Son Ranch Timber Company wins Minister’s Award for woodlot management – Southern Interior (Boundary Times)
October 18, 2019 Under the iconic and enormous cross-cut saw arch and down the dirt road, Shilo Freer feeds behemoth aspen beams through the 80-year-old [...]
Griessel family woodlot receive minister’s award – Coast (FLNRORD)
October 8, 2019 Howie Griessel, his wife Shari and son Kevin are being recognized by the Province through the Minister’s Award for Innovation and Excellence [...]
Adamson family woodlot wins minister’s award – Provincial & Northern Interior (FLNRORD)
October 8, 2019 Mark and Pauline Adamson are being recognized by the Province through the Minister’s Award for Innovation and Excellence in Woodlot Management for [...]
Forestry Ink: Tenure reform through expansion of the woodlot program (Williams Lake Tribune)
September 8, 2019 In contrast to replaceable forest licences with a few large corporations controlling over 50 per cent of the Allowable Annual Cut (AAC), [...]
Does BC Need More Woodlot Licences?
August 19, 2019 Woodlot Licences are part of a little industry that makes a big difference on BC’s forest stewardship landscape. Most people don’t know [...]
Forest Management Post Wildfires Focus of Federation of BC Woodlot Associations AGM (Williams Lake Tribune)
October 19, 2018 Woodlot licensees, joined ministry, industry, local government and academics from around the province for the Federation of BC Woodlot Associations AGM held [...]
Woodlot associations AGM to tackle wildfire impacts, prevention and risk reduction (Williams Lake Tribune)
September 22, 2018 Woodlot owners from across B.C. will converge in Williams Lake in October for an annual general meeting to focus on wildfire impacts, [...]
Distressed Community Takes Things into Their Own Hands as Wildfire Threatens Their Community (Kamloops BCNow)
August 23, 2018 A group of communities located by Ootsa Lake are feeling the heat from large wildfires progressing towards their properties… The communities typically [...]
Forest Resiliency Focus Moving Forward In The Cariboo Chilcotin (Williams Lake Tribune)
April 24, 2018 Creating resilient forests while recovering and rebuilding from last year’s wildfires is a challenge Rodger Stewart will face in his new position [...]
Provincial Forests Minister Declines Meeting About Lantzville Woodlot (Nanaimo News Bulletin)
April 3, 2018 It appears that the minister in charge of forests is no longer open to meeting with Lantzville councillors to discuss measures to [...]
Wildfires – A Role for Community Forests and Woodlot Licences
October 18, 2017 This year’s wildfire season was the worst in BC’s history. Forest fires threatened communities, destroyed homes and businesses, caused over 45,000 people [...]
North Thompson Woodlot Operators Craig and Leanna Mann Honoured for excellence and innovation (North Thompson Star Journal, Kamloops)
October 3, 2017 The Province recognized area woodlot licensees, Craig and Leanna Mann, managers of Woodlot 1595, for innovation and excellence in woodlot management, along [...]