Woodlots Licences Rooted in Learning – 2022 Conference
November 22, 2022 After two long years of Zoom, Teams and conference calls, Woodlotters were finally able to gather in person. The 2022 Annual [...]
Social Licence at its Best – Forestry and Recreation Compatible on a Vancouver Island Woodlot Licence
August 8, 2022 Anyone who holds a timber licence on Vancouver Island is well versed in the notions of "public engagement" and "interface" - [...]
Benefits of Outdoor Education & Woodlot Licence Contributions
Teachers have known for decades about the benefits of outdoor education. Studies have shown that when you turn nature into classroom great things happen. Download [...]
An Illustrated Perspective on Proposed Old Growth Deferrals
Al Waters, a long time supporter of the woodlot licence program gave a presentation at the 2022 SISCO Winter Workshop: Silviculture in a Changing Physical and [...]
Old Growth Deferral & Recruitment – Do Woodlots Belong?
A small cut block was harvested in 2021 along with another nearby block which included 20 loads of pulp from ‘fall out’ from over mature [...]
Old Growth Deferrals & Minister Recognizes Innovation and Excellence in Woodlot Management
It’s been a time of change in forest policy over the past several months. The provincial government has been navigating the challenge of preserving old [...]
BCIT Forest Society, instructor receive minister’s award
The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) Forest Society, led by instructor Jonathan Smyth, is being recognized by the Province with the 2020 Minister’s Award [...]
Benjamin Wilson woodlot receives minister’s award for the North
Benjamin (Ben) Wilson is being recognized by the Province with the 2020 Minister’s Award for Innovation and Excellence in Woodlot Management for British Columbia’s North. [...]
Sahlstrom woodlot licence receives minister’s provincewide award
Robert (Bob) and Greg Sahlstrom are being recognized by the Province with a 2020 Minister’s Award for Innovation and Excellence in Woodlot Management for the [...]
BC’s Extreme Wildfire Season Threatens Replanting
Wildfire season is taking its toll on British Columbia’s forests, and we’re not out of the woods yet. As of the end of July, over [...]
Federation of BC Woodlot Associations releases 2020 Woodlot Licence Program Report following the Throne Speech
Wednesday April 14, 2021 KELOWNA – The Federation of BC Woodlot Associations (FBCWA) has released its first Woodlot Licence program report in over a decade. [...]
BC Woodlots Podcast – 4 – Competing Resource Management Objectives, Regulations & Policy
February 1, 2021 Smithers 2019 Woodlot Conference Panel Presentation - Competing Resource Management Objectives, Government Regulation and Policy for woodlot licences with a focus on [...]