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The BC Community Forest Association represents over 100 rural and Indigenous communities across our province to aid in managing forests that align with community values.

08/26/2026

At the 2026 BCCFA Conference and AGM, our keynote speaker Hélène Marcoux, from the UBC Malcolm Knapp Research Forest, led an engaging and energizing talk focused on strengthening the public understanding of forestry.

With inspiring ideas for engagement, her key theme was “lean into stories, be real, be vulnerable, and don’t use so many acronyms.” At the Research Forest, located near Maple Ridge, several different programs and initiatives exist to educate the public and bring people to the forest for tours, talks, and events. This important work has fostered incredible partnerships and opportunities for diversification.

Thank you, Hélène, for sharing your ideas and inspiring us to continue our work with impactful community engagement.
Learn more about the topics that were discussed at https://www.bccfa.ca/2026-conference-agm

08/25/2026

During his tour of Northern British Columbia, visiting communities along Highway 16 from Prince Rupert to Smithers, Premier David Eby paid a special visit to the Wetzin'kwa Community Forest Corporation (WCF). This rare opportunity to connect with the provincial government face-to-face brought together representatives from the Town of Smithers and the Village of Telkwa, First Nations including Cassyex House and the Office of Wet'suwet'en, local woodlots, the Pacific Inland Resources (PIR) mill, surrounding community forests, and other community members, providing a platform to share the work being done through the community forest model in the Bulkley Valley.

Read the full story at bccfa.ca/news

08/20/2026

Indicator #9 from our 2025 Indicators Report highlights community forests’ commitment to community accountability.

At the heart of community forestry lies a strong commitment to building and sustaining meaningful relationships and trust within local communities. This deep-rooted connection is a defining characteristic of the community forest model and is fundamental to its success. Community forests are held to a high standard of accountability, not only through their legal obligations but also through the values that guide their operations.

3,532 volunteer hours were devoted to community accountability during the last fiscal period, a significant increase from the previous period.

Read the full report at bccfa.ca

08/18/2026

The BC Community Forest Association is pleased to introduce our new Board of Directors! Congratulations to newly elected Board members, Donna Brochez, Brian Frenkel, and Francis Johnson.

Erik Holbek, President – Barkley Community Forest
Coulter Roberts, Vice President – Westbank Community Forest
Denise English, Treasurer – Golden & Area Community Forest
Molly Hudson, Secretary – Cheakamus Community Forest
Randy Spyksma, Past President – Logan Lake Community Forest
Ken Nielsen, Past Secretary-Treasurer – Chinook Community Forest
Warren Hansen – Sunshine Coast Community Forest
Brian Frenkel – Vanderhoof Community Forest
Francis Johnson – Esk’etemc Community Forest
Donna Brochez – Burns Lake Community

We also extend our sincere thanks to outgoing Board members Dan Macmaster and Steve Lorimer for their many years of dedicated service and leadership.
Learn more: https://www.bccfa.ca/board-staff

08/06/2026

Indicator #7 from our 2025 Indicators Report highlights community forests’ investments in intensive silviculture.

Community forests take a long-term approach to forest management by actively investing in the future productivity and health of their area-based tenures. Many go above and beyond legal requirements by implementing intensive, incremental silviculture practices. These efforts are designed to enhance future timber supply and long-term economic returns, and they also improve forest health and biodiversity.

During the reporting period, community forests invested more than $2.8 million in incremental silviculture treatments.

Read the full report at bccfa.ca

08/04/2026

Our thoughts are with so many communities and everyone affected by the wildfires in various regions throughout the province.

We know many people across British Columbia are concerned about their friends, families, and communities impacted by the wildfires. We are thinking of everyone working around the clock to keep people safe.

For the latest wildfire information, please follow official updates from BC Wildfire Service and local emergency authorities.

BC Wildfire Service App: https://wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca/map

If you haven't already, consider downloading the Voyent Alert app, a multi-purpose communication service and alerting app that rapid disseminates information and alerts for critical emergencies and day-to-day notifications: https://voyent-alert.us/

07/22/2026

The BC Community Forest Association (BCCFA) has a long-term partnership with BC Wildfire Service to support community forests in their ongoing efforts to make communities and forests more resilient.

Today, we’d like to highlight the Nakusp and Area Community Forest (NACFOR) for receiving funding through this partnership to develop a Wildfire Resiliency Plan. This plan will be created specifically for areas of NACFOR CFA tenure, Woodlot 406 and Glenbank Private Lands, that have not yet had a wildfire risk reduction plan created for them or were not included in the 2017 Community Wildfire Protection Plan.

The project will identify priority areas for future fuel management using evidence-based wildfire risk assessments and fuel loading analysis, while building on work already completed around Nakusp. This planning will help guide wildfire risk reduction efforts over the next five years and support more strategic, resilient forest management.

Investing in proactive planning today helps communities make informed decisions for a safer tomorrow.

Visit the NACFOR website to learn more: https://www.nakuspcommunityforest.com/nacfor-spring-news-awards-operations-wildfire-risk-reduction-funding-and-projects/
For more details about this partnership, visit: https://www.bccfa.ca/wildfire-risk-reduction

Photo credit: NACFOR

07/20/2026

The Wildfire Risk Reduction Planning session at the 2026 BCCFA Conference brought together community forest managers, BC Wildfire Service (BCWS), and Ministry of Forests professionals to share experiences and discuss practical approaches to wildfire resilience. Through regional breakout discussions, participants identified three key priorities:
- Advancing landscape-scale wildfire planning
- Improving access to tools, funding, and implementation guidance
- Strengthening collaboration among community forests, Indigenous Peoples, governments, and neighbouring land managers.

One of the goals of these breakout sessions was to enable the Regional Liaisons to better learn what the diverse needs of their specific regional community forests are in wildfire resiliency.
Moving forward, these discussions will help inform the ongoing work of the BCCFA's Regional Liaisons and future wildfire risk reduction initiatives, helping develop more keyed in approaches to their workplans. In addition to the wildfire session, and ongoing work with the community forests, these workplans will be informed by the strategic direction of the BCCFA-BCWS agreement and higher level workplan that was developed during partnership initiation.

Read more about some of the outcomes from the Wildfire Risk Reduction Planning session:https://mcusercontent.com/8d3c1795fbd9c194ca5007d5b/files/5dedc011-75e3-fe2f-156b-a175ffa9e462/Session_5_BCCFA_2026_Conference_Notes.pdf

Contact the Regional Liaisons:
- Gord Pratt, South Regional Liaison [email protected]
- Sam Coggins, North Regional Liaison [email protected]
- Simon Craig, Coast Regional Liaison [email protected]

07/16/2026

The Cheakamus Community Forest was featured in a recent webinar hosted by Forest Professionals BC, sharing the story behind its climate resilience plan and the lessons learned along the way.

Watch ‘Tackling Climate Change: The Cheakamus Community Forest’s Climate Resilience Story’ to learn more about their work on climate adaptation, sustainable forest management, and the use of predictive modelling on their community forest.

Watch here: https://vimeo.com/1204551427/3dc6559752?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

07/10/2026

A thoughtful and timely perspective from David Elstone on the role of tabular stumpage rates for BC's Community Forest Agreements (CFAs).

Community forests were established to achieve more than timber production. They are designed to deliver local environmental, social, cultural, and economic benefits through community-based forest management.

As the article notes, tabular stumpage rates are more than a pricing mechanism. They are an important policy tool that supports Community Forest Agreements in delivering their unique mandate. Across BC, community forests invest in long-term stewardship, wildfire resilience, biodiversity, recreation, education, local employment, partnerships with First Nations, and community development, often well beyond regulatory requirements.

We appreciate David Elstone's contribution to this important discussion.

Read the full article: https://www.spartreegroup.com/post/bc-timber-pricing-equity-time-to-recognize-the-tradeoffs-between-tabular-rates-and-transformation

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