Meet a Woodlotter

Maxime Lépine, a professional forester, exemplifies multi-generational sustainable forest management through his work in the Woodlot program. In 2016, he purchased Woodlot #1606 in the Thompson Rivers Forest District near…

Dan Burns is a woodlotter who lives in Smithers, BC, with his wife Kara and their three young children. Dan’s business, Roche Heavy Industries, which is named after a local…

The Osoyoos Indian Band is a progressive First Nations community in and around the towns of Oliver and Osoyoos, BC.  Their Area of Responsibility stretches from the Southern Okanagan east…

Sibylle Walkemeyer and Wolfram Wollenheit are natural resource professionals who immigrated to Canada from Germany in early 1990s seeking work opportunities and a lifestyle closer to nature. They live in…

Two families are joint holders of Woodlot 1428 – Robert and Janey Weeks, and Brian McKirdy and Liz Norwell. They live near Valemount, British Columbia within a one hour drive…

Amanda and Kate Foggin are sisters currently living in Calgary, Alberta, who are new woodlotters, having inherited Woodlot 1778 from their father Randy Foggin in 2023. W1778 is located in…