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Planting On Your Woodlot: When was the last time you planted a million trees? Last year, it turns out! BC woodlots as a whole likely planted over 1 million trees last year (based on some rough math and assumptions). Woodlots are a great place to plant trees to sequester carbon, then cut them down and store carbon in your house as 2x6 studs and beautiful woodwork.
So, how do we find those rascally little seedlings to plant on our woodlots? Over the years the seedlings available on the open market has changed. With wildfires and reforestation programs, overruns are not necessarily available. Click button below for 3 helpful 'need-to-knows'!

From time to time, nurseries let us know about their potential overruns. Here's a recent example from Sorrento Nurseries (Harry Hamilton, January 26, 2024): 

"We still have about 60k of overruns still available. In addition, we may have:
BCT seedlots for the North Region that may be released as an overrun in February 2024:

• Sx 412A – s/l   6584 - could be 40.9k

• Pli 410 – s/l    53325 - could be 18k"

As mentioned in the article above, be sure to reach out to your local forest nurseries at the right time of year! 

2021 Bill 28 - What To Do: For the past several years Woodlot Licensees have experienced a high degree of uncertainty with respect to their livelihoods, their family businesses, and tenures. The pressures have come from several sources including administrative delays, legislative and regulatory change, climate impacts on growth and changing standards to build adaptation, and catastrophic loss. The anxiety is enormous for many woodlots. Unfortunately, there is not an easy path forward to answer the question, “What to do about the recent legislative changes?”, regarding potential cancellation or suspension of rights and regulatory compensation.

There are currently 8 woodlots in the province that have been notified informally that their woodlot tenure will likely end. So what can a woodlotter do? The important aspects are being informed, being current with obligations and costs, being engaged with local First Nations, the public, the Ministry of Forests and Woodlots BC.