Our Purpose
BC’s forests are symbols of resilience, legacy, and diversity, but their future lies at a crossroads. With impacted timber supplies, a changing climate, and mounting concerns from many groups, including the forestry sector, there is a shift happening to manage forests for multiple values and embrace an ecologically-centred approach.
Using alternative and innovative approaches to forestry, we can help ensure BC forests continue to provide values and services that will support communities for generations to come.
Our vision is that the Silviculture Innovation Program will accelerate the growth of innovative silviculture by improving knowledge of these systems in British Columbia using research and extension.
What is innovative silviculture?
Innovative silviculture systems include systems for the harvesting, growing, and tending of forests where the primary objective is to achieve holistic stewardship of the land base, including maintaining ecosystem health, water quality, and quantity. Innovative silviculture systems are driven by an appreciation of multiple values, including ecological, social, cultural, and economic values of forests, where stewardship is focused on maintaining the continuity of dynamic ecosystem processes and functions.
Recent News and Updates
First Nation-led innovation in forestry uses cultural burns and thinning to bring back food and wildlife
For Immediate Release April 1, 2025 Mount Currie, B.C. - The Silviculture Innovation Program (SIP) of the Bulkley Valley Research Centre (BVRC), recently launched its first episode of a new series titled ‘Out On A Limb’. The goal of the series…
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Growing Community: What We Heard from a Survey of Communities of Practice
Did you know about 7 out of 10 practitioners feel supported by their Communities of Practice (COP) to implement innovative silviculture? A recent SIP survey found that practitioners were largely satisfied with COPs that effectively delivered information and provided…
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Launching the SIP Grants Program: Empowering Innovative Silviculture in BC
We have BIG news! After much work behind the scenes, we are excited to launch the SIP grants program. Through our grants program, we aim to develop and support projects that advance innovative silviculture practices and approaches to forest management.…
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