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PFLA Private Forest Matters
April 2014

Welcome to the April edition of the PFLA online newsletter. We're excited to announce plans for this year's conference and AGM are coming together nicely (arm-waving shout out to Steve Lackey for all his help organizing the tour again this year). You'll find details below, along with a follow-up post in our "Fair Trade for Private Logs" series and a great story about private land contributions to BC Parks. As always, thanks for reading! 

 

It was a good day for

BC Parks. In fact, it was a good day for all British Columbians as a crowd gathered in the foyer of the legislature building to hear Mary Polak, Minister of Environment, and Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, announce the Province's acquisition of nearly 400 hectares of private land ...[read more]� 


Registration open!
We're pleased to announce plans for PFLA's 19th annual field tour, private forestry forum, dinner and AGM are well underway. We're just licking the stamps on the last of the invitation envelopes so you should see yours in your mailbox soon. In the mean time, you can learn more about the event on the PFLA website, download the registration form, or register online now. We're excited to host another event chock full of relevant information, networking opportunities and inspiring examples of private forest stewardship ...[read more]�
 

The first post in our "Fair Trade for Private Logs" series  asked the question: How is it domestic log prices flat line while forest product markets rise? Because this is an important question for BC's forest owners we went back to the drawing board, crunched some more numbers, and arrived at an up-to-date graph to help illustrate the point further. The graph shows ...[read more]� 

Thanks again for your interest.

Sincerely,

Rod Bealing, Executive Director
Lisa Weeks, Communications Manager
Private Forest Landowners Association
In This Issue
Upcoming Events

69th Annual Olympic Logging Conference
April 30 to May 2
Fairmont Empress
Victoria, BC

Coastal Silviculture Committee Summer Workshop
June 11 and 12, 2014
Powell River, BC

42nd International Forestry Students Symposium
Aug 6 to 21, 2014
British Columbia

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PFLA Hometown Meetings 2014



That's a wrap! A resounding PFLA thanks to everyone who came out and joined us for the hometown tour this year. We appreciate the opportunity to connect with forest owners in-person and hear firsthand what's important to you. We've parked the tour bus for now, but we look forward to seeing you again in June at the 2014 Conference and AGM in Parksville.
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