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The New Forest Act for BC Is Gaining Ground - 5 MLAs Just Heard Us

We propose a New Forest Act that puts ecosystem integrity first, returns decision‑making to communities and Indigenous Peoples, and rebuilds stable, diversified local economies. We’ve been taking the New Forest Act directly to government - and it’s working. 5 MLAs across party lines have heard our proposal Senior ministry staff are listening Local loggers want to know about jobs under the proposal Donations are rolling in to fuel the campaign This isn’t about stopping forestry. It’s about flipping the script: treating BC’s forests as infrastructure that protects water, prevents floods and fires, and supports long-term jobs in local communities. Be part of the movement. Book a meeting with your MLA or chip in to fund the 2026 New Forest Act Roadshow. Together, we can protect what protects us. Donate: https://boundaryforest.org/donate-to-... Get involved: https://boundaryforest.org/get-involv... Download the New Forest Act: https://boundaryforest.org/the-new-fo... Watch Trouble in the Headwaters:    • The hidden impacts of clear-cut logging, r...   Attend the Grand Forks live screening Sept 5, 2025: https://boundaryforest.org/live-event... About the New Forest Act proposal: What this does. The New Forest Act shifts BC from volume-driven industrial logging to Nature-Directed Stewardship (NDS), treating forests as critical public infrastructure for water security, flood/fire protection, carbon storage, biodiversity, and community stability. It replaces the current regime with outcomes-first rules and community-centred governance. Nature-Directed Stewardship is forest management that follows nature’s lead. It manages forests in ways that maintain their natural patterns, processes, and life-supporting functions - instead of forcing them into short, profit-driven production cycles. It’s the opposite of “maximum-yield” forestry. Instead of cutting for volume, we work within the limits of what the ecosystem can handle - and what it actually needs to stay functioning over centuries. Why now. Industrial forestry has produced degraded landscapes, higher disaster risks and costs, and declining jobs and mills - while prioritizing short-term timber flow over long-term ecosystem function and local economies. The legislation enshrines ecological integrity and public interest ahead of private extraction. The framework: P.R.E. (Protect–Restore–Employ) implements Nature-Directed Stewardship in space and sequence: • Protect primary forests in perpetuity (no logging/roads). • Restore degraded secondary forests (ecological restoration methods, no logging occurs here, road removal, hydrology repair, proforestation; no “salvage” logging). • Employ selection-based forestry on previously logged/roaded lands, with partial cutting, continuous cover, and full-cycle tree retention - only where ecological thresholds allow. Download the full proposal and backgrounder: https://boundaryforest.org/the-new-fo...