Highlights from PFLA's 2013 Forestry Forum and other news

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Private Forest Matters Newsletter

August 2013

Greetings!

Welcome to the August edition of the PFLA online newsletter. As promised, we've put together a few highlights from our annual field tour and forestry forum held late June at the Coast Bastion in Nanaimo. We've done our best to hit the high points, but keep in mind, nothing beats the real thing. Another big PFLA thanks to all the organizers, presenters, tour hosts, and of course, participants who took time out of your busy schedules to join us!

Biosolids, Riparian Enhancement and the Urban Interface

You're probably wondering what biosolids, riparian enhancement and the urban interface all have in common. Well, they're all highlights from PFLA's 2013 forest field tour. You'd think, after 18 years of private forestry tours, we'd run out of interesting places to visit, but thanks to the organizing efforts of [...]read more»

Highlights from PFLA's 2013 Forestry Forum

We did it again. PFLA put together another stimulating, thought provoking and engaging event loaded with information relevant to forest owners across the province. Don't take our word for it though, here's what one forest owner had to say about the conference: "I have to say that today's line up [...] read more»

Out and About with PFLA

Sept. 6-8, 2013 Cowichan Exhibition
An excellent opportunity to engage the community just for the fun of it, PFLA is proud to co-sponsor the 3rd annual zucchini racing competition at the Cowichan Exhibition. We look forward to an action-packed weekend connecting with families, elected officials, forest owners, community members and busloads of enthusiastic school kids. Here's some photos from last year for inspiration.

Sept. 19-22, 2013 FBCWA conference and AGM
PFLA is also excited to attend the Federation of BC Woodlot Association's AGM and conference in Campbell River and Quadra Island this year. If you're interested, please visit their website for more information and conference schedule and registration details.

Carbon Market Developments

For the third year in a row, PFLA was pleased to have Matt Walsh of New Zealand Carbon Farming present at our annual forestry forum in June. Matt continues to be optimistic about emerging Canadian carbon markets and provided a detailed PowerPoint outlining climate policy momentum, current trends and [...] read more»