Project Title: Using fire for innovative silviculture solutions in Ulkatcho Territory Recipient: Thompson Rivers University Region: Cariboo Region Awarded Amount: $14,892 Project period: 2025-2026 Description: The Capacity Building Grant will support Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in expanding collaboration and research with the Ulkatcho First…

Project Title: Kwiakah First Nation led Regenerative Forestry and Knowledge Revitalization Recipient: Kwiakah First Nation Region: Vancouver Island/Coast Region Awarded Amount: $15,000 Project period: 2025-2026 Description: The Capacity Building Grant will support the expansion of Indigenous science knowledge and strengthen relationships with Kwiakah Elders…

Project Title: Kwiakah Regenerative Forestry Pilot Recipient: Kwiakah First Nation Region: Vancouver Island/Coast Region Theme(s): “Old-like in a new light”, “Thin it to win it”, “Success, failure, learn & tailor” Awarded Amount: $50,000 Project period: 2025=2026 Description: This Kwiakah-led project will support the Kwiakah vision to heal the forests in our…

Project Title: Community Protection and Ecosystem Enhancement through Forest Thinning and Cultural Fire Recipient: Gitanyow Fisheries Authority Region: North Coast & Nechako Region Theme(s): “Old-like in a new light”, “A burn a day can help keep wildfire away”, “Thin it to win…

Project Title: Northeast BC Wildland Fire Training Recipient: Northeast BC Prescribed Fire Council Region: Northeast Project Period: 2025 Awarded Amount: $10,000 Description: This project will aim to train and mentor more than 20 local rights holders, stakeholders, and marginalized peoples in wildland fire with an…

Project Title: Old growth attributes and best management practices pamphlet Recipient: Woodlots BC Region: Provincial Project Period: 2025-2026 Awarded Amount: $8,500 Description: The project is to provide information on old forest attributes and best management tools to maintain resilient old forest attributes within a harvest…

Project Title: Northeast BC Prescribed Fire Planning in an Eco-cultural Pyric Herbivory Context Recipient: Shifting Mosaics Corporation Region: Northeast Theme(s): “A burn a day can help keep wildfire away” Awarded Amount: $50,000 Project period: 2025 Description: This project aims to mobilize traditional and local ecological knowledge…

Project Title: Comparative Review of Pre-harvest Understory Thinning in IDF on Post-harvest Residual Retention and Fuel Loading, within Partial-harvested Stands Recipient: Stswecem’c Xget’tem Development Corporation (SXDC) Region: Cariboo and Thompson-Okanagan Theme(s): “Thin it to win it” Awarded Amount: $50,000 Project period: 2025-2026 Description: This project plans…

Project Title: Restoration of industrial conifer plantations to recover ecosystem integrity Recipient: Malcolm Knapp Research Forest, University of British Columbia Region: Cariboo and Mainland/Southwest Theme(s): “Old-like in a new light”, “Thin it to win it” Awarded Amount: $50,000 Project period: 2025-2027 Description: This project addresses restoration…

Project Title: Cost and efficacy of combining understory resilience treatments with sawlog harvesting operations in the Dry-Belt Douglas-fir Recipient: Clinton Community Forest Region: Cariboo Theme(s): “Thin it to win it”; “Beyond the sawlog” Awarded Amount: $50,000 Project period: 2025-2026 Description: Uneven-aged forests of the dry interior…