2020 Accomplishments Report Table of Contents “ The Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) continues to seek out partners either in the local, provincial, Message from the Chair ...... 2 and federal capacities who will assist and build Message from the Minister ...... 3 upon WLFN environmental goals and objectives. The FESBC funding has been crucial in assisting About FESBC ...... 4 the shared mandate of reducing these outdated burning programs. FESBC funding allows First Nation About the Report ...... 6 communities such as WLFN of the and Tŝideldel of the Tŝilhqot'in National Government, FESBC by the Numbers ...... 8 two nations that have historically not worked together, an opportunity that will benefi t both Looking Forward with S. Kozuki ...... 9 nations and each of their companies.” —Chief Willie Sellars of the Williams Lake First Nation 1 • Wildfi re Risk Reduction ...... 10

2 • Fibre Recovery ...... 12

3 • Forest Carbon ...... 14

4 • Wildlife Habitat Enhancement ...... 16

5 • Stand Rehabilitation ...... 18

250 Reasons Why B.C.'s Forests Are Better Today...... 20

FESBC Approved Project List ...... 21

Printed in Message from the Chair Message from the Minister

“ With support from the governments of B.C. and Canada, There’s no question that it’s been a challenging year for British the Forest Enhancement Society of BC has been enabling Columbia’s forestry sector, with those challenges being multi-layered: some long-anticipated and some unexpected. A tightening timber supply, others to reduce greenhouse gases, protect communities from the impacts of climate change leading to forest pests such as spruce wildfi re, improve wildlife habitat, and create jobs for British beetles and increased wildfi re activity in recent years, low lumber prices, Columbians. This work generates immense social, economic, and fi nally the COVID-19 pandemic have made 2019/20 a turbulent year and environmental benefi ts, now and into the future.” for the forest sector and the people of .

A key part of addressing these challenges has been our approach to how we manage The FESBC Board of Directors is pleased with the our forest resources. The Forest Enhancement Society of BC has played a pivotal role ongoing delivery of many successful projects to date. in helping to maintain the health of our forests and advance environmental and resource The Board is particularly delighted when creative people stewardship of the province’s forests. Their projects range from the prevention and in B.C. fi nd ways to achieve multiple benefi ts with their mitigation of wildfi res to improving damaged or low-value forests, and supporting projects. For example, when a community reduces their the use of fi bre from damaged and low-value forests. They are also a key partner wildfi re risk while at the same time improving wildlife in delivering on provincial climate change and CleanBC targets. habitat, creating recreational trails, and using the With programs such as FESBC, Forests for Tomorrow and the Forest Carbon Initiative, resulting fi bre to make sustainable green energy, and the considerable effort of the forest industry, B.C. has the largest planting program the benefi ts of each dollar is multiplied many-fold. in the country with the 2020 planting season on track for a record-breaking season despite the COVID-19 pandemic (at the time of writing). When British Columbians enhance our forests, we are bequeathing an inheritance to our children Through innovation and determination, B.C.’s forest industry has always emerged from times and grandchildren: cleaner air, fewer greenhouse gases, of challenge and uncertainty to be stronger and more resilient. With help from organizations better timber supply, higher quality wildlife habitat, such as FESBC, British Columbia will continue to take a global leadership role in the sector and safer communities. and as the minister responsible for our forests, I am optimistic about our future. This is a legacy of which we can all be proud. 

 The Honourable Doug Donaldson Jim Snetsinger Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations FESBC Chair and Rural Development

2 3 Our vision is to enhance forest resilience to wildfi re and climate change for the lasting benefi t of British Columbia’s environment, wildlife, forest health, and communities. About FESBC

OUR HISTORY OUR PURPOSES EXCELLENCE GOOD GOVERNANCE OUR FESBC BOARD OUR FESBC STAFF TEAM On February 26, 2016, The Government of B.C. IN FINANCIAL FESBC is guided by the The Board is led by the Government of British has invested $235 million MANAGEMENT strong strategic leadership Jim Snetsinger The staff team is led by RPF, Chair of the Board Columbia announced the in FESBC with $233 million The economic benefi ts of a Board of Directors drawn Steve Kozuki RPF, Executive Director formation of the Forest allocated as of July 2020 generated by our programs from senior ranks of the B.C. DIRECTORS: Enhancement Society of BC for 250 projects related greatly exceed the costs government and the forest industry. With their diverse Wayne Clogg FELLOW TEAM MEMBERS: (FESBC) with initial funding to our fi ve purposes: of running them with the RPF, Governance Chair Operations Managers of $85 million and a Board projects funded creating but complementary backgrounds 1 Preventing and mitigating Dave Peterson Dave Conly, RPF of Directors to oversee the over $357 million in and shared passion for the impact of wildfi res RPF, Assistant Deputy Minister Gord Pratt, RPF achieving the full potential delivery of its fi ve purposes. economic activity and | Emergency Management BC Ray Raatz, RPF The Government of B.C. Improving damaged or over 2,100 full-time- array of benefi ts from 2 Brian Banfi ll Offi ce Manager then announced additional low value forests through equivalent jobs in B.C. B.C.’s forests, the Board forest rehabilitation CPA, CGA, Finance Chair Kathy Dupuis funding of $150 million in We are pleased to report provides guidance and direction Finance Manager to FESBC staff. The Board early 2017 to focus on 3 Improving habitat for wildlife that our overhead cost Heather Bepple, CPA, CMA is particularly enthusiastic advancing environmental is only 6.5% which means Communications Liaison 4 Supporting the enhanced use about the many projects stewardship through achieving less dollars are used Aleece Laird, BBA of wood waste from damaged that achieve multiple or greenhouse gas benefi ts and and low value forests administratively, and more contributing to meeting British funds are used for projects synergistic cross benefi ts. Columbia’s and Canada’s 5 Treating forests to improve with social, economic, and Taken together as a portfolio the management of green- climate change targets. environmental benefi ts. of investments, these projects house gases to help fi ght deliver signifi cant multi- climate change generational benefi ts Our work improves forests for all British Columbians. and the environment while The Board has fully supporting forestry workers, committed to adhering communities, and to best practices for good throughout the province. governance and emulates many B.C. government policies for things such as human resources management and procurement. In our most As of July 2020, FESBC has supported 250 projects recent fi nancial audit completed by KPMG, FESBC received valued at $233 million in partnership with the an unqualifi ed audit opinion. Province of B.C. and the Government of Canada. To view our fi nancial statements, visit www.fesbc.ca/reports

4 5 About the Report

This Accomplishments Report highlights This report highlights projects from ENHANCING COMMUNICATION FESBC initiatives and expenditures while around the province that: AND ENGAGEMENT sharing good news stories from projects • help reduce wildfi re risks to around the province. In our third full protect people and communities British Columbians want to know their year, we are proud of our collaborative • enhance wildlife habitat forests are being enhanced and protected, relationships with project partners who • improve low value and damaged forests providing multiple benefi ts for everyone. are doing outstanding work to enhance • re-plant damaged forests, and We believe it is important to publicly our forests today and for future generations. • utilize waste fi bre for green energy production. report on the work our team and partners are doing because the projects go beyond We continue to adopt best practices for Many of these projects also result in carbon the minimum legal requirements and our governance, administrative systems, benefi ts and contribute signifi cantly to climate business-as-usual management. and communications to help deliver our change mitigation. Learn about specifi c projects mandate in the most effi cient and starting on page 10 with the full list of As part of our communication strategy, effective manner possible. projects starting on page 21. we maintain an easily accessible website: www.fesbc.ca. The site contains information on the funding application process, the latest news stories, an introduction to Board members, A WIN WIN FOR B.C.'S ECONOMY AND THE ENVIRONMENT and an interactive map to see projects in your own community and across the province. To date, FESBC has granted $233 million for over 250 projects in almost every Frequent media coverage of our projects corner of British Columbia. British Columbians can be immensely proud of the has signifi cantly increased awareness of FESBC organizations whose people had the vision to step forward to deliver on so many and the important support from governments benefi cial projects, seeing challenges as opportunities in order to successfully we have received as well as providing insight complete this important work. To the many people working within community forests, into the good work happening in communities First Nations, local and provincial governments, and many others, our team expresses around British Columbia. Citizens, stakeholders, deep gratitude for the work done so passionately to deliver the social, economic, and First Nations are now a lot more aware that and environmental benefi ts that well-managed forests can provide. their governments, through FESBC, are taking strong and meaningful action on climate change We recently approved over $27 million in grants for 38 projects throughout mitigation, improving wildlife habitat, reducing British Columbia focused on increasing the utilization of wood fi bre wildfi re risk, and enhancing forests. that otherwise would have been burned as slash. Our staff team continues to be client-focused, Parliamentary Secretary for Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations helping proponents earn social license by and Rural Development, RAVI KAHLON, made the announcement in expanding their own communications to Prince George with many of the project partners in attendance. highlight their projects and the resulting benefi ts: job creation, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, enhanced “ Nothing frustrates people wood fi bre utilization, and more. more than seeing piles of slash go to waste rather than be used to help create jobs.” FESBC is proudly funded by the Government of British Columbia and — Ravi Kahlon November 13, 2019 news release in part by the Government of Canada.

