More than 280 million trees were planted in BC forests last year .
According to the Province, a total of 57 point 3 million seedlings found new homes in the Cariboo region…17.4 in the 100 Mile House District, 19.41 million in the Quesnel District and another 20.5 in the Cariboo-Chilcotin District that included Williams Lake.
These reforestation efforts were primarily focused on fire damaged areas and done in addition to the work undertaken by forest tenure holders as part of their legal requirements to regenerate harvested areas.
Minister of Forests Ravi Parmar said 2024 was a banner year for tree planting in BC, including celebrating 10 billion trees planted since 1930.
More than 2 billion trees were planted alone since 2017.
“We are in good shape right now based upon a run of strong years and the government’s commitment to tackling the impacts of climate change through adaptation and keeping reforestation programs at a level to help regrow our forests,” John Betts Executive Director, Western Forestry Contractors Association said, “Our members have been adapting to the concept of a restoration economy targeting ecosystem resilience through all kinds of different planting programs.”
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