What You Can Do

The New Forest Act is not a government initiative. If you want government to consider it, put the proposal directly in front of the people who can act on it.

Start here: Read the Executive Summary, send it to your MLA, and ask for a meeting or written response about the New Forest Act framework.

Three things you can do now

Send the framework to your MLA

Send the Executive Summary and link to this website. Ask whether your MLA will review the proposal and raise it with the Minister responsible for forests.

Bring it to your local government

Send the proposal to your mayor, councillors, or regional district directors. Ask them to review the framework, discuss its implications for local watersheds and economies, and communicate with the Province.

Put it in front of other people

Share the framework with community organizations, professional contacts, watershed groups, local businesses, Indigenous communities where appropriate, and people concerned about forestry in BC.

Use the materials

Executive Summary

The quickest document to send to someone who is new to the proposal.

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Full Proposal

Use when someone wants the complete framework and implementation detail.

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Backgrounder

Use for the research and detailed rationale behind the proposal.

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Letter templates and next steps

Public Next Steps

A two-page guide to learning the framework, contacting decision-makers, sharing the proposal, and bringing the discussion to your community.

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Local Government Next Steps

For councils and regional districts: briefing requests, provincial review, sample resolution wording, and routes through local government associations.

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Template Letter

Use or adapt the full or short version when writing to an MLA or minister.

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Training webinar

An online training workshop is planned for 6pm Pacific, October 13, 2026. It will explain the New Forest Act, what to emphasize when presenting it, how to approach elected representatives and other decision-makers, and how to use the public materials on this site. Register here: https://boundaryforest.org/training-workshop/

After the workshop, the recording will be embedded here as a permanent training resource.