CHEAKAMUS COMMUNITY FOREST VISION
The Cheakamus Community Forest is a model of regenerative forestry that mitigates the impacts of climate change, and that the CCF partnership is recognized as a model of reconciliation, supporting the prosperity of the RMOW, Lil’wat and Squamish Nations through a thriving local economy.
CHEAKAMUS COMMUNITY FOREST MISSION
Prioritize the ecological health of local forests while respecting their cultural significance to the Lil’wat and Squamish peoples and generating direct economic benefits for the two First Nations and the citizens of Whistler.
Wildfire Resilience Workshop – May 6 & 7 @ SLCC
/in NewsThe University of British Columbia Okanagan and the Cheakamus Community Forest present a scholar-practitioner workshop on the theme of Wildfire Resilience in Times of Uncertainty. This is a two-day workshop hosted at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre that seeks to bring together the public, municipal officials, academic researchers, practitioners and Indigenous land stewards to discuss […]
Earth Week 2025 brings Dr. Suzanne Simard to the Audain Art Museum
/in NewsDr. Suzanne Simard will be speaking in Whistler at the Audain Art Museum Cressy Hall on April 25 as part of the AWARE (Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment) Earth Week 2025 celebrations! Doors will open at 6:45 for a one hour talk with Q&A titled, Mother Trees and Forest Stewardship for a […]
Wildfire Mitigation Collaboration
/in NewsDr. Rhonda Millikin has been researching the effects of thinning second growth forests on wildfire behaviour and published a paper with her results. In her article, which is published online by MDPI, an open-access publishing platform, Millikin and her co-authors say their research showed forested areas that undergo fuel-thinning see microclimate variables change in the direction […]
Fuel For Thought – How Fuel Treatments Tame the Flames
/in NewsCCF Information Session – December 2024
/in NewsThe Cheakamus Community Forest hosted an information session on December 3, 2024 at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre focused on the new climate resiliency planning and implementation approach, as well as how wildfire (Whistler’s biggest climate threat) mitigation projects affect Whistler forests. An engaged crowd listened to Nick Soverel of Frontera Forest Solutions discuss how […]
CCF Info Session – December 3, 2024
/in NewsThe Cheakamus Community Forest is hosting a public information session at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, Istken Room, on December 3, 2024 from 3:00 – 5:30 p.m. The CCF is evolving to a climate resiliency land management approach built on the Ecosystem-based Management plan. The updated planning approach is a response to increasing risks from […]
Welcoming Molly Hudson to the CCF Board
/in NewsThe Cheakamus Community Forest is pleased to announce that Molly Hudson joins the Board representing the Squamish Nation along with Kathleen Edwards, Director Rights and Title. We thank Gary Muuren for his participation and insights that contributed to our success in the last year. Molly has recently joined Nch’Kay Development Corporation, the Squamish Nation’s economic […]
Red Trees at Mid-Elevation
/in NewsThis week saw coniferous trees turning red across the mid-elevations of Whistler Valley. An outbreak of western spruce budworm is showing in areas above White Gold, Function Junction and along Sproatt and Rainbow Mountains. The outbreak is happening across the coast/interior transition forests from Whistler to Hope and seems to be restricted to the band […]
Information Walk – July 15
/in NewsJoin Heather Beresford, Executive Director of the Cheakamus Community Forest, for an informative walk on Monday, July 15. Meet at the Whistler Interpretive Forest Parking lot at 5:15. We’ll depart at 5:30 and do an easy walking loop around the trails back to the parking lot in about an hour. Learn what’s happening in the […]
Cheakamus Lake Road Grading Underway
/in NewsUPDATE on the Cheakamus Lake Road grading work. The road grading crew has been busy this week adding gravel and grading the Cheakamus Lake Road all the way to the Cheakamus Lake parking lot! After years of a seriously bumpy drive, the road will be significantly smoother for the many people who travel along it. […]
The CCF is now on Facebook!
/in NewsThe Cheakamus Community Forest has started a Facebook page. Follow us there to keep up to date on activities.
Wildfire Risk Reduction Site Visit
/in NewsThe Cheakamus Community Forest met with staff from the Crown Land Wildfire Risk Reduction (WRR) team at our project above Wedgewoods on May 28. Jonathan Murkin, Land & Resource Specialist from the Kelowna MOF office made the trip to the Coast to visit a few projects in the Sea to Sky corridor. The tour was […]