6 7 FESBC “ While we are immensely proud by the Numbers $ of our progress, we also know much work remains to be done."

—Steven Kozuki, Executive Director, FESBC MILLION233 Combined approved funding for projects Looking Forward with S. Kozuki

FESBC is well-positioned to continue the successful delivery of a carefully 2,Full-time-eq124uivalent $ crafted program of initiatives that serve the needs of British Columbians, JOBS CREATED now and into the future. People rely on B.C.’s forests, which makes this work more important than ever as the forces of climate change, insect epidemics, 357MILLION and catastrophic wildfi re events continue to impact our forests. Economic activity Protecting communities from wildfi re risk, reducing greenhouse gases, created by 250 projects and improving wildlife habitat are critical. Whenever possible, FESBC tries to include projects that contain more than one benefi t to British Columbians while at the same time increasing First Nations participation in the forest economy, improving timber supply, increasing employment in rural economies, and increasing ecological sustainability. 25PROJEC0TS projects are led by Partnering with many First Nations and other organizations has helped approved across B.C. FESBC fund and deliver a large variety of projects in every area of the province. FIRST These partners, along with dedicated FESBC staff, are working on projects NATIONS that will provide benefi ts for generations to come: 60 • Union of BC Municipalities • Federation of BC Woodlot Associations …and 22 projects • BC Community Forest Association • Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation “ With support from have signifi cant $ • forest companies • many others. the governments of B.C. First Nations Being a government agency, FESBC works to complement programs of the

and Canada, FESBC has involvement for Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development a total value of … MILLION72 (FLNRORD). FESBC and FLNRORD collaborate closely to serve the needs of been enabling others to reduce greenhouse gases, British Columbians and in doing so, our strategic thinking is guided by long-term perspectives on the scale of the lifespan of trees or several human generations. protect communities from wildfi re, improve wildlife While we are immensely proud of our progress, we also know much work habitat, and create jobs remains to be done. However, with so many committed to forest enhancement, there is no doubt we will achieve our shared vision of enhanced forest for British Columbians. MILLION resilience for the lasting benefi t of B.C.’s environment, wildlife, This work generates TONNES forest health, and communities. immense social, economic, CO2e* and environmental benefi ts, 5.3 sequestered 1. million1 cars now and into the future.” or avoided off the road Steven F Kozuki, RPF —Jim Snetsinger, FESBC Chair *cumulative from project initiation to 2050 for a year Executive Director, Forest Enhancement Society of BC

8 9 LOCATION: Burns Lake

PROJECT PARTNER: Burns Lake Community Forest

FESBC FUNDING: $338,298

THE CHALLENGE: Home to the Burns Lake Mountain Bike Park and Trails as well as a campground, the area was heavily impacted by mountain pine beetle and was full of deadfall. If there was a wildfi re in the area, the community and its infrastructure could be at risk. “ This project could not have been possible without the fi nancial support of FESBC. Funding helped maximize hazard abatement requirement for fuel THE OUTCOME: Fuel loads were reduced on approximately hazard management and supported maximum fi bre 155 hectares of land to mitigate wildfi re risk while carefully utilization through recovery of blowdown and standing 1 maintaining recreational values. dead pine, effectively leaving behind a healthy midterm timber supply.” Wildfi re Risk Reduction JOBS: 3 STATUS: complete • Frank Varga, General Manager, Burns Lake Community Forest With unprecedented damaging wildfi re seasons in British Columbia’s recent history, we’ve all seen the important fi re suppression work LOCATION: Quesnel of the BC Wildfi re Service. One of FESBC’s key mandates is to A.J. Waters and Associates Inc. support these wildfi re mitigation efforts by providing funding PROJECT PARTNER: for wildfi re risk reduction projects that prevent catastrophic FESBC FUNDING: $63,500

wildfi res in high to extreme risk areas. This is accomplished by THE CHALLENGE: Blackwater Road, a key transportation reducing and managing forest fuels around communities, physical corridor in the area, had high hazard fuels in a forested area within a woodlot that included dead pine trees in an area infrastructure, wildlife habitat, emergency access and escape selectively logged 60 years before. “ FESBC funding provided much needed employment for local First Nations members while allowing routes, and then planting trees to accelerate post-wildfi re recovery. us to signifi cantly reduce the fi re hazard along THE OUTCOME: High hazard fuels were removed from the woodlot the Blackwater Road and protect 2 woodlot In addition, homeowners are being asked to play a bigger role in adjacent to Blackwater Road and trees were pruned and thinned licences and a signifi cant cattle ranch from wildfi re. to provide a more fi re resilient stand to mitigate wildfi re risk. FESBC was excellent to deal with in all aspects implementing FireSmart measures to help protect their properties. of bringing this project to fruition.” The staff at FESBC have become involved by working with the JOBS: 1 STATUS: active • Alan Waters, RPF, A.J. Waters & Associates Inc. FireSmart steering committee and distributing FireSmart materials all over the province. Here are a few wildfi re risk reduction projects we are funding to do this important, proactive work. LOCATION: Summerland

PROJECT PARTNER: Agur Lake Camp Society

FESBC FUNDING: $51,853

THE CHALLENGE: Agur Lake Camp, B.C.’s only fully accessible campground for people with disabilities and their families “ The District of Mackenzie is very grateful for the support from FESBC. Mackenzie is a ‘one road in, and caregivers, was in an area of high to extreme fi re threat. one road out’ community and having a secure egress route in the event of a wildfi re has been “ It would have taken 10 years for volunteers to get the work done. Through the FESBC-funded projects, an ongoing concern. The safety of our community is our top priority and funding provided by FESBC THE OUTCOME: 85% of hazardous fuels were removed from will allow wildfi re mitigation prescriptions to be carried out along the Highway 39 corridor.” we were able to extend the safe area out as far as over six hectares to protect campers and critical infrastructure. possible away from the camp and keep it safer for • Joan Atkinson, Mayor of Mackenzie the campers and the camp itself.” JOBS: 1 STATUS: complete • Janice Mallory, Agur Lake Camp Society Board President

10 11 LOCATION: Kamloops

PROJECT PARTNER: Arrow Transportation Systems Inc.

FESBC FUNDING: $523,160

THE CHALLENGE: Arrow Transportation Systems Inc. was looking to recover and transport up to 40,000 cubic metres of wood fi bre from logged areas, but transporting the fi bre was too expensive. Without a grant, the wood fi bre would have been piled and burned. “ The FESBC haul differential funding has enabled THE OUTCOME: FESBC’s funding grant facilitated the transport- Arrow and Domtar to utilize logs that would have ation of wood fi bre to the Domtar Pulp Mill in Kamloops. otherwise been burned due to the distance from the Because open burning releases potent greenhouse gases into pulp mill. This increased utilization creates hundreds 2 the atmosphere, by utilizing rather than burning the wood fi bre, of employee days worth of work and helps Domtar the project also helped reduce greenhouse gas emissions. secure the required fi bre to operate at full capacity.” • Kevin Gayfer, Regional Manager Fibre Recovery Kamloops Corporate Operations, Arrow JOBS: 4 STATUS: complete Harvesting projects typically create residuals known as slash or LOCATION: Rossland wood waste. In British Columbia, forest operators have a legal obligation to reduce fi re hazards post-harvest and one of the PROJECT PARTNER: Red Mountain Resort

