Silviculture Innovation Program

10/16/2026

💫 Join us TODAY for an information session from 12:00–1:00 p.m. (PDT) to learn more about the SIP’s Innovation in Action Grants, ask questions, and get answers during a live Q&A.

Register for the webinar here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3YKfaZkER865nhvIc8Rc5A!

10/15/2026

🎤 Tune in on Wednesday, November 25, 2026 from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM for the Forest Professionals BC  Webinar: Best Management Practices for Post-Harvest Burning in British Columbia to watch Dr. Kira Hoffman and Fons Raedschelders present on helping fire and forestry practitioners plan for and implement effective post-harvest burning.

This webinar will outline safe, effective, and ecologically beneficial application of fire and provide a guide and operator card that can be applied across all silviculture systems in the province, including clearcut, patch cut, seed tree, coppice, shelterwood, irregular shelterwood, selection, and retention types.

It is vital to employ the ability to apply controlled fire, in both prescribed and cultural contexts, to support forests and landscapes in absorbing wildfire as BC moves towards managing silviculture systems for multiple values throughout stand development.

🎙️ Register for the webinar on the FBPC website: https://www.fpbc.ca/event/fpbc-webinar-best-management-practices-for-post-harvest-burning-in-british-columbia/.

📖 Read the full article in the FPBC online magazine: https://bcforestprofessional.ca/2026/09/28/best-management-practices-for-post-harvest-burning-in-british-columbia/.

🔥 Download and print the Practitioner Operator Card under “Resources” on the SIP website: https://sip.bvcentre.ca/resources/.

📸 Photo by Kira Hoffman & Yolanda Clatworthy.

10/12/2026

💫 Join us for an information session on October 16 from 12:00–1:00 p.m. (PDT) to learn more about the SIP’s Innovation in Action Grants, ask questions, and get answers during a live Q&A.

Register for the webinar here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3YKfaZkER865nhvIc8Rc5A!

10/08/2026

🌱 The SIP’s Innovation in Action grant program is now open for applications!

If you are an operationally rooted project looking for opportunities to share learnings, build knowledge, test new approaches, or take action to overcome barriers in application to silviculture then this grant program may be a great fit for you.

📆 Applications open October 1 and close on November 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM (PCT).

Learn more about the program and applications on our website: https://sip.bvcentre.ca/grants/.

📸 Photo courtesy of Andrea Blaikie at the Spel’kúmtn Community Forest.

10/06/2026

☀️ Check out photos of the SIP Field Team this season as they focus on two main projects!

For the Fire Stewardship Program, the team returned to 72 burned and unburned control sites that were visited in 2021 following the 2018 wildfires. One shift the team caught a float plane into Tweedsmuir Provincial Park which was exceptionally special!

The crew worked their way west to east from the Nadina to the Tezzeron burns, camping, cooking, embroidering, and dodging mosquitoes and black flies along the way. The goal of their visits were to re-measure forest health and regeneration. With this data, they will better understand the effects of wildfires for many things, such as future harvest potential and regeneration.

The second project, Multiple Values Program, was completed in collaboration with the Office of the Wet’suwet’en. This program works to determine how innovative harvest techniques can support multiple values, including wildfire resilience, harvest and silviculture goals, and wildlife habitat suitability. Established wildlife cameras were located within harvest areas and paired with on-the-ground stand and habitat assessments.

Congratulations to the SIP Field Team on a successful season!

📸 Photos from the SIP Field Team.

10/05/2026

Read about 'Best Management Practices for Post-Harvest Burning in British Columbia,' 'Managing Timber and Water Together: Forestry’s Moment in the Koksilah,' 'The Hidden Value of Dead Wood: Turning Harvest Residue into Wildlife Corridors to Facilitate Small Mammal Movement in Harvested Landscapes,' and more in the fall 2026 edition of BC Forest Professional: https://bcforestprofessional.ca/

10/02/2026

💫 Join us for an information session on October 16 from 12:00–1:00 p.m. (PCT) to learn more about the SIP’s Innovation in Action Grants, ask questions, and get answers during a live Q&A.

Register for the webinar here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3YKfaZkER865nhvIc8Rc5A!

10/01/2026

Dr. Kira Hoffman, Isabel Bodnar, and Fons Raedschelders have collaborated on a new spotlight article, Best Management Practices for Post-Harvest Burning in British Columbia, released today in the Forest Professionals BC's online magazine!

Since 2017, more than 9.5 million hectares of forest in BC have been impacted by wildfire, and another 18 million hectares have been disturbed or damaged by drought, wind and pests, exacerbating wildfire risk.

This article highlights best practices to help fire and forestry practitioners plan, layout, and implement effective post-harvest controlled burning in BC. The accompanying operator card expands practitioner knowledge to scale and deliver proactive fire management as a silviculture tool, thereby increasing landscape resilience to wildfire.

📖 Read the full article in the FPBC online magazine: https://bcforestprofessional.ca/2026/09/28/best-management-practices-for-post-harvest-burning-in-british-columbia/.
🔥 Download and print the Practitioner Operator Card under “Resources” on the SIP website: https://sip.bvcentre.ca/resources/.

📸 Photo by Fons Raedschelders and Yolanda Clatworthy.

10/01/2026

🌱 The SIP’s Innovation in Action grant program is now open for applications!

If you have an operationally rooted project and are looking for opportunities to share learnings, build knowledge, test new approaches, or take action to overcome barriers in application to silviculture then this grant program may be a great fit for you.

📆 Applications open October 1 and close on November 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM (PCT).

Learn more about the program and applications on our website: https://sip.bvcentre.ca/grants/.

📸 Photo courtesy of Andrea Blaikie at the Spel’kúmtn Community Forest.

09/29/2026

Amazing words shared by Lori Daniels and Dr. Kira Hoffman! 🌲

Meet Lori Daniels, Chair of the Centre for Wildfire Coexistence at ...