Open House
Date: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024
Time: 3:00 pm-7:00 pm
Location: t̓uk̓ʷaaʔatḥiic hišimyiły̓ak, m̓aʔaquuʔa (Toquaht Gathering Place, Macoah)
Date: Thursday, October 24th, 2024
Time: 3:00 pm-7:00 pm
Location: Ucluelet Community Centre, Matterson Drive, Ucluelet
The Board of Directors invites the public of the surrounding communities to an open house to discuss current and future activity in the Barkley Community Forest. The Board Directors and General Manager will be in attendance to answer questions and discuss the management of the community forest.
The Barkley Community Forest Corporation, which is jointly owned by the District of Ucluelet and the Toquaht Nation, holds Community Forest Agreement K3S. The Community Forest is managed by a Board of Directors appointed by the shareholders of the BCFC.
The following general information will be available at the meeting:
- A summary of financial information from the operating years 2015 to 2024.
- Maps and information on harvesting, reforestation, and road construction from 2015 to 2024.
- Maps and information showing natural resource inventories on the forest.
- Information on how financial returns from harvesting are used by the BCFC and by the shareholders.
- Plans and priorities for 2025.
The BCFC General Manager and Board have prepared a new management plan for the community forest which will define how resources in the forest will be managed. This includes:
- Resource inventories and analysis for the determination of a sustainable rate of timber harvest.
- Objectives and strategies for the management of biodiversity, species at risk habitat and populations, riparian and fish habitat and other resources.
- Recreation and public use opportunities in the forest.
This open house is an opportunity for you to review, comment, and provide information or other input to this important work.
Download the Draft Management Plan (5 MB)
For more information, please contact:
chair@barkleyforest.ca or manager@barkleyforest.ca