ways to do this is to make big piles of slash at the roadside and FESBC FUNDING: $33,468 burn it at lower risk times of year. Many forest operators would THE CHALLENGE: A treed skiing area in the Red Mountain prefer to utilize this wood fi bre rather than burn it but one of Resort Controlled Recreation area had signifi cant standing dead and damaged trees. The area is used year-round for recreation the biggest challenges is that the value of the wood waste is and has important ecological and watershed values that could be threatened by a wildfi re. lower than the cost to haul it to a facility like a pellet plant, “ Forestry operations in a mountainous ski resort environment are challenging and complex. co-generation electrical plant, or pulp mill. Through grants that THE OUTCOME: Selective cutting removed standing dead FESBC funding allowed us to meet our goals and diseased trees which thinned the trees while retaining for ski area development while addressing skier help cover transportation costs, we support organizations and a healthy tree cover. The project resulted in the rehabilitation safety, forest health, fi bre utilization, wildfi re of low value stands; reduced the risk of wildfi re; allowed mitigation, and community watershed protection. companies who want to use the leftover wood fi bre. This means the low value wood to be transported for use at a local mill; It is rewarding to see a job well done and improved recreational values. that instead of burning slash piles, the wood fi bre is put to good and ‘happy skier’ approved.” • Martina Hola use and supports our province’s bioeconomy and climate change JOBS: 1 STATUS: complete FIT, Staff Forester, Monticola Forest Ltd. goals. Here are a few of the exciting projects from across B.C. that we have funded to increase fi bre utilization. LOCATION: Port Hardy

PROJECT PARTNER: Storey Creek Trading

FESBC FUNDING: $59,300

THE CHALLENGE: Logging operations in and around Skeene Bay had post-harvest residuals that were too “ In today’s climate, every piece of available fi bre must be utilized. Through the support of FESBC, expensive for the operators to remove and transport. uneconomical, non-sawlog material north of Mackenzie is now available for greater utilization; “ It’s a win-win project with economic benefi ts as well, it will reduce greenhouse gases by not burning. We are very grateful and proud to be THE OUTCOME: FESBC’s funding helped local logging to the area’s First Nations people and B.C. a part of this movement and this change and we hope to continue down this path for the future.” contractors to recover the residual fi bre which increased companies, plus environmental benefi ts because utilization and contributed to local employment. of the enhanced utilization of this fi bre.” • John-Paul Wenger, K & D Logging Ltd. • Tim Walley, MBA JOBS: 1 STATUS: complete Domestic Sales & Cedar Sales Specialist, Storey Creek Trading

12 13 Nature-Based Climate Solutions: Good Value with Proven Results “ Along with our efforts to reduce emissions in our daily lives and in the built environment, we are going to need nature-based solutions to achieve our climate goals. Opportunities in the forest sector include tree planting, rehabilitation, fertilization, and increased utilization (reduced slash pile burning). Through this work, we store more and emit less carbon. The partnership between the province and FESBC in the Forest Carbon Initiative has ground tested the concept that nature-based climate solutions are cost effective and possible on a provincial level. Over the last several years, FESBC’s delivery model has supported immediate and longer-term benefi ts for carbon sequestration, avoided emissions, and forest resilience.” • Meggin Messenger, Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives, Offi ce of the Chief Forester, Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development 3 For more information on forest carbon solutions and the Forest Carbon Initiative, visit http://bit.ly/forestcarboninitiative Forest Carbon LOCATION: Quesnel, 100 Mile House, Williams Lake, Kamloops, and Merritt PROJECT PARTNERS: Offi ce of the Chief Forester, Good forest management practices can generate greenhouse gas Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development benefi ts, either by increasing carbon sequestration (storage) or by reducing emissions. The forest carbon projects we fund are FESBC FUNDING: $64,606,875

helping the Provincial and Federal governments achieve their THE CHALLENGE: Several areas in and around the province climate change targets by growing more trees and planting forests were severely impacted by the unprecedented scope and scale of the 2017 wildfi res and required a strategy around reforestation “ We know in forestry, there is no ‘one size fi ts all’ on Crown land. When forests are fertilized, they grow faster and to accelerate ecological and hydrological recovery, as well as to way of managing B.C.’s forests given current climate, provide forests for future generations of British Columbians. social, and economic projections. We only need to capture more atmospheric carbon dioxide. When forest operators look at the devastation of the 2017 and 2018 wildfi res to know that innovative and collaborative thinking THE OUTCOME: Activities are ongoing and include planning, can utilize more of the wood waste or residuals from harvesting is what will help us best protect and enhance our mapping, surveying, and planting approximately 36 million trees, forests today and for generations. Our partnership so far, to rehabilitate fi re-damaged areas to enhance and operations instead of burning it; slash burning emissions are with FESBC helped enable us to take on a project restore productivity. The project is supporting the achievement of this magnitude and was essential to deliver avoided and fossil fuels may be displaced when the wood waste of Provincial greenhouse gas reduction goals and the not only on the reforestation work, but the reforestation component of the and Thompson environmental benefi ts we’ll realize for decades is turned into energy or heat. Because open burning of slash piles Restoration Plan. because of this collaboration.” releases potent greenhouse gases such as methane and nitrous- • Diane Nicholls, Chief Forester, Ministry of Forests, 549 active oxide, using high-temperature incineration under controlled JOBS: STATUS: Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development conditions is much cleaner and better for the environment. Learn more about our forest carbon funded projects throughout B.C. on LOCATION: Smithers the next page. PROJECT PARTNER: Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc.

FESBC FUNDING: $1,182,198

THE CHALLENGE: In recent years in the , there has been no feasible end destination for low value pulp-logs “ With FESBC funding for carbon emission reduction, we expect to move over 51,000 cubic metres or bio-logs, forcing licensees to burn high amounts of wood fi bre that could have been used to produce energy or pulp. of low economically valued timber that would normally be left on site and burned in piles to make “ Harvest residuals can add challenges where the plantable spots. In turn, this additional volume is expected to create 10 direct full-time jobs logistics costs of transporting fi bre from cut blocks THE OUTCOME: The recovered fi bre was utilized by Pinnacle and assist the Haida Nation’s Forest Company to fully utilize the fi bre resource.” to our plant are diffi cult, or where storage space Renewable Energy’s Smithers pellet facility which enabled the is limited, as is the case with Smithers. We know • Jeff Mosher, RPF, Planning Manager Taan Forest utilization of approximately 100,000 cubic metres of residual that by turning harvest residuals into pellets we fi bre from the Bulkley Timber Supply Area. are putting the carbon in that fi bre to good use.” • Jason Fisher, RPF JOBS: 10 STATUS: complete Vice President Fibre, Pinnacle Renewable Energy

14 15 LOCATION:

PROJECT PARTNERS: Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation & Marmot Recovery Foundation

FESBC & HCTF FUNDING: $49,450

THE CHALLENGE: The Marmot Recovery Foundation (MRF) aims to re-establish the critically endangered Vancouver Island marmot in Strathcona Provincial Park. Found nowhere else in the world, the charismatic rodents have become a rallying point for the conservation of at-risk species in B.C. and across Canada.

THE OUTCOME: This project helped the MRF develop strategies “ Re-introducing an extirpated species back to the to maintain a healthy population of marmots including landscape is a long and diffi cult task. HCTF and 4 translocating individual animals, tracking marmot populations, FESBC’s fi nancial commitment and understanding and habitat enhancement in alpine meadows. of the challenges has been key to our efforts.” • Adam Taylor Wildlife Habitat JOBS: TBD STATUS: active Executive Director, Marmot Recovery Foundation

Enhancement LOCATION: Elk Valley

British Columbia’s forests provide many values to B.C. residents, PROJECT PARTNERS: Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation & Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations including habitat for wildlife. We help to improve and enhance and Rural Development wildlife habitat by partnering with organizations like the Habitat FESBC & HCTF FUNDING: $27,000 Conservation Trust Foundation (HCTF), as well as community forests, First Nations, and others who seek to improve critical THE CHALLENGE: There is a need to solve the pressing conservation concerns in a region with one of the highest rates habitats. Projects we help fund are spread across the province, of human caused grizzly bear mortality in the province. and range from working to protect Northern Goshawks and black THE OUTCOME: A number of meaningful conservation actions “ Our project blends scientifi c rigour and a large bears on to a conservation project focused on habitat were achieved: removed uncontrolled roadkill dumping sites near group of collaborators to achieve on-the-ground communities where bears were feeding; broke ground on roadkill- conservation for grizzly bears and the people enhancement for Bull River bighorn sheep in the . Here reducing underpasses along Highway 3 near Fernie; and reduced who coexist with them. Through HCTF and FESBC’s are a few highlighted projects dedicated to enhancing wildlife resource road densities throughout the Elk Valley. funding, we have been successful in monitoring over 50 grizzly bears in south eastern B.C.” habitat that we are particularly excited about. JOBS: TBD STATUS: active • Clayton Lamb, Project Lead

