Every year, the ABCFP selects one community to be the Forest Capital of BC. The winning community carries the title for a full year—from January 1^st to December 31^st.

The 2010 Forest Capital of BC is the Regional District of Mount Waddington

The Regional District of Mount Waddington's Forest Capital 2010 bid impressed the judges with its broad volunteer base, variety of events and heartfelt enthusiasm. Congratulations to the Regional District of Mount Waddington! The RDMW includes Woss, Alert Bay, Sointula, Hyde Creek, Port McNeill, Port Hardy, Port Alice, Coal Harbour, Winter Harbour, Quatsino, Holberg and Kingcome Village. RDMW's Winng Bid: "Forests Are Rooted In Our Communities" (5 MB)

The selection committee was very impressed with the high quality of this year’s applications. It was obvious that a tremendous amount of work went into the application packages at every stage and it was difficult to select a winner.

Mount Waddington's application stood out in a couple of areas. The program of events and communication plan were particularly exciting. The whole program is designed around teaching residents and visitors about forestry while having fun. Even people who don’t come out to community events will still be touched by the Forest Capital designation as the organizing committee has arranged for a weekly article about forestry to appear in the local paper.

The selection committee was also impressed by Mount Waddington's volunteer base. The leadership volunteers include a good mix of people who represent the major employers in the regional district and are an indication of the broad level of support from across the district. The application included dozens of letters of support from community organizations, local First Nations, businesses, municipal and provincial government and even school children.

Nominate Your Community to be the 2011 Forest Capital of BC
The Forest Capital program, established in 1988, provides an important opportunity to celebrate the economic, cultural, natural and historic contributions forests make to community life and the health of the province. Our forests are important to every community in BC. It's a heritage we take pride in and celebrate.

Communities named the Forest Capital host a full year of forest-themed events such as art competitions, interpretive forest walks and logger sports shows. Every community in BC is eligible to be nominated.

The ABCFP will evaluate nominations based on the communities relationship to its surrounding forests and the strength of the bid proposal.

Nominations are accepted from May to mid-November 2010. The nomination package will be available in March.

Additional Resources
List of Past Forest Capitals of BC
Information about this Award
News Release: North Island Awarded 2010 Forest Capital of BC

More Information
For more samples of past winning bids, please contact Brenda Martin:

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