Project Title: Harvesting Systems Workshop: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. What is the alternative? Recipient: Woodlots BC Regions: Thompson/Okanagan & Kootenay Awarded Amount: $15,000 Project Period: 2025-2026 Description: The project is a workshop held in conjunction with the 2025 Woodlot Conference.…

Project Title: Monitoring & Extension of Partial Harvests in Wetzin’kwa Community Forest Recipient:  Sybille Haeussler Region: North Coast & Nechako Project Period: 2025-2027 Awarded Amount: $10,000 Description: Existing and new partial harvests are located in sub-boreal (SBS) and transitional (ICH/ESSF) ecosystems of northwest BC, drawing…

Project Title: Stswecem’c Xget’tem Forest Gathering & Tending Recipient:  Stswecem’c Xget’tem Development Corporation (SXDC) Region: Cariboo Awarded Amount: $12,409 Project Period: 2025 Description: In recent decades, Stswecem’c Xget’tem First Nation (SXFN) members have lost access to gathering sites for foods and medicines near community due…

Project Title: Building Relationships, Braiding Knowledge Recipient: Spel’kúmtn Community Forest Region: Mainland/Southwest Awarded Amount: $15,000 Project Period: 2025 Description: Through this project, Spel’kúmtn Community Forest and Líl’wat Lands Department are hoping to build greater synergy between the foresters, who come from Western scientific ways…

Project Title: Evaluation of Moose Forage and Habitat in Variable Thinned Stands: Media Extension Services Recipient:  Society for Ecosystem Restoration in Northern BC (SERN BC) Region: Cariboo Awarded Amount: $15,000 Project Period: 2025-2026 Description: Funding will support the production of a video showcasing how…

Project Title: Incorporating Fire on the Landscape Through Traditional Use Recipient: Siya Forestry LP (An Osoyoos Indian Band Company) Region: Thompson Okanagan Awarded Amount: $14,905 Project Period: 2025-2026 Description: The Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) completed three cultural burns to date by sharing community knowledge…

Project Title: Funding for Silviculture Surveyor Training, Workshops, & Post-Secondary Micro-credentials Recipient: Sarah Jane Lynch Region(s): North Coast & Nechako Awarded Amount: $12,175 Project Period: 2025 Description: The individual has an interest in understanding current challenges and gaps for innovative silviculture in BC and…

Project Title: PG Woodlot Association Thinning Manual Recipient:  Prince George Woodlot Association Theme(s): Cariboo Awarded Amount: $10,500 Project Period: 2025 Description: Funding will support completion and distribution of a thinning manual targeted towards Woodlot Licensees across BC, designed as a “grassroots field manual” for those…

Project Title: Current & Future Forester: Funding for Post-Secondary Recipient: Chelsea Southern Region: Vancouver Island/Coast Awarded Amount: $14,974 Project Period: 2025 Description: Funding has been awarded to support post-secondary studies in the Coastal Forest Technology program at North Island College. Upon completion, the recipient will…

Project Title: Silviculture Surveyor Training & Program Development Recipient: Alkali Resource Management Ltd. (ARM) Region: Cariboo Awarded Amount: $15,000 Project Period: 2025 Description: The Esk’etemc Silviculture Surveyors Training Program is designed to equip surveyors with the skills needed to conduct silviculture surveys, tailored to the…