BCCFA Launches 2025 Indicators Report and New Brand
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The BC Community Forest Association (BCCFA) has released its 2025 Community Forest Indicators Report: Measuring the Benefits of Community Forestry, alongside the launch of its refreshed brand and updated website at www.bccfa.ca.
Representing more than 100 rural and Indigenous communities, the BCCFA is a province-wide network dedicated to supporting local people making decisions about local forests. Since 2014, the Community Forest Indicators Report has tracked the wide-ranging benefits of community forestry. The 2025 report demonstrates once again the broad benefits of community forestry across British Columbia.
Drawing on survey data from 33 community forests - representing 70% of the BCCFA’s operating membership - the 2025 Community Forest Indicators Report highlights the many economic, social, and environmental contributions of community forests. During the reporting period, community forests created full-time jobs in forestry, logging and support services at a rate 82% higher than the industry average, highlighting underscoring their role in local employment and economic growth. They also generated nearly $60 million in local economic activity, invested $2.5 million in wildfire resiliency, and dedicated contributed over 2,800 hours to community education projects.
“The success of community forests shows what is possible when forest management is locally driven. Growth of the Community Forest Program will only strengthen rural BC. Community forests demonstrate how local people, working together, can steward forests in ways that deliver lasting economic, ecological, and cultural benefits. As the Province looks to expand the program, the evidence is clear - community forestry is a model that works.” - Randy Spyksma, BCCFA President
This year also marks the launch of the BCCFA’s new visual identity. Developed by Amplify Consulting
with BCCFA member and partner input, the refreshed design reflects the Association’s roots in community, stewardship, and resilience, while representing its growth and professional maturity.
Read the full News Release here: