Thank you to Lower North Thompson Community Forest Society (LNTCFS) for hosting a fantastic field tour yesterday! 🔥 We explored their Wildfire Risk Reduction project sites, including areas supported by the Economic Recovery Initiative and Forest Enhancement Society of BC.

📣 NEW RELEASE! Today marks an important day for the BCCFA, as we proudly release our 2025 Community Forest Indicators Report alongside the launch of our new brand and website. We are thrilled with the results and hope you will be too! Check it out at www.bccfa.ca

A big day for community forestry in BC! The Ministry of Forests announced today the expansion of three community forests - Vanderhoof, Fort St. James and Fraser Lake. 👏 @rparmarbc.bsky.social Read the full release at news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

Excited to share our timely new wildfire mitigation project - working with communities to proactively reduce risk as more 🔥records are set across BC + Canada @firejill.bsky.social @forestry.ubc.ca @bccfa.bsky.social @bcwildfireservice.bsky.social

New Op Ed: “Community Forests: rooted in community, growing for generations” recently released and published. Read more here: bccfa.ca/as-published...

In her keynote session at our 2025 Conference, Dr. Jennifer Grenz helped redefine what forests and forestry truly mean in the context of integrating ecological care, climate resilience, and community well-being into a new era of land management.

That’s a wrap on our 2025 Conference & AGM! Thank you to all who joined us last week in Nanaimo to learn, exchange knowledge, and contribute to our growing community forestry network. We will be sharing some session highlights and wonderful photos over the coming days - stay tuned! 🌲

At this year’s BC First Nations Forestry Conference, delegates are gathered on the traditional territories of the Syilx Okanagan people in SnPink’tn (Penticton) to learn from the event theme, “Everything is Connected”.

We are at the COFI 2025 Convention this week with friends and colleagues! BCCFA Executive Director, Jennifer Gunter, presents on Friday April 4 as part of the “The Elephant in the Room: Let’s talk about fibre” panel. Pictured: Jennifer Gunter with BCCFA Directors Klay Tindall and Dan Macmaster

On this International Day of Forests, we are proud to share a new video that highlights the exceptional work of Líl̓wat Forestry Ventures Ltd. (LFV) and their partnership with Spel'kúmtn Community Forest and Cheakamus Community Forest. Watch here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Oj...

Registration is now open for our 2025 Conference with Early Bird pricing! The event will take place from May 26-28 in Nanaimo 🌲 To Register and learn more, visit site.pheedloop.com/event/EVEKCE...

Are you interested in learning more about community forestry in BC? Our annual Indicators Report is a fantastic resource that provides information about the program and both quantitative & qualitative data highlighting the benefits of these long term tenures. Read more here: bccfa.ca/indicators-r...

📣 New Report Release! 📣 As part of our ongoing partnership with BC Wildfire Service, the BCCFA conducted an in-depth Needs Assessment in 2023-2024 to determine wildfire management capacity of community forests across the province. Learn more and read the summary report at bccfa.ca/wildfire-ris...

We love seeing the “community” in community forestry!