The latest news about our work, watersheds, and forests.
- You Can’t Export What You Don’t Have: Why B.C.’s Forestry Strategy Is Already FailingThe softwood lumber dispute with the U.S. has exposed what’s really wrong with B.C.’s forestry model. It’s not about tariffs – it’s about a resource base that’s running out. Until provincial policy shifts from extraction to stewardship, no trade office can save the industry.
- The Best Way to Save Forests in BC: Why the New Forest Act Changes EverythingFor decades, protests and petitions haven’t stopped clearcutting. The New Forest Act changes the laws themselves—protecting forests, water, and local jobs. Here’s why it’s the best way to actually save forests in BC.
- After the Mill Shuts Down: Building a Real Future for Grand ForksWhen mills close, the story is always the same – but it doesn’t have to be. The shutdown of Interfor’s Grand Forks mill is another chapter in a long pattern: corporate consolidation, dwindling logs, and global market swings that leave small towns carrying the losses. Decisions made in boardrooms thousands of kilometres away erase local … Continue reading After the Mill Shuts Down: Building a Real Future for Grand Forks
- Launching the New Forest Act Fundraising Campaign: Powered by PeopleThe campaign for a New Forest Act just entered a new phase. This isn’t theory anymore – it’s action. We’re taking our proposal to MLAs, councils, and communities across British Columbia, and we need the resources to keep moving. That’s why today we launched a New Forest Act fundraising campaign: Why does it matter? Because … Continue reading Launching the New Forest Act Fundraising Campaign: Powered by People
- The Forest–Climate Link: The Missing Piece in BC’s Climate PlanEveryone talks about cutting fossil fuels. But there’s another massive source of climate pollution hiding in plain sight: industrial logging. In Canada, logging releases more greenhouse gases than the oil sands – yet these emissions don’t even count in our official totals. When we clearcut a primary forest, we lose more than just trees. We … Continue reading The Forest–Climate Link: The Missing Piece in BC’s Climate Plan
- Live Event: Trouble in the Headwaters Film Screening & Expert DiscussionJoin us live for an eye opening film and an important discussion about forestry and flooding in BC. Trouble in the Headwaters is a hard-hitting documentary that investigates the 2018 Grand Forks flood and reveals the connection to clearcut logging in the headwaters of the Kettle River Basin. The film follows Dr. Younes Alila, a … Continue reading Live Event: Trouble in the Headwaters Film Screening & Expert Discussion
- Be the Link Between Your MLA and the New Forest Act: How to Become a Constituent LiaisonIf you’ve been wondering how to make a real difference for BC forests, here’s one of the most powerful ways: become a Constituent Liaison. A Constituent Liaison is a local resident who helps bring the New Forest Act (NFA) directly to their MLA – and follows up to keep the pressure on. This isn’t just … Continue reading Be the Link Between Your MLA and the New Forest Act: How to Become a Constituent Liaison
- Forests Are Infrastructure: The New Forest Act Is a Return on InvestmentIn British Columbia, we don’t treat forests like the essential infrastructure they are. We treat them like a bank account to be drained. And we’re all paying the price. Every year, BC taxpayers spend $365 million to prop up industrial forestry. That’s public money used to subsidize a system that exports raw logs, kills jobs, … Continue reading Forests Are Infrastructure: The New Forest Act Is a Return on Investment
- Join the BC Forest Reform Strike Team: Tactical Help Needed NowWe’re Building a BC Forest Reform Strike Team – Want In? We;re looking for a few skilled people – real-world capable humans – who can donate a few hours a week to help turn the New Forest Act campaign into a political force. This isn’t a Facebook group or an activist meetup. It’s a serious … Continue reading Join the BC Forest Reform Strike Team: Tactical Help Needed Now
- BFWSS’s Water Sampling Project for Kettle and Granby RiversIn March 2025 BFWSS was invited to apply for project funding for work contributing to the Kettle River Watershed Management. The funding was to come from the Boundary Integrated Water Service (BIWS) a service of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) to the Boundary Area. BFWSS consulted with a biologist employed by the Okanagan … Continue reading BFWSS’s Water Sampling Project for Kettle and Granby Rivers
- Sector report to KRWAC, June 24The Kettle River Watershed Advisory Council (KRWAC) was initiated in 2012 (previously known as the Kettle River Watershed Authority) to “support the creation and review of the Kettle River Watershed Management Plan (KRWMP)”. There are nine sectors making up the voting membership with two people per sector. These include: Agriculture, Forestry (Sm/Med), Forestry (Lg), Industry, … Continue reading Sector report to KRWAC, June 24
- BFWSS 2025 AGM, Wed, Mar 12, 6-8pmWe are pleased to invite you to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Boundary Forest Watershed Stewardship Society on Wednesday, March 12, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Location: RDKB Office, 2140 Central Ave, Grand Forks, BC Join via Zoom (link provided upon RSVP) This meeting is open to both members and non-members, and we encourage all who are interested in … Continue reading BFWSS 2025 AGM, Wed, Mar 12, 6-8pm
- Welcome New Board Member – Marcus PetersBFWSS is happy to announce that we have a new Board Member. Marcus Peters was appointed to the board on February 10, 2025. Welcome, Marcus! Marcus Peters Hailing from Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Marcus is a co-operative developer, labor organizer, and activist who spends half the year working in BC’s tree planting industry, and the other … Continue reading Welcome New Board Member – Marcus Peters
- What Happened to Vancouver Island? The Story of a Vanishing ForestVancouver Island’s forests are disappearing and the impact is devastating. Clear-cut logging is leaving barren landscapes, which is a threat to waterways, wildlife, and entire ecosystems.
- How much logging is too much? Tsable River Watershed Assessment with Dave WeaverJoin Dave Weaver, a former forestry professional, as he presents a compelling case study on the Tsable River watershed on Vancouver Island.
- Voodoo Hydrology: Hidden Causes of the Chilcotin Landslide | Dr. Younes Alila’s Bold Challenge to BC Forestry ScienceDr. Alila challenges the outdated and flawed science behind BC’s forestry practices – calling it Voodoo Hydrology. He argues that cumulative disturbances from industrial forestry are raising the groundwater table, increasing hydro-geomorphic risk, and making landslides more likely.
- I studied disasters – this is why forestry is failingThis video shares Jennifer Houghton’s journey to uncover the root causes, starting with a conversation with Forest Ecologist Herb Hammond, who showed her the stark reality of widespread clearcutting in the Kettle River watershed. The damage from decades of industrial logging—enormous primary forest loss and degraded watersheds – has reshaped BC’s forests and communities.
- Humans can’t make this – why natural forests are importantMichelle Connolly, of Conservation North, based in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, shares the importance of forest death and decay processes for wildlife and biodiversity. She reveals why species disappear when natural forests are converted into tree plantations after industrial logging.
- Video: The Time for Change is Now: A New Forest Act for BCIn this video, Jennifer Houghton, manager of the Power of Forests project, highlights why BC’s current forestry legislation is outdated and rooted in an industrial paradigm—and why we urgently need a New Forest Act based on ecological management principles.
- Video: Fighting for BC’s Last Wild Forests with Michelle ConnollyIn her captivating new talk from the Power of Forests event in Prince George, Michelle Connolly of Conservation North exposes how industrial logging is wreaking havoc on BC’s last primary forests—the untouched ecosystems that are critical for wildlife and biodiversity.