,

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The Quesnel Cariboo Observer July 14, 2020

A historic first step was made late last month when six governments came together to discuss how to best advance a Community Forest Agreement in the Quesnel Timber Supply Area. 

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Indigenomics serves as a platform for modern Indigenous economic design and reconciliation. Economic reconciliation is the space between the lived realities of Indigenous peoples, the need to build understanding of the importance of the Indigenous relationship, …read more

When it’s finished the mill will employ about eight people and handle oversized and undersized wood that must be logged but is hard to sell. …read more

We will be following up to learn more about this program and how community forests can access the funding

 

From: Natural Resources Canada

News release

July 10,

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Community Forest with an annual allowable cut of up to 217,650 cubic metres By Scott Brooks Energetic City July 10, 2020

FORT NELSON, B.C. – On June 29,

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Agreement in Principle between 2 local governments and 4 First Nations

There is still a lot of work to do but Mayor Bob Simpson says Quesnel has never been closer to finally getting a community forest. 

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Post fire clean up will improve wildlife and Community Forest conditions …read more

Biologists will take two years to study nest site …read more

 

Link to the Webinar 

Co-hosted by the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) and the BCCFA, the purpose of this session is to provide an opportunity for BCCFA membership to understand and engage in the WRR component of the Community Resiliency Investment (CRI) program.

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Innovative Wildfire Mitigation Project Supported by the Village, the Babine Lake Community Forest, Lake Babine Nation and the Forest Enhancement Society of British Columbia …read more

The big dividend was possible because the board had set aside monies to purchase more land, but decided to set that idea aside for now.

The Alberni Valley Community Forest is in a good financial position after 2019,

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