The Barkley Community Forest

About

The Barkley Community Forestry is an area-based forest tenure managed in partnership between the Toquaht Nation and the District of Ucluelet for the benefit of local communities.

The Barkley Community Forest encompasses 6,567 hectares between the shores of Barkley Sound in the southwest to Draw Lake in the northeast. It includes Mt Ozzard and much of the Maggie Lake watershed. These lands are part of the traditional territory of the Toquaht and Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ First Nations.

Barkley Community Forest Location Map

Board of Directors

Barkley Community Forest Corporation is run by a board of directors comprised of an equal number of representatives from the District of Ucluelet and the Toquaht Nation, plus one non-partisan member agreed upon by both parties.

Non-partisan Chair

Terry Smith

Toqaht First Nation

Ken Matthews | Gary Johnson | Noah Plonka

District of Ucluelet

Dario Corlazzoli | Geoff Lyons | Julian LIng

General Manager

Erik Holbek, RPF