LOCATION: Masset

PROJECT PARTNER: Taan Forest

FESBC FUNDING: $377,075

THE CHALLENGE: On Haida Gwaii, there were areas where the density of the trees prevented the natural foraging and other activities of black bears and goshawks. “ Providing $9.2 million in funding for more than 180 individual wildlife, freshwater fi sh, and habitat conservation projects across B.C. is no small feat. It refl ects a diversity of funding THE OUTCOME: Spacing of trees was done by Haida forest “ By accelerating the transition of young trees, from our core contributors [hunters, anglers, trappers, and guides], court awards, provincial workers to improve the area for wildlife, especially the hunting through thinning and fertilization … we will improve government contributions and endowments, and our partners such as FESBC.” areas for Northern Goshawks and denning sites for black black bear habitat … as well as benefi t salmon bears. The work also promoted the growth of economically and other fi sh; and many spin-off benefi ts • Dan Buffett, CEO of Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation and culturally important cedar trees. to goshawk, eagles, saw whet owls, bats, and many other resident and migratory birds.” JOBS: 3 STATUS: complete • Jeff Mosher, Planning Manager for Taan Forest Some wildlife conservation photos provided Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation

16 17 LOCATION: Skeena Region

PROJECT PARTNERS: Bulkley Valley Research Centre & Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation

FESBC FUNDING: $60,000

THE CHALLENGE: Whitebark pine is an important and endangered component of resilient higher elevation forests in inland portions of the southern Skeena Region. There is a shortage of registered seeds collected from parent trees showing resistance to the deadly white pine blister rust.

THE OUTCOME: The project focused on taking advantage “ We continue to monitor the growth and survival of a good seed crop, which occurs approximately once every of restoration trials established across northern BC 10 years, and involved region-wide seed collection. Seeds were and are learning much more about how and when 5 collected for plantings on higher elevation sites where the the white pine blister rust attacks and kills trees … primary goals are site rehabilitation and carbon storage. to ensure future survival under climate change.” • Sybille Haeussler Stand Rehabilitation JOBS: 1 STATUS: complete Adjunct Professor, University of Northern BC Our B.C. forests are diverse and beautiful, providing important LOCATION: Terrace Area social, economic, and environmental benefi ts for all British Columbians. However, our forests are also susceptible to many PROJECT PARTNERS: Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations & Rural Development Coast Mountains Natural threats that can infl ict signifi cant harm such as disease, insects, Resource District, delivered by Terrace Community Forest.

wind, and fi re. Helping to manage forest health is essential work FESBC FUNDING: $475,000 and the projects we fund help to improve our province’s damaged THE CHALLENGE: Overly dense hemlock and amabilis fi r stands, or low value Crown forests. This work is done through thinning, with over 5,000 trees per hectare, were limiting the trees growth “ We used to juvenile space advanced naturally and yielding many small diameter logs that would not be regenerated high density hemlock and balsam fertilization, seed collection, and replanting with ecologically- desirable sawlogs for producing high value lumber in the future. stands to close age class gaps. Without that appropriate species. The goal is to create conditions that result spacing, commercial thinning would not have been possible. Thinning allows for higher timber values THE OUTCOME: By spacing these stands to 800-1000 trees and enhancements to the species diversity in the in healthy and resilient forests that better provide a full range of per hectare, the trees left to grow can now increase in height understory, and we see noticeable improvement to and diameter, reaching target sawlog dimensions 30 years social, economic, and environmental benefi ts, including enhanced wildlife species today. Thanks to FESBC for grants sooner than if they were left unspaced. which have improved timber and wildlife values and timber supply. Here are some of the highlighted projects we’ve created jobs for First Nations and local contractors.” funded throughout the province. JOBS: 4 STATUS: complete • Kim Haworth, General Manager, Terrace Community Forest

LOCATION: Cheslatta Carrier Nation

PROJECT PARTNER: Cheslatta Carrier Nation

FESBC FUNDING: $1,250,000

THE CHALLENGE: Forests were severely damaged by wildfi res in 2018. The Cheslatta Carrier Nation wanted to rehabilitate these areas to re-establish productive forest ecosystems “ We were pleased to partner with the Forest Enhancement Society of BC and British Columbia Timber Sales (BCTS) to assist in completing the planning and forest stewardship prescriptions of this project. “ It’s been a great project to have to keep members THE OUTCOME: The rehabilitation of the ecosystem to pre-fi re employed and keep things going. We cut about BCTS is managing this timber salvage opportunity. The investment from FESBC will help return conditions will improve the damaged forests by creating diverse, 50 hectares and hope to do about 200 hectares this land to productivity in a timely manner, which benefi ts all British Columbians.” healthy stands contributing to the future timber supply and this year. There will be about 200 hectares will improve many forest values, including wildlife habitat. beyond that to remove next year.” • Trina Vercholuk, Project Coordinator, Tolko • Ben Wilson JOBS: 11 STATUS: active Forestry Coordinator, Cheslatta Carrier Nation

18 19 FESBC Approved Project List

CURRENT APPLICANT FULL PROPOSAL TITLE LOCATION JOBS FIRST NATIONS APPROVED FUNDING

FIBRE RECOVERY

Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. Burns Lake Incremental Haul Program Burns Lake 7 $800,000

BCTS Kootenay Business Area Fibre Recovery in Baker Cranbrook1 $100,345 Mountain Road Area

City of CranbrookFeasibility Analysis of Intensive Cranbrook $20,000 250 Reasons Fibre Recovery

Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. Incremental Haul Pilot Project Houston/ 1 $37,093 Why B.C.’s Forests Are Better Today Burns Lake

Arrow Transportation Fibre Recovery/Incremental Haul Kamloops 4 $523,160 The following pages outline the comprehensive list of FESBC approved projects. Systems Inc. —Adams Lake

While projects are listed under their main purposes, including wildfi re risk reduction, Ledcor Forest Products Roadside Debris Grinding Kamloops 1 $80,922 fi bre recovery, forest carbon, wildlife habitat enhancement, and stand rehabilitation, Partnership many of the projects have multiple benefi ts. For example, many non-carbon Pacifi c BioEnergy McBride Community Forest McBride 6 $726,000 projects have a secondary carbon benefi t and have been funded, in part, —Grinding Roadside Residuals for that carbon benefi t. FPInnovations Feasibility of a Centralized Quesnel 2 $208,077 Sortyard System

Pacifi c BioEnergy Grinding and Transporting Quesnel 12 $1,456,758 of Residual Fibre to Support Pellet 10 74 15 30 121 and Pulp Manufacturers Fibre Forest Wildlife Habitat Stand Wildfi re Red Mountain Resort Recovering Residual Fibre Rossland 1 $33,468 from Run Glading Recovery Carbon Enhancement Rehabilitation Risk Reduction Projects Projects Projects Projects Projects FOREST CARBON Cariboo Pulp & Paper Fibre Utilization and Recovery 100 Mile House 6 $707,540 —100 Mile House BC FESBC underplanting projects Future timber supply was improved Tsi Del Del Enterprises Ltd. Fibre Utilization and Recovery Alexis Creek 29 Tŝideldel First Nation $3,430,491 show an average of through the fertilization of approx. in the Chilcotin (Alexis Creek First Nation) tonnes of Alkali Resource Alkali Logging Debris Chipping Alkali Lake 4Esk’etemc First Nation $484,000 Management Ltd. and Hauling • P. 1 (Alkali Indian Band) 103 CO2e stored 9,600 [1] [2] Alkali Resource Alkali Logging Debris Chipping Alkali Lake 4Esk’etemc First Nation $488,958 by 2050 for every hectare planted. hectares Management Ltd. and Hauling • P. 2 (Alkali Indian Band)

West Chilcotin Forest West Chilcotin Forest Products Fibre Anahim Lake 8 Ulkatcho Indian Band $887,304 Products Ltd. Recovery Cost Differential • 2019-20

West Chilcotin Forest West Chilcotin Anahim Lake 8 Ulkatcho Indian Band $960,066 80 10.4 864,660 Products Ltd. —Expedited Fibre Recovery Cost communities million trees cubic metres Cooper Creek Cedar Ltd. Cooper Creek Utilization/ Balfour 1 $120,000 completed work to planted for carbon roadside fi bre utilized to avoid Incremental Haul of Residual Fibre reduce wildfi re risk. [2] sequestration. [2] forest carbon emissions. [2] Barkerville Historic Town Grinding and Transporting Barkerville1 $160,000 & Park governed by The of Residual Fibre Barkerville Heritage Trust

[1] This number is specifi c to underplanting in specifi c areas of the province. [2] Actual completion in 2019/2020 fi scal year.

