The Federation of British Columbia Woodlot Associations (FBCWA) promotes the interests of woodlot licensees, private forest landowners and others involved in small-scale forest management in British Columbia.
The FBCWA’s mission is for all its members to practice exemplary forest and natural resources management in a socially, economically and environmentally responsible manner.
$2,000 Recipient – Jared Frasca
Jared Frasca of Woodlot Licence W1563 in the Columbia region is completing his Bachelor of Natural Resource Science at Thompson River University in Kamloops.
In addition to working with his father on the woodlot, he has gained considerable summer experience working in firefighting, forest inventories, forest health assessments and silviculture field work.
$1,000 Recipient – Olivia Gash
Olivia, daughter of Mike Gash, W1808, Cariboo Woodlot Association, has helped with silviculture surveys, beetle probing, GPSing and tree planting on the family woodlot. She is the and is beginning her academic journey at McGill University in Montreal. Having achieved her dual Dogwood as a French Immersion student at Lake City Secondary School in Williams Lake, she’s working towards her Bachelor of Arts with the hopes of eventually working in education.
The Federation supports education by providing scholarships each year. The funds are generated through the ”Silent Auction” held at the Federation’s annual conference. The application for the 2022 scholarship is not available at this time.
Click here to learn more about past scholarship recipients.