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𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 🌲🛢️👷👷♂️👷♀️says CEO of the BC Business Council. "While the overall average compensation per job in B.C. is around $75,000, the forestry sector pays about $123,000, miners earn an average $146,000, and workers in oil and gas earn $209,000 in average. These jobs make both economic and environmental sense, as our modern resource sector uses some of the most advanced technologies in the world, ensuring high levels of environmental protection with low greenhouse gas intensity compared to the rest of the world." - Vancouver Sun These jobs also contribute to economic reconciliation in Indigenous communities. You can read more here: https://lnkd.in/gmgrJU66 #oilandgas #oilandgasindustry #oilfield #forestry #forest #logging #nature #trees #tree #treework #mining #miner #development #foredbc Business Council of British Columbia Indigenous Resource Network Young Canadians for Resources BC Council of Forest Industries Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) Forest Products Association of Canada

𝗗𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗢𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 🌲🌳🌱🧒😃 Davidson Elementary students learn about trees, soil and fire from students in the Rutland Secondary School Forestry program Tiny tree planters were working hard, getting dirty and learning a lot in Lake Country's Jack Seaton Park on Oct. 17. Multiple classes of students from Davidson Road Elementary spent the day in the park learning about forestry, wildfires and ecology. A part of their day was spent learning from Grade 11 and 12 students enrolled in the Rutland Secondary School (RSS) Forestry Academy. The RSS forestry program is led by teacher Marshall Corbett, a former shop teacher with a background in environmental sciences and extensive experience in the outdoors. The unique dual-credit program aims to teach students about forestry-related careers with a focus on developing practical knowledge in the outdoors through hands-on learning. With the credits earned in the class, students can transition directly into a career in forestry, like wildland firefighting. "For me, the tree planting part is important but the really big benefit here is having these students learn from each other," said Corbett. "The older students are learning how to teach and how to share what they've learned and the younger students being able to connect with someone who is a little bit younger instead of just having an adult or a teacher telling them what to do." With the help of the forestry students, the pint-sized planters learned about the role wildfire plays in ecology and how tree planting can help a burned area recover. "They're showing them what they've learned over the course of the program and as I've walked around I've noticed they're starting to talk about various plant species and other pieces of ecology," said Corbett. 🔗 https://ow.ly/GyeA50TXsxA #forest #forests #trees #forestry #tree #learning #learn #students #teaching #education #foredbc District of Lake Country School District 23: Central Okanagan

𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮’𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗸 🌲🌳🌱🔍👇 Canada is home to some of the world's largest and most diverse forests, covering over 361 million hectares of land or about 9% of the world's total forested area. These forests can serve as a critical carbon sink in our collective fight against climate change. But how we manage them matters. As trees age they become susceptible to natural disturbances such as fire, pest outbreaks and disease that can release CO2 and other GHGs back into the atmosphere. Though these disturbances are normal in the forest, they are becoming more frequent and severe as a result of climate change, turning our forests from climate change assets into liabilities. When we manage our forests through carefully planned harvesting and replanting, we remove the decay and debris that accelerates these natural disturbances and strengthen our forests' capacity to store carbon for another generation. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eZf-B7a7 #nature #forest #trees #forestry #wood #foredbc Young Canadians for Resources Indigenous Resource Network Forest Professionals British Columbia

𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝟗𝟏𝟏 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 🏡🦝 Lesson here is: Don't feed wild animals! ⚠️ "Sheriff’s deputies in Washington’s Kitsap County frequently get calls about animals — loose livestock, problem dogs. But the 911 call they received recently from a woman being hounded by dozens of raccoons swarming her home near Poulsbo, northwest of Seattle, stood out. She told deputies she started feeding a family of raccoons decades ago and it was fine until about six weeks ago, when the number showing up went from a handful to around 100. “She said those raccoons were becoming increasingly more aggressive, demanding food, that they would hound her day and night — scratching at the outside of her home, at the door. If she pulled up her car, they would surround the car, scratch at the car, surround her if she went from her front door to her car or went outside at all,” McCarty said. “They saw this as a food source now, so they kept coming back to it and they kept expecting food.” Bridget Mire, a spokesperson with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, said by email that under state law it is illegal to feed large carnivores, such as bears or cougars. While municipalities or counties may have local statutes forbidding the feeding of other wildlife, it is not against state law, she said." 🔗 https://ow.ly/ZNoc50TOKz3 Critter Care Wildlife Society BC SPCA Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre (Wild ARC) #raccoons #feed #carnivores #wildlife #wildsafe #wildlifesafety #foredbc

