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 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…

Project Title: Understanding Restoration Thinning in the IDF Recipient: Williams Lake First Nation Region: Cariboo Theme(s): “Thin it to win it” Awarded Amount: $49,840 Project Period: 2025-2027 Description: Williams Lake First Nation has been undertaking restoration thinning treatments in the Interior Douglas-fir (IDF) to improve the…

Project Title: Fire Effects on Traditional Food Plants Recipient: Thompson Rivers University Region: Cariboo Theme(s): “A burn a day can help keep wildfire away” Awarded Amount: $50,000 Project Period: 2025-2027 Description: This project aims to understand how fire management impacts the health and nutritional quality of…

Project Title: Characterizing Understory Attributes for Conservation when Harvesting and Recruitment when Thinning: An Indigenous Operational Case Study Recipient: Tano T’enneh Limited Partnership Region: North Coast & Nechako Region Theme(s): “Old-like in a new light”, “Thin it to win it”, “Training tomorrow’s forest…

Project Title: A Holistic Approach to Thinning Recipient: Squamish Community Forest Corporation Region: Mainland/Southwest Region Theme(s): “Thin it to win it” Awarded Amount: $40,000 Project Period: 2025-2026 Description: This project aims to identify priority treatment sites and develop prescriptions for forest thinning (pre-commercial and commercial) through…