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Lower North Thompson Forest Fertilization—Lower North Barriere2 $196,084 and Area Utilizing Residual Fibre on Nakusp 1 $19,909 Community Forest Society Thompson Community Forest Community Forest Nakusp Wildfi re Risk Reduction —NACFOR Treatment Area Lower North Thompson Rehabilitation of Legacy Roads Barriere1 $17,382 Community Forest Society Weyerhaeuser Fertilization TFL 59 • Phase 1Oliver12 $1,375,691 Company Limited Probyn Log Ltd. King Island Pulp Recovery TSL 85398 Bella Bella 1 $150,000 Weyerhaeuser Fertilization TFL 59 • Phase 2Oliver1 $78,989 Storey Creek Trading (2016) Ltd. KFC Jackson Lake Bella Bella 2Kitasoo / Xai’xais First Nations $202,898 Company Limited

Bella Coola Community Pulp Log Recovery for Bella Coola1 $25,354 Strategic Natural North Island Chipping Ltd. Port Hardy 2 $278,938 Forest Ltd. Coastal Pulp Mill Utilization Resource Consultants Inc. Fibre Utilization

Pinnacle Renewable Francois Lake Carbon Burns Lake 8 Cheslatta Carrier Nation, $929,314 Lions Gate Forest North Island Fibre Utilization Trial Port Hardy 1 $85,000 Energy Inc. Emission Reduction Wet’suwet’en First Nation, Products Limited Skin Tyee Nation, Burns Lake Band, Lake Babine Nation, Storey Creek Trading (2016) LtdSkeene Bay SalvagePort Hardy 1 $59,300 and Nee Tahi Buhn Indian Band Storey Creek Trading (2016) LtdKvamua—Sandell • Phase 2Port Hardy 2Wuikinuxv First Nation $205,995 SERNbcRoad Rehabilitation Burns Lake 1 $134,349 (Oweekeno) in the Burns Lake area Canfor—Prince George Canfor Pulp—Utilization Prince George 13 $1,500,000 Mercer CelgarFull Forest Utilization Castlegar 26 $3,000,000 Pulp and Paper of Residual Fibre for Mercer Celgar Pulp Mill FLNRORD Forest Fertilization Application Prince George 16 $1,830,003 Kalesnikoff Lumber Kalesnikoff Utilization/ Castlegar 1 $97,367 Carbon Initiative Co. Ltd. Incremental Haul of Residual Fibre Weyerhaeuser 16 Year Re-measurement of Spacing Princeton 1 $47,086 The Cowichan Tribes Riparian Restoration Project Duncan 3Khowutzun (Cowichan Tribes) $300,894 Company Limited and Fertilization Treatments (Cowichan) Westland Resources Limited Elevating Carbon Stewardship Provincial 1 $89,992 Fort St. James Fuel Co. Biolog Recovery and Fort St. James 13 $1,500,000 at the Block Level Limited Partnership Utilization for Energy Plant Offi ce of the Chief Provincial Forest Carbon Provincial 124 $14,625,000 Fort St. James Fuel Co. Biolog Recovery and Fort St. James 4 $500,000 Forester—FLNRORD Reforestation Project Limited Partnership Utilization for Energy Plant • Pt. 2 Bulkley Valley Research Centre, Multiple Seedlots to Increase Provincial $72,000 Sasuchan Development Biolog Recovery and Utilization Fort St. James 4Takla Lake First Nation $435,235 FLNRORD—Forest Improvement Carbon Sequestration Corporation in the Fort St. James area and Research Management

Harrop-Procter Harrop Residual Fibre Utilization Harrop1 $40,000 Weyerhaeuser Work Plan for Provincial Provincial $4,755 Community Co-operative and Incremental Haul Company Limited Foliar Sampling Database

Domtar Domtar Bush Grinding ProjectKamloops 11 $1,250,000 University of British Columbia Planning for Reforestation Provincial $150,000 and Rehabilitation Arrow Transportation Hemlock Fibre Recovery/ Kamloops 12 $1,442,001 Systems Inc. Incremental Haul—North Thompson Skyline Forestry Innovative Forest Harvesting Provincial $758,919 and North Adams Lake Consultants Ltd. and Renewal Treatments

Arrow Transportation Fibre Recovery/Incremental Haul Kamloops 5 $618,000 University of Improved Volume and Carbon Provincial $30,000 Systems Inc. —North Thompson and British Columbia Decision Support North Adams Lake Taan Forest Graham & Moresby Island Queen 9 Haida Nation $1,080,000 Arrow Transportation Recovery and Utilization Lillooet 9 $1,030,000 Fibre Utilization Charlotte City Systems Inc. of Residual Fibre in the Lillooet Area Cariboo Pulp & Paper Fibre Utilization and Recovery Quesnel 5 $584,138 Logan Lake Community Logan Lake Community Forest Logan Lake 1 $150,069 —Quesnel Forest Corporation —Fibre Utilization RPP Holdings Inc. Recovery and Utilization of Quesnel 3 $369,446 Mackenzie Pulp Mackenzie Pulp Mackenzie 9 $1,000,000 Residual Fibre near Nazko, BC Mill Corporation —Fibre Recovery and Utilization Stella-Jones Inc. Utilizing Cedar Bark and Wood Waste Revelstoke1 $97,460 1040806 B.C Ltd. Recovery and Utilization Mackenzie 5 $555,255 of Residual Fibre near Mackenzie Stella-Jones Inc. 2020 Residual Fibre Utilization Project Revelstoke1 $16,980

Valley Carriers Ltd. Use of a Slash Bundler Merritt4 $500,000 Taan Forest 2019/20 Fertilization Skidegate1Haida Nation $150,000 for Biomass Recovery

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Skookumchuck Skookumchuck Pulp Skookumchuck 7 $880,000 WILDLIFE HABITAT ENHANCEMENT Pulp Inc. —Residual Fibre Utilization Terraforma Environmental Ltd.Road Rehabilitation in the Chilcotin Alexis Creek 1 Tŝideldel $121,248 (Alexis Creek First Nation) Skookumchuck Skookumchuck Pulp Bush Skookumchuck 5 $536,100 Pulp Inc. Grinding Program Alkali Resource Esk’etemc Mule Deer Alkali lake1Esk’etemc First Nation $6,518 Management Ltd. Habitat Restoration (Alkali Indian Band) Pinnacle Renewable Pinnacle Smithers Incremental Smithers 10 $1,182,198 Energy Inc. Haul Program Alkali Resource Mule Deer Winter Alkali lake1Esk’etemc First Nation $79,500 Management Ltd. Range Restoration (Alkali Indian Band) Seaton Forest Seaton Forest Products Smithers 22 $2,563,430 Products Ltd. Dry Fibre Utilization Hat Creek Piling and Burning Cache Creek 1 Bonaparte Indian Band $56,000 Applied Mammal Thinning, Fertilization, Summerland 1 $38,299 Research Institute and Carbon Sequestration Westview Estates Wildfi re Cranbrook1 $69,962 Natural Resources Society Risk Reduction Skeena Sawmills Ltd.Biomass from Thinning Terrace3 $408,940 Over-dense Stands Taan Forest Haida Gwaii Enhanced Masset 3 Haida Nation $377,075 Silviculture 2018 Terrace Community Grinding Residual Fibre Terrace4 $443,400 Forest LLP for Pellet Plant Taan Forest Riparian Restoration Port Clements 5 Haida Nation $537,897