What an incredible turnout for the Provincial Intermediate Teachers' (PITA) Conference in Victoria. Thousands of BC teachers from many urban and rural school districts converged in person and on-line to explore and share educational activities or best practices. Kudos to PITA for voluntarily organizing this event. We were proud to be an exhibitor showcasing our trusted educational tools and lesson plans about sustainable use of our natural resources and the many ways both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities rely on Nature's Gifts. Check out our new video on that topic with thousands of views here: https://lnkd.in/gqgjhUn3 You may also want to check out our latest video featuring an Indigenous female lawyer with some advice to students struggling with math...https://lnkd.in/g359Kkyr 👉 Freely download our latest lesson plan, called Musical Trees, which was distributed at the PITA event. https://lnkd.in/gWpCNzbt ⭐ You can find more free lesson plans here: https://lnkd.in/g6JTtgMT Thanks to our many partners who provided some cool merch or factual info for our display: Ministry of Forests, Province of BC The Truck Loggers Association naturally:wood Young Canadians for Resources Indigenous Resource Network

𝐁.𝐂.'𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐞𝐬: 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 👨💼💼📉 It was another downbeat month for B.C.’s labour market in September with employment down for a fifth consecutive month. Employment fell by 18,000 people or 0.6 per cent, narrowing year-over-year growth to 0.3 per cent. This was well below the national performance of 1.5 per cent. The province’s unemployment rate rose 0.2 points to six per cent even as the labour force contracted (down 0.4 per cent) in September. The labour participation rate dropped to 63.8 per cent from 64.2 per cent last month, despite a 0.3-per-cent increase in the population. Economic growth has been insufficient to absorb population gains, which is likely leading to a rising pool of discouraged workers. B.C. building permits retrenched in August after a large gain in July. Total permit values in the province dropped significantly—down by 21 per cent—to reach $1.8 billion. The province was a key contributor to the overall national decline of seven per cent. Permits declined substantially in both the residential and non-residential sectors. Monthly permit numbers tend to vary widely, but the 12-month moving average has not shown significant changes. The unadjusted-for-seasonality, year-to-date permits have fallen by 3.3 per cent. Still-high construction and borrowing costs are limiting activity growth in the sector. More rate cuts will be needed to support a sustained boost in activity in the sector. Non-residential permit values decreased by 35.6 per cent to $559.8 million, with all subcategories experiencing lower permit issuances in August. Industrial permit values lessened by 53.5 per cent, while commercial permits were down by 41.4 per cent. Institutional and governmental permits issued also fell by 4.5 per cent. 🔗 https://ow.ly/ryqA50TV4Jh WorkBC.ca #labourmarket #employment #jobloss #unemployment #economicgrowth #economicdevelopment #buildingpermits #workforce #foredbc

🎃👻 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻! 🕷️✨ May your night be filled with spooky surprises and sweet treats! 🍬🕸️ Dress up, carve those pumpkins, and dance under the moonlight. Let’s celebrate all things frightfully fun together! #halloween #spooky #horror #spookyseason #HappyHalloween #foredbc

🎣 𝗨𝗻𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵: 𝗢𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆'𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝟭𝟰-𝗣𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗼𝗶 🐟🪝 Oklahoma City's fishery team caught a surprise 14-pound koi in a pond, the largest they have seen in a spot like this. “The running bet is that it either came in a fisherman’s bait bucket or someone just had a big fish they didn’t want to keep around, John Rayfield, fisheries biologist with the city of Oklahoma City, said. The catch wasn't what the fishery team was expecting. The fish was caught at Zoo Park, a popular pond for casting a line. “They actually feed off eggs and everything else so they could impact our sports fish," Rayfield said. The team was electrofishing, a method used to survey fish stock every spring and fall, when they spotted the monster. “We have a nice, big generator on a boat with these antennas that go into the water, and we actually shock the fish, and they come to the surface and then we weigh and measure them and release them back into the water," Rayfield said. "We don’t like to keep those guys in our fishable waters, so we decided to transport it and put it into Will Rogers Gardens." “Actually, there is a goldfish at Martin Nature Park that we are trying to catch, but he has eluded us for a few years," Rayfield said. "It’s pretty big. Every time we shock, we see him, make a little bit of waves and then swims off. We just can’t keep up to him." Here in Canada, Koi fish released into the wild can become an invasive species and damage sensitive ecosystems. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gcien3JK 🔗 https://ow.ly/OR0T50TV5v3 City of Oklahoma City Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Invasive Species Centre #fishing #fisheries #fish #koi #koipond #oklahomacity #oklahoma #foredbc

𝗛𝘂𝗿𝗿𝘆!🚀 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 ⏰🌲𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 🌲⭐𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗡𝗼𝘃. