News Centre
Read FPBC news releases on topics related to professional forestry in BC. The News Centre also includes links to other articles, videos, radio broadcasts, and ads that mention FPBC or the practice of professional forestry.
September 19, 2023
By Christine Gelowitz, RPF, FPBC CEO
May 18, 2023
Forest Professionals BC (FPBC) and College of Applied Biology (CAB) agreed to establish a joint regulatory panel to make recommendations regarding matters such as changes to the joint agreement, roles of registrants, professional practice, and competency standards.
May 18, 2023
Interview with Dave Gill, RPF, FPBC councillor, on what it’s like to be a forest professional and what drew him to forestry, published in the Daily Hive.
March 14, 2023
With societal expectations for BC’s forests changing, these are both difficult and exciting times to be a forest professional in British Columbia.
Read the full column by FPBC CEO Christine Gelowitz, RPF.
February 19, 2023
Forest Professionals BC (FPBC), formerly the Association of BC Forest Professionals, recognizes five forest professionals with awards for their outstanding service and contributions to bettering the practice of forestry across the province in 2022.
January 31, 2023
A message from Christine Gelowitz, RPF, ABCFP CEO
February 4, 2022
September 22, 2021
A column by Christine Gelowitz, RPF, FPBC CEO
(Also published in the Alberni Valley News, Campbell River Mirror, and Kamloops This Week)
August 26, 2021
A column by Christine Gelowitz, RPF, FPBC CEO
February 11, 2021
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August 1, 2019
Time to Redefine Forest Priorities
A column by Christine Gelowitz, RPF, FPBC CEO, examines one of the major revisions needed for the Forest and Range Practices Act
Article published in the Vancouver Sun, Victoria Times Colonist, and Prince George Citizen.
March 19, 2019
March 19, 2019
Mike Larock, RPF, FPBC director of professional practice, is interviewed on Global TV Okanagan about wildfires and how forest professionals are changing management practises to improve fire resilience.Article and video