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Community Forest Benefits
Nearly $1.4 million was distributed to City of Powell River and community organization projects from Powell River Community Forest Ltd.’s best year of harvesting.

Lower North Thompson Summer Interns Update: Students have already engaged in a number of activities on the community forest including planting quality inspections and regen surveys,  painting harvest boundaries and layout.
Summer Interns at Cortes Community Forest
Interns arrived from UBC the same week that the first harvest was getting underway on the community forest. They are busy learning the lay of the island and have been part of engineering a small harvest block. They have assisted with building a box culvert for a fish stream crossing, and worked on getting the CFA  maps loaded on their mobile platforms. They have also met the community forest general partnership board as well as the Coop board, and participated in the safety and operational start-up meeting on the first day of operations. By all accounts students and community forest hosts are pleased how things are moving along. 
PRT Growing Services is the largest producer of container-grown seedlings in British Columbia. PRT proudly supports the Community Forest Tenure and is honored to be a supplier member of the BCCFA and a sponsor of the 2015 conference and AGM. For more information visit their web site at www.prt.com or contact Dan Livingston at 250-354-8385.
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BCCFA Indicators Report - A Tool for Advocacy
Share the report with the elected officials and First Nation leadership in your area. The report can be used to raise the awareness of the Community Forest Agreement program and to generate support for our policy efforts.  read more


 

May 2015 Newsletter


 
2015 BCCFA Conference and AGM June 11-13 in Clearwater 
DON'T FORGET TO BRING SOMETHING FOR THE SILENT AUCTION
Hosted by the Wells Gray Community Forest 
Program
Registration
Sponsorship Information
Accommodation 
 
Reports and Meeting Minutes - for members only 
Interested in becoming a member?
2014 Draft BCCFA AGM Minutes
April Executive Director's Report
May Executive Director's Report
March BCCFA Board Minutes
April BCCFA Board Minutes
April Joint Working Group Minutes 

BCCFA Supplier Members
We welcome two of our Supplier Members to the Goods and Services Exhibition at the conference in Clearwater.
Forsite Consultants Ltd. read more          Ecora read more

Safety Responsibilities of Small Licence Holders - Community Forests as "Owners"
An article from the Woodlot Licence and Community Forest Agreement Safety Committee, a collaboration between the Federation of BC Woodlot Associations (FBCWA), BC Community Forest Association (BCCFA) and the BC Forest Safety Council (BCFSC). read more

ABCFP Webinar - Risk Management in a Changing Climate - From Community Involvement to Operations
Presented by Erik Leslie and Ken Day.   Erik's part of the webinar focuses on what a number of community forests are doing and and on the public engagement component of discussions regarding climate change risks. You will have to 'sign in' to access the recording.  There are some good questions asked following Ken's presentation which focuses on forest health. .Link to the webinar 
 
 
Other News
 
Tree ID Ap 
The National Forest Week BC Coalition is pleased to provide this Tree ID smartphone app. The app is aimed at children, their parents and teachers. The app contains a glossary of all trees native to BC, geotagging capabilities, a list of parks and an events page. read more 

April Update from Minister Thomson read more

WSCA Rumour Mill RoundUpdate May 15, 2015 read more

UBC Forestry Co Op Tree Rings Newsletter  read more

Attend the FREE 1st Annual Northern BC Safety Conference
May 31, Prince George, in conjunction with Canada North Resources Expo read more

 
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