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Wildland-Urban Interface Wildfire Protection Program gets another $75,000

i9design — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:38:56 +0000

SIFCo just obtained another $75 000 to carry on their Wildland Urban Interface Management Program begun in the Spring of 2009. This investment will go towards 10 hectares of Land in the Trozzo Watershed. An area outlined in our mapping process that has very high fire risk and consequence if a fire was to occur. Four jobs will be created for at least three months with these Forest Investment Account Funds.

$27,500 invested in Bannock Point improvements

i9design — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:15:33 +0000

As a very popular remote local destination, the spectacular Bannock Point gets a lot of yearly traffic & use. In 2009, SIFCo invested $27,500 in improvements to the site. From building new outhouses, to creating designated campsites, and developing safe and low impact parking areas, a total of 7 people worked to make Bannock a safer and more attractive destination.

SIFCo receives $135,620 for Invasive Plant Reduction

i9design — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:52:22 +0000

Following our 2008 Invasive Plant Inventory and our small Pilot Project of the summer 2008, SIFCo just received $135,620 from the Jobs Opportunities Program and the Canadian Action Plan of both the provincial and federal government to do a first of its kind tenure wide Invasive Plants control project. This work will employ seven displaced workers for the next three months.

SIFCo’s Wildland-Urban Interface Wildfire Protection Program gets $246,675

Stephan — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:33:48 +0000

Today SIFCo received $221,675 from the Jobs Opportunities Program and $25,000 from the Columbia Basin Trust to begin phase #1 of their Wildland-Urban Interface Wildfire Protection Program.

Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) approved

Julian — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:55:49 +0000

Today the last draft of our Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) was approved by the Ministry of Forest. The FSP is a planning requirement of forest tenure holders in British Columbia. It is a requirement of the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) and is intended to replace some of the planning requirements of the Forest Practices Code of BC Act.

New Landscape Level Plan maps released today

Julian — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:41:06 +0000

As part of SIFCo’s Landscape Level Plan a new set of maps was released today. This set of maps titled: “Wildfire-Human Interface using a Permaculture Perspective” intends to highlight the priority for treatment of areas within the Interface areas of SIFCo’s landbase.

New video shows ‘virtual fly-over’ of our landbase

Julian — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:28:39 +0000

Watch a video of a Google Earth ‘virtual fly-over’ of our landbase and see the land that we are managing (high-speed Internet connection may be needed).

Landscape Level Plan (LLP) published

Julian — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:51:19 +0000

After 6 months of work SIFCo completed our Landscape Level Plans (LLP). The LLP is a birds-eye perspective of our landbase. The aim of the LLP is to guide our operations with regards to the overall health of the forest and the communities that surround them.

SIFCo Application for CFA accepted

Stephan — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:02:15 +0000

Today we became tenure holders. After 4 years of work we signed our Probationnary Community Forest Agreement.

Our Management Plan accepted

Stephan — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:12:25 +0000

Today our updated Management Plan was accepted by the Ministry of Forest… the last step before our application is finally accepted.