The Federation of BC Woodlot Associations celebrated 25 years at the joint FBCWA and WPDC conference and AGM in Fort St. John where the inaugural meeting was held.
This special event began with a social on the evening of Thursday September 13 2012 and ended with a Bison BBQ on Saturday September 15 2012.
Highlights included speakers, in particular Janice Burns, recent UBC forestry graduate from a woodlot family, who talked about using LIDAR – remote sensing technology, to improve our forest inventory information; a woodlot tour discussing the challenges of stand management and vegetation control in the Peace Country; River boat tour on the Peace River and a Trap shoot at the North Peace Road and Gun Club.
The FBCWA and WPDC conducted their Directors’ meetings immediately following the AGM on Sunday September 16, 2012.