Coast Tsimshian Northwest BC Residual Terrace7Lax Kw’alaams First Nation $874,562 Taan Forest 2019 Spacing and Pruning Shannon Bay4Haida Nation $450,000 Resources LP Fibre Utilization The Penticton Garnet Valley Enhancement Summerland 1 SnPink’tn (Penticton Indian Band) $94,114 Skeena BioEnergy Residual Fibre Utilization for Pellets Terrace3 $408,318 Indian Band

Terrace Community Terrace Community Forest Terrace2 $202,027 The Penticton Garnet Valley Ungulate Winter Summerland 1 SnPink’tn (Penticton Indian Band) $110,026 Forest LLP Silviculture Strategy Treatments Indian Band Range Enhancement

FLNRORD 2017 FCI Fertilization Surveys Various 3 $335,725 SERNbcRehabilitation of Linear Disturbance Tumbler Ridge2 $209,402 —Forest Carbon Initiative Features in Northeast BC

FLNRORD FCI Initiatives—Surveys and Utilization Various 39 T’exelcemc (Williams Lake) $4,550,000 SERNbcVanderhoof (VanJam) Wildfi re Vanderhoof 1 $83,520 —Forest Carbon Initiative Tŝideldel First Nation Management Planning

FLNRORD—Operations Assessment of Carbon Levels Various 1 $50,000 SERNbcKenny Dam Wildfi re Planning Vanderhoof 1 $63,751 in Forest Soils and Prescriptions

Ledcor Forest Biomass Utilization Various 35 $4,108,304 MFLNRORD Northeast Region Linear Various 3 $303,050 Products Partnership —Northeast Region Disturbance Restoration

Offi ce of the Chief Cariboo Wildfi re Forest Various 549 $64,606,875 FESBC Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation Various 46 $5,482,417 Forester—FLNRORD Carbon Reforestation —Habitat Improvement Projects

FLNRORD Forest Carbon Various 61 $7,209,295 —Forest Carbon Initiative Fertilization Project STAND REHABILITATION

Ledcor Forest Pulp Purchases Outside Various 5 $602,000 Central Chilcotin CCR Douglas Fir Fire Rehabilitation Alexis Creek 64 Tŝideldel (Alexis Creek $7,500,000 Products Partnership of Economical Cycle Rehabilitation Ltd. First Nation) and Tl’etinqox

Westwood Fibre Recovery and Utilization Various 12 $1,400,919 Cheslatta Carrier Nation Cheslatta Carrier Nation Fire Burns Lake2Cheslatta Carrier Nation $250,000 Resources Ltd. of Residual Fibre Damage Stand Rehabilitation

Pinnacle Renewable Lavington Okanagan Vernon 4 $500,000 Cheslatta Carrier Nation Cheslatta Carrier Nation—Heavy Burns Lake9Cheslatta Carrier Nation $1,000,000 Energy Inc. Fibre Utilization Project Fire Damage Stand Rehabilitation

Central Chilcotin Fibre Utilization Williams Lake9Tŝideldel (Alexis Creek $1,000,000 Little Prairie Wildfi re Risk Reduction Treatments Chetwynd 4Saulteau First Nation, $500,000 Rehabilitation Ltd. in the Cariboo Region First Nation), Tl’etinqox Community Forest Inc. on the Little Prairie Community Forest West Moberly First Nations

Williams Lake Hog Fuel Recovery in the Williams Lake6T’exelcemc (Williams Lake) $750,000 Tolko Industries Ltd. Cedar Hills Fire Rehabilitation Falkland 2 $192,134 First Nation Williams Lake Market Area & Deer Winter Range Improvement

Atlantic Power Ltd. Williams Lake Williams Lake6 $750,000 Tolko Industries Ltd. TFL 49 MPB Pine Stand Falkland, 3 $300,703 (Williams Lake) Power Plant 2019 Rehabilitation • Phase 1 Vernon

Elhdaqox Hanceville Fire Rehabilitation Hanceville8Tl’esqox (Toosey Indian Band) $888,548 Developments Ltd. and Yunesit’in (Stone Indian Band)

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Skeetchestn Indian Band Skeetchestn Forest Kamloops 2Skeetchestn Indian Band $200,000 WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION and Riparian Restoration 100 Mile Development Wildfi re Risk Reduction Treatment 100 Mile House 1 $140,750 Corporation —Interface Fuel Management Forsite Consultants Ltd. Thompson Rivers Resource District Kamloops 1 $128,000 —100 Mile Community Forest Mountain Pine Beetle Rehabilitation 100 Mile Development Wildfi re Risk Reduction Treatments 100 Mile House 1 $60,000 Logan Lake Community Overstory Removal—Mountain Pine Logan Lake6 $715,000 Corporation Within 100 Mile Community Forest Forest Corporation Beetle Impacted Stands Rehabilitation • Phase 1 Forsite Consultants Ltd.Cascades District Mountain Pine Beetle Merritt1 $156,735 100 Mile Development Wildfi re Risk Reduction Treatments 100 Mile House 10 $1,138,750 Rehabilitation Corporation Within 100 Mile Community Forest • Phase 2 C&C Wood Products Ltd. Stand Rehabilitation of Wildfi re Nazko17 Nazko First Nation $2,000,000 Impacted Stands near Nazko BC District of 100 Mile House Woodlot 577 Fire Mitigation 100 Mile House 1 $27,000 Action Plan near 100 Mile House FLNRORD-Coast Research Post Wildfi re OGMA Rehabilitation Pemberton 1 $159,970 FLNRORD Cariboo Region Borland Valley Fuel 150 Mile House 6 $697,956 Strategic Natural Resource Improving Stand Value of Cedar Port Hardy 3Quatsino First Nation $384,050 Management Treatment Consultants Inc. —North Van Island and Namgis First Nation FLNRORD Cariboo Borland Valley Operational 150 Mile House 1 $46,498 Tabor Mountain Tabor Mountain Strategic Plan Prince George 1 $25,000 Chilcotin District Fuel Treatment Project Recreational Society and Implementation FLNRORD Cariboo Fuel Prescription Pilot 150 Mile House 1 $90,000 Central Chilcotin ACFN/Tl’etinqox MPB Rehabilitation Puntzi Lake28 Tŝideldel (Alexis Creek $3,310,560 Chilcotin District —Borland Valley Rehabilitation Ltd. and Wildfi re Risk Reduction First Nation) and Tl’etinqox Esdilagh Development ?Esdilagh Fire Prevention Alexandria 4?Esdilagh (Alexandria Band) $525,470 NAZBEC Limited Stand Rehabilitation and Utilization Quesnel 23 Nazko First Nation $2,672,254 Corporation Ltd. & Mitigation Project Partnership of Residual Fibre to Avoid Pile Burning—Pt. 1 Esdilagh Development Wildfi re Risk Reduction Treatments Alexandria 17 ?Esdilagh (Alexandria Band) $2,000,000 Corporation Ltd. to Protect Community of ?Esdilagh NAZBEC Limited Stand Rehabilitation and Quesnel 23 Nazko First Nation $2,677,000 Partnership Utilization of Residual Fibre—Pt. 2 Central Chilcotin CCR—Fire Hazard Reduction/ Alexis Creek 119 Tŝideldel (Alexis Creek $14,000,000 Rehabilitation Ltd. Rehabilitation First Nation) and Tl’etinqox BCTS Babine Exploring Ideas to Increase Marginal Smithers 1 $80,000 Sawlog Utilization in Bulkley TSA Alkali Resource Esk’etemc Wildfi re Risk Management Alkali Lake1Esk’etemc First Nation $60,000 Management Ltd. (Alkali Indian Band) Terrace Community Forest Silviculture Strategy for Terrace1 $29,800 Terrace Community Forest Alkali Resource Ground Truth of Alkali Lake Alkali Lake1Esk’etemc First Nation $13,000 Management Ltd. Fuel Treatment Areas (Alkali Indian Band) FLNRORD, Terrace Spacing of 2nd Terrace4 $439,387 Coast Mountains Growth Stands—Project 1 Alkali Resource ARM Corridor Hazard Reduction Alkali Lake6Esk’etemc First Nation $717,425 Management Ltd. (Alkali Indian Band) FLNRORD, Terrace Spacing of 2nd Terrace4 $475,000 Coast Mountains Growth Stands—Project 2 West Fraser Mills Ltd.Anahim Lake Fuel Break Anahim Lake4Tl’etinqox and Ulkatcho $463,897 First Nation Bulkley Valley Skeena Region Whitebark Various 1 $60,000 Research Centre Pine Seed Collection West Fraser Mills Ltd.Anahim Fuel Break Construction Anahim Lake21 $2,451,752 • Phase 2 Yellow Point Propagation Supporting Range-wide Various 2 $180,945 Whitebark Pine Regeneration Regional District Queens Bay Post Harvesting Wildfi re Balfour 3 $399,000 of Central Kootenay Risk Reduction Treatment SERNbcWhitebark Pine Seed Collection Various 1 $10,000 and Planting Barkerville Historic Barkerville Historic Town Barkerville1 $168,000 Town & Park governed by Wildfi re Fuel Treatment FPInnovations Evaluating the Effectiveness Various $31,500 The Barkerville Heritage Trust • Phase 1 of Overstory Removal Zanzibar Holdings Ltd./ Meadow Lake / Lac La Hache Big Bar Lake2Stswecem’c Xgat’tem $199,988 Ntityix Resources LP Trepanier Wildfi re Rehabilitation Westbank 1Westbank First Nation $116,023 Stswecem’c Xgat’tem Wildfi re Mitigation / Rehabilitation First Nation First Nation (Canoe Creek Indian Band) Ntityix Resources LP West Wildfi res Westbank 1Westbank First Nation $10,000 (Canoe Creek Indian Band) Rehabilitation Project—20 Big White Ski Resort Big White Interface Big White 4 $515,760 Williams Lake Douglas-fi r Density Spacing Williams Lake3T’exelcemc (Williams Lake) $308,139 Fuel Break Treatments Ski Resort Community Forest LP —Flatrock

