Restoring Healthy Forests, Supporting Communities – Chetwynd’s Community Forest
Recovery & Planning After Wildfires …While the forests of BC have evolved and adapted to experience wildfires as a natural agent of disturbance, it
Sunshine Coast Community Forest Report Completed by FPB
Investigation finds harvesting at Wilson Creek appropriate Jan. 17, 2019 VICTORIA – An investigation of a public complaint on the Sunshine Coast has found
Rebuild of fire-damaged Lakeview mill aiming for full-production by Feb. 2019
By Monica Lamb-Yorski Williams Lake Tribune August 14, 2018 Nine months after a fire destroyed Tolko’s Lakeview Division sawmill in Williams Lake the company
2018 Conference Presentations
Host Communities Field Trip Day Burns Lake Community Forest – Frank Varga, RPF, General Manager “BLCF was initiated in 2000, same year MPB epidemic
Megafires are a reality says Paul Hessburg
Overgrown forests called ‘ticking time bombs’ By Nick Morgan Mail Tribune June 1, 2018 Pointing to a century of forest management policies that’s left
Proposal from Government has no support for a long list of reasons
Islanders aim for better deal on Haida Gwaii community forest By Andrew Hudson Haida Gwaii Observer April 3, 2018 Islanders want a community forest,
Review is “not directed at professionals per se, but whether the system under which they operate is functioning properly”.
Minister Heyman Says Forestry Not the Primary Reason for Professional Reliance Review By Kelly McCloskey Tree Frog Forestry News February 25, 2018 Speaking at
Creston Valley Community Forest
National Forest Week Festivities Daniel Gratton, Manager of the Creston Valley Community Forest, submitted this news on their National Forest Week activities. We had close
Growing Community Forests – University of Manitoba Press
Just released! Practice, Research, and Advocacy in Canada, by Ryan Bullock (Editor), with contributions by Jennifer Gunter, Erik Leslie and Susan Mulkey
15,200 ha burns on the Clinton Community Forest
76 days later, devastating Elephant Hill fire no longer a threat By Michelle Ghoussoub CBC News September 20, 2017 For 76 days, the Elephant
No salaries over $75,000 at Chinook Community Forest
BC Local News August 16, 2017 The board of directors of Burns Lake’s newest community forest – Chinook Community Forest – considered its first
Important Take Aways
TLA Daily Round Up for January 18 Jan 18, 2017 Truck Loggers Association Focus on evolving consent rather than static consent with First Nations.
A New Market for Hemlock?
Asia-Pacific: B.C. hemlock may break into Chinese market by pairing with bamboo by Chuck Chiang Dec 23, 2016 The Vancouver Sun A researcher with
NDP Leader Weighs in on Forestry
Time to Replace Out-of-Touch Government, John Horgan Says By Andrew MacLeod Dec 12, 2016 The Tyee …[AM] What about forestry? Do you see opportunity? [JH] Huge.
Society Constitution and By-Laws
British Columbia Community Forest Association Incorporated under the BC Society Act on April 8, 2002 CONSTITUTION The name of the society is British Columbia
Wells Gray National Forest Week Event
Community forest takes longterm view Oct 04, 2016 Clearwater Times Wells Gray Community Forest is planning for the longterm, according to general manager George