Harvesting Systems Workshop: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. What is the alternative?

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. It involves a field site visit to a woodlot that showcases stand management for multiple values over 40 years, followed by a facilitator-led indoor workshop to discuss alternate harvesting systems, where we are headed and how to get there, recognizing that a “one-size fits all approach” will not work. Participants will review observations from the field trip and brainstorm ideas and strategies to promoting alternate harvesting systems, with the intent to produce a written report and a series of recommendations.