UBCPre-commercial Thinning Williams Lake1T’exelcemc (Williams Lake) $79,000 of Drybelt Fir

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Burns Lake Community Boer Mountain Wildfi re Burns Lake 3Ts’il Kaz Koh First Nation, $338,298 Rocky Mountain Trench Natural Sheep Mountain Wildfi re Elko1 $126,000 Forest Ltd. Risk Reduction Treatment Wet’suwet’en First Nation, Resources Society Risk Reduction Treatment and the Offi ce of the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Akisqnuk First Nation Akisqnuk Wildfi re Fairmont 4Akisqnuk First Nation $510,020 Chiefs, all of the above have Risk Reduction Treatment Hot Springs a reserved seat on the Burns Lake Community Forest First Nations FireSmart—Ft. Nelson Fort Nelson Fort Nelson First Nation $20,000 Board of Directors Emergency Services

Burns Lake Nadina Burns Lake Burns Lake 2Ts’il Kaz Koh First Nation, $282,036 BC Parks—Kootenay Champion Lakes Park Fruitvale 2 $200,000 Community Forest Ltd. Community Forest Fire Break Wet’suwet’en First Nation, Forest Fuels Management and the Offi ce of the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary West Boundary May Creek Wildfi re Risk Reduction Grand Forks1 $131,000 Chiefs, all of the above have Community Forest and Habitat Improvement Treatment a reserved seat on the Burns Lake Community Forest Board of Directors Babine Lake Community Granisle Wildfi re Risk Granisle3 $401,450 Forest Society Reduction Treatment Canim Lake Indian Band South Canim Fire Management Canim Lake 1Tsq’escen’ $23,704 Planning (Canim Lake Indian Band) West Boundary Jewel Lake Fuel Wildfi re Greenwood 1 $104,100 Community Forest Risk Reduction Project Canim Lake Indian Band South Canim Lake Fuel Canim Lake 8Tsq’escen’ $984,320 Management Treatments adjacent (Canim Lake Indian Band) District of Houston District of Houston Wildfi re Houston 9 $1,000,000 to Canim Lake Indian Reserve Risk Reduction Treatments

Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd. Glade Wildfi re Risk Reduction Castlegar 1 $35,700 Wildlands Eco-Forestry Inc./ Dry Gulch Forest Fuel Reduction Invermere5Shuswap Indian Band $590,510 Treatment

Zanzibar Holdings Ltd. Big Bar Wildfi re Risk Reduction Clinton 4Stswecem'c Xgat'tem First Nation $423,478 Whispering Pines/ Wildfi re Risk Reduction Kamloops 1Whispering Pines Indian Band $125,000 • Phase 2 (Canoe Creek Indian Band) Clinton Indian Band West of Blackpines/McLure and Clinton Indian Band

Clinton and District Clinton Landscape Level Clinton 1 $110,350 and District Kaslo and District Community Forest Kaslo1 $50,000 Community Forest of BC Ltd. Fire Mitigation Community Forest Society Society Wildfi re Protection Planning

Rocky Mountain Trench ?aq’am Prescribed Burn Cranbrook1?aq’am (St. Mary’s Indian Band) $36,516 Regional District Black Mountain Improvement District Kelowna 2 $233,905 Natural Resources Society of North Okanagan Watershed Wildfi re Risk Reduction

Rocky Mountain Trench Cranbrook Community Forest/ Cranbrook1 $78,078 Regional District Glenmore Ellison Improvement Kelowna 1 $140,910 Natural Resources Society College of the Rockies Wildfi re of North Okanagan District Watershed Risk Reduction Treatment Tolko Industries Ltd. Joe Rich Wildfi re Threat Reduction Kelowna 9Westbank First Nation $1,029,370 Rocky Mountain Trench Cranbrook Wildfi re Risk Reduction Cranbrook1 $37,665 Natural Resources Society Prescription Development FLNRORD, Okanagan Southeast Kelowna Landscape Kelowna 14 $1,670,550 Shuswap District Level Fuel Break Rocky Mountain Trench Silver Springs Wildfi re Cranbrook1 $70,000 Natural Resources Society Risk Reduction Treatment Zanzibar Holdings Ltd./ Lac La Hache Wildfi re Mitigation Lac La Hache 2Stswecem'c Xgat'tem $227,778 Stswecem'c Xgat'tem First Nation Rocky Mountain Trench Strauss Road Wildfi re Cranbrook1 $104,000 First Nation (Canoe Creek Indian Band) Natural Resources Society Risk Reduction Treatment Regional District Lake Country Watershed Wildfi re Lake Country1 $142,860 Rocky Mountain Trench Westview Estates Cranbrook1 $56,320 of North Okanagan Management Planning Natural Resources Society —Landscape Fuel Break Xaxli’p Community Xaxli’p Community Forest Lillooet 1Xaxli’p First Nation $130,836 Creston Valley Forest Arrow Mountain Wildfi re Creston 6 $666,631 Forest Corp. —Wildfi re Risk Reduction Treatment Corporation Risk Reduction Xaxli’p Community Prescribed Burn in Lillooet Xaxli’p First Nation $18,026 Regional District Fuel Reduction Treatments Creston 2 $201,994 Forest Corp. Xaxli’p Survival Territory of Central Kootenay in the RDCK Near Canyon, / Nelson Lister, and Kokanee Park Logan Lake Community FireSmart Treatments—Face Lake Logan Lake 3 $325,000 Forest Corporation and Paska Lake Communities FLNRORD—Sea to Sky District Access Corridor Fuel Reduction D’Arcy 3 $404,650 Implementation Logan Lake Community FireSmart Treatments Logan Lake 8 $945,000 Forest Corporation —Logan Lake Trails Area Rocky Mountain Trench Baynes Lake Cemetery Pasture Wildfi re Elko2 $177,990 Natural Resources Society Risk Reduction Treatment Logan Lake Community Logan Lake Wildfi re Risk Logan Lake 1 $91,173 Forest Corporation Management Plan (WRMP) Rocky Mountain Trench Duck Pasture Wildfi re Risk Elko2 $207,066 Natural Resources Society Reduction Management Treatment

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Regional District Regional District of North Okanagan Lumby1 $146,235 Okanagan Syilx Stewardship in Fire Peachland 1Syilx Nation: Okanagan Indian $131,740 of North Okanagan —Watershed Wildfi re Management Nation Alliance Maintained Landscapes Band, Osoyoos Indian Band, Planning and Operations Penticton Indian Band, Upper Nicola Band, Upper and Lower District of Mackenzie Highway 39 Fuel Reduction ProjectMackenzie 9 $1,000,000 Similkameen Indian Bands, and Westbank First Nation FLNRORD Cascades DistrictComstock Long-term Fire Break Merritt3 $329,395 Regional District of RDOS Fuel Breaks Penticton1SnPink’tn $67,303 Lower Nicola Indian Band Fox Farm and Lindley Creek Fuel Merritt2Lower Nicola Indian Band $225,000 Okanagan Similkameen (Penticton Indian Band) Management FLNRORD Prince Pilot Mountain Communication Prince George 1 $12,669 West Boundary Midway Fire Risk Reduction ProjectMidway 1 $94,200 George District Tower Wildfi re Risk Reduction Plan Community Forest Harrop-Procter Procter Wildfi re Risk Procter 1 $39,050 Nakusp and Area Nakusp Wildfi re Risk Nakusp 3 $305,835 Community Co-operative Reduction Prescriptions Community Forest—NACFOR Reduction Treatment Harrop-Procter Procter Wildfi re Procter 2 $234,600 Nazko Logging Ltd. Fuel Reduction Treatments Adjacent to Nazko5Nazko First Nation $553,500 Community Co-operative Risk Reduction Treatment Partnership the Community of Nazko, BC Regional District Queens Bay Wildfi re Risk Reduction Queens Bay1 $24,640 NAZBEC Limited Wildfi re Risk Reduction Nazko9Nazko First Nation $1,036,152 of Central Kootenay Planning and Prescription Partnership Treatments near Nazko, BC C&C Wood Products Ltd. Quesnel Community wildfi re Quesnel 9 $1,000,000 Nazko Logging Ltd. Nazko - Pine Treatment and Fire Nazko3Nazko First Nation $394,800 protection plan Wildfi re Risk Partnership Hazard Reduction Reduction Treatments—Phase 1

BCTS Kootenay Post Harvesting Wildfi re Risk Nelson 5 $609,406 The City of Quesnel Quesnel Community Wildfi re Protection Quesnel 6 $700,000 Business Area Reduction on Kootenay BCTS Areas Plan—Wildfi re Risk Reduction Treatments • Phase 2 BC Parks—Kootenay West Arm Park Wildfi re Nelson 1 $96,000 Risk Reduction Treatment A.J. Waters Wildfi re Risk Reduction on Woodlot Quesnel 1 $63,500 and Associates Inc. Licence 1413, Northwest of Quesnel Regional District Selous Creek Post Harvesting Nelson 5 $548,000 of Central Kootenay Wildfi re Risk Reduction Treatment West Boundary Rock Creek Ecosystem Restoration Rock Creek 1 $23,000 Community Forest Prescription Development Regional District Selous Creek Wildfi re Risk Nelson 1 $32,340 of Central Kootenay Reduction Prescription Rocky Mountain Trench Rushmere Ecosystem Restoration Rushmere1 $24,000 Natural Resources Society & Wildfi re Risk Reduction Treatments Regional District Establishment of a Central Kootenay Nelson Area 1 $25,000 of Central Kootenay Collaborative Regional Wildfi re Risk District of Sicamous Sicamous Wildfi re Risk Mitigation Sicamous 9 $1,000,000 Reduction Planning Group Silver Star Silver Star Mountain Resort Silver Star 1 $16,222 Regional District Fuel Reduction Treatments Nelson Area 4 $501,570 Mountain Resort Ltd. Mountain of Central Kootenay in the RDCK—Riondel, Kingsgate, Resort Fauquier, and Nelson Rocky Mountain Trench Quartz Lake Wildfi re Risk Skookumchuck 1 $51,026 Regional District West Arm Provincial Park Nelson Area 1 $76,192 Natural Resources Society Reduction Treatment of Central Kootenay Wildfi re Risk Reduction Planning Slocan Integral Forestry Implementation of Wildfi re Risk Slocan9 $1,000,000 Regional District Central Kootenay Collaborative Nelson & 1 $50,000 Cooperative (SIFCO) Reduction Treatments for Slocan Area of Central Kootenay Regional Wildfi re Risk Reduction Surrounding Planning Group—Phase 2 Support Area Slocan Integral Forestry Slocan Valley Landscape Slocan Valley 4 $425,397 Cooperative (SIFCO) Level Wildfi re Protection Rocky Mountain Trench Westside Koocanusa Lake Wildfi re Newgate 2 $215,232 Natural Resources Society Risk Reduction/ER Treatments Wetzin’kwa Community Wetzin’kwa Community Smithers 1Wet’suwet’en First Nation $71,877 Forest Corporation Forest Strategic Wildfi re Baldy Mountain Resort Baldy Mt Resort Phase 1—McKinneyOliver2 $279,500 Hazard Mitigation Plan

District of Peachland District of Peachland Fuel Break Peachland 1 SnPink’tn (Penticton Indian Band) $38,719 Agur Lake Camp SocietyAgur Lake Fuel Management Summerland 1 $7,556 Prescriptions Ntityix Resources LP Silver Lake Camp Peachland 1Syilx Nation: Okanagan Indian $97,240 —Wildfi re Risk Reduction Treatment Band, Osoyoos Indian Band, Agur Lake Camp SocietyAgur Lake Wildfi re Risk Summerland 1 $51,853 Penticton Indian Band, Upper Reduction Treatments Nicola Band, Upper and Lower Similkameen Indian Bands, Eniyud Community Eniyud Community Forest Tatla Lake Tatla Lake5Tŝideldel (Alexis Creek First $618,575 and Westbank First Nation Forest Ltd. Wildfi re Fuel Treatment Plan Nation)

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SERNbcWildfi re Risk Reduction Planning Vanderhoof 1 $120,337 and Prescriptions near Vanderhoof BC

FLNRORD Fire Hazard Reduction Vanderhoof 2 $299,450 Stuart/Nechako by Utilization of Waste “ Projects like these, which have local people First Nations’ Emergency First Nations Wildfi re Risk Various Various $50,000 making local decisions in their local forests, Services of BC Reduction Planning Guidance are a hallmark of Community Forests in our Cariboo Woodlot Ground Truthing and Various 1 $171,690 province. We are delighted to see many partners Association Prescription Development come together to produce these excellent results FESBCKootenay FireSmart InitiativeVarious $10,000 for our forests and communities and are so pleased to see the good work made possible FLNRORD Sea to Sky District S2S District Access Fuel Treatments Various 1 $75,000 by the funding provided through FESBC.” Federation of BC Wildfi re Risk Analysis Various 1 $7,350 Woodlot Associations • Jennifer Gunter Executive Director of the BC Community Forest Association Prince George Woodlot PG Woodlot Assoc Various 1 $103,277 Association —Wildfi re Threat Mitigation

Evelyn Hamilton Burning Questions: Various $67,000 Reducing Wildfi re Risks

Barkerville Historic Barkerville Historic Town Wells / 1 $75,000 Town & Park governed by Wildfi re Fuel Treatment • Phase 2 Barkerville The Barkerville Heritage Trust

Cheakamus Fuel Reduction Thinning Whistler 5Lil’wat Nation and $628,000 Community Forest 2019-2021 Squamish First Nations

Cheakamus Planning, Prescriptions, Whistler 3Lil’wat Nation and $377,630 Community Forest and Layout—Fuel Reduction Squamish First Nations

Cheakamus Whistler Fuel Reduction Whistler 6Lil’wat Nation and $668,438 Community Forest Squamish First Nations

Celtic Engineering Ltd. Fox Mountain Fire Abatement ProjectWilliams Lake 2 $220,575

Williams Lake Landscape Level Fuel Treatment Williams Lake 4 T’exelcemc (Williams Lake Band) $460,591 Community Forest LP

WL Community Forest LP Landscape-Level Fuel Break PilotWilliams Lake 3 T’exelcemc (Williams Lake Band) $328,025

WL Community Forest LP Wildfi re Mitigation—Bark Beetle Williams Lake 6 T’exelcemc (Williams Lake Band) $715,692

Cariboo Woodlot Wildfi re Risk Reduction on Cariboo Williams Lake 4 Secwepemc Nation $500,000 Association Woodlot Licence Splatsin First Nation

Williams Lake WLCF Landscape Level Fuel Break Williams Lake 13 T’exelcemc (Williams Lake Band) $1,533,257 Community Forest LP

Union of BC Municipalities FESBC and UBCM Wildfi re Risk Windermere18 $2,134,115 Reduction Co-funding Program

Regional District Woss Firebreak Management Woss 2 $204,883 of Mount Waddington

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