The Bella Coola Resource Society (BCRS) was formed in 2003 in response to the economic downturn experienced by the valley at that time. The purpose of the Bella Coola Resource Society is to facilitate the goals of the community for the development of resources to foster local economic development. … [Read more...]
Our Partners
Forestry is a complicated undertaking requiring substantive financing, a variety of heavy equipment, professional management, skilled workers and service suppliers. The following are the key organizations that help to make Bella Coola Community Forest successful: A&A Trading … [Read more...]
Management Approach
Forestry is a complex undertaking, especially on the coast. To address these challenges the following approaches will be used. Resource Management Conflicts Forestry is a controversial undertaking and given the close proximity of the operating areas to the community and the multitude of … [Read more...]
Marketing
A wide range of customers will be targeted for sales. As a matter of principle, log sales for local milling will be favoured at fair market value. Subsequent to meeting local demand, logs will be sold to customers outside the valley at the best price achievable. These ‘outside’ customers may be in … [Read more...]
Industry Outlook
Forestry is a notoriously cyclical industry with log prices changing constantly. On a yearly basis, log prices can vary by 10-20% and during the last ten years coastal log prices have decreased 16% for Douglas-fir and 50% for hemlock, while cedar has increased by 20% (CIBC World Markets). … [Read more...]
Bella Coola Community Forest Ltd
Bella Coola Community Forest Ltd (BCCFL) is the company that manages the Community Forest Agreement (CFA) tenure on behalf of the Bella Coola Resource Society (BCRS). It is a local company that is made up of local investors. It is responsible to conduct all the day-to-day activities associated with … [Read more...]
Organizational Structure
The Bella Coola Community Forest has a unique structure compared to most other community forests in British Columbia. Whereas other community forests are typically connected to local government or First Nation, the Bella Coola Community Forest tenure is held by the local, non-profit Bella Coola … [Read more...]
Bella Coola Community Forest Agreement
The Bella Coola Community Forest Agreement (CFA) was awarded to the Bella Coola Resource Society in 2007 (CFA K3K). The licence has an annual allowable cut (AAC) of 30,000 m3 of timber per year which equates to approximately 850 logging trucks. The licence is area based and includes most of the … [Read more...]
What is community forestry?
In British Columbia, community forestry is enabled through a special licence called Community Forest Agreement (CFA), whereby rural communities are granted the right and responsibility to manage their surrounding forest resources in a sustainable manner for the benefit of the local community. It is … [Read more...]