Free Growing status
The Wells Gray Community Forest achieved Free Growing status for six cut blocks that were planted in 2008.
Read moreThe Wells Gray Community Forest achieved Free Growing status for six cut blocks that were planted in 2008.
Read more70 hectares of fuel management was completed in November 2022, within the Landscape Fuel break in the Gill creek chart. Fuel management or Wildfire Urban Interface fuel management is intended to reduce the fuel loading in stands adjacent to...
Read moreThe 2023 Annual spring planting program will be completed by a local planting company, Future Reforestation. We are collectively working on a Policy to reduce the amount of flagging tape or micro plastics used during the planting of our 280,000...
Read moreDuring the Month of March 2022, WGCFC hosted international Students from UBC, we collectively worked on alternative forest management strategies for the Wells Gray Community Forest landbase.
Read moreOn November 15 2023, the winter harvesting program commenced in East Blackpool and in the Raft chart area with Wadlegger Logging. Safety and hauling on public roads and recreation trails is a priority.
Read moreOn November 1, 2021, the Community Forest entered a new Five-year management and cut cycle.
Read moreThe WGCFC Forest Stewardship Plan was approved on December 3, 2021. We are currently in the process of legally accepting the Thompson Okanagan Regional Stocking Standards.
Read moreThe 2021 Harvesting program has been completed with a high degree of safety and forest products utilization, we would like to thank our local loggers and truckers for making this program a success.
Read moreWe are currently starting our spring planting program with a local planting crew Mac River ENT, they will we establishing 290,000 seedlings on recently harvested cut blocks close to Clearwater. All Provincial Health orders related to COVID will...
Read moreOur Forest Stewardship Plan has been submitted to the government for approval. This document has been reviewed by interested public members and local First Nation Bands over the last year.
Read moreThough a collaborative effort from local loggers to Arrow transport, the CF utilized over 350 logging trucks of wood waste from four cut blocks in the Fall 2020.
Read more