NEWS RELEASE - NOVEMBER 12, 2025 We are concerned that significant misinformation is being spread about our wildfire risk reduction treatment TU-5, adjacent to the Sechelt Airport.  A local activist newsletter recently attributed claims to the SCCF which we never made, and provided inaccurate information about the scope of our planning. SCCF has never claimed that the best way to reduce wildfire risk near community infrastructure is through large-scale tree removal.   Plans

If you’ve been following the Sunshine Coast Community Forest, you may have noticed references to our standing stem harvesting  project in AN27. This work has been unfolding over the past year and represents both a careful approach to harvesting and a commitment to low-impact techniques. Here’s an overview of what standing stem harvesting is, and how our first project using this harvest practice progressed from 2024 into 2025. What Is Standing Stem Harvesting? Standing stem ha

by Sara Zieleman, Executive Director and Drew Brayshaw, Senior Hydrologist and Geoscientist at Statlu Environmental Consulting The topic...

The establishment of the Provincial Forest Advisory Council is a result of an agreement between the BC NDP and BC Green parties. The...

A recent article in The Tyee   explored the challenges some community forests face in accessing local markets and supporting value-added...

Sunshine Coast Community Forest is accepting Request for Proposals to implement prescribed wildfire risk reduction fuel treatments across...

Among approximately 62 community forests in BC doing exceptional work to make communities and forests socially, ecologically, and...

SCCF offered local contractors free S100 Training provided by our local Province of BC recognized instructor - Kelly Hatfull of Hatfull & Associates held April 29th. We thank everyone who contributed their time to build local fire suppression capacity among forest industry workers, and those companies who sent staff for training to support this initiative. Every year, forestry workers take a half-day refresher to practice using their emergency response equipment including sp

New provincial funding will support wildfire prescription planning and fuel management treatments. Sechelt, BC – The Sunshine Coast...

We were thrilled to hear from a local student recently, looking to have some questions answered for their research project. Really great...

Forest Stewardship Plans are, by nature, complex. A Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) must explain how we will comply with various...

We have prepared a glossary of acronyms used within various planning documents you'll find on our website, as a tool for those seeking...