The New Forest Act is a citizen-developed proposal to replace BC’s industry-run forestry system with one built around ecological limits, community decision-making, and stable local economies. It’s a movement for structural change.
What the New Forest Act Does
It replaces a forestry system built around extraction and corporate control with a public-interest framework that protects watersheds, restores damaged ecosystems, and supports stable rural economies.
PROTECT
Put ecological integrity first in law.
RESTORE
Repair damaged forests, watersheds, and ecosystems.
HARVEST
Allow forestry where ecosystems can sustain it + communities benefit.
BC’s current forestry system is failing forests, communities, and the public interest.
Watersheds
Degraded forests mean higher flood, fire, drought, and landslide risk.
Communities
Rural communities lose jobs and stability while control stays centralized.
Public money
Taxpayers absorb the damage while large companies take the value.
Not another report. Not another awareness campaign.
What BC has now
- Industry-run forestry
- Decisions driven from the top down
- Public forests managed for extraction first
- Ecosystem damage treated as side effects
- Communities react after the fact
What the New Forest Act proposes
- Public-interest forestry law
- Community-based decision-making
- Ecological limits built into law
- Protection, restoration, and working forests clearly defined
- Long-term stability for forests and people
This is already in motion
The New Forest Act framework is not an idea on a napkin. It has already been developed, presented, and taken into communities across BC.
- Presented to MLAs and government staff across party lines
- Built with expert input and years of policy work
- Introduced publicly through BC tour presentations
- Supported by rural residents, experts, and community voices
The important work being performed by the New Forest Act team
has been instrumental in raising public awareness regarding the immediate need for a new Provincial forest policy.
I can’t recommend this organization highly enough and the dedication they have shown towards protecting our forests and watersheds for future generations.
~ John Wittmayer, Kootenays, BC
2026 New Forest Act Roadshow
From June 2 to June 22, we’re bringing the New Forest Act to communities across BC through public presentations, local meetings, and direct outreach.
HELP FUND THE NEXT PHASE
DONATE
Your donation helps bring the New Forest Act into public view through roadshow events, outreach materials, MLA presentations, and ongoing public education.
- $150 Promote and fill a community presentation
- $500 Cover travel and outreach for one tour stop
- $1,000 Fund a full community presentation
- $2,500 Support multiple stops and ongoing campaign work
Prefer e-transfer? Send your donation directly to [email protected] — no fees, 100% goes to the campaign. Or mail a cheque to 11275 Granby Road, Grand Forks, BC, V0H 1H0. We’re a BC non-profit (not a charity); we can’t issue tax receipts.
Why we built this
The New Forest Act campaign grew out of lived experience in Grand Forks after the 2018 flood, and out of years of seeing what happens when forestry decisions ignore ecosystems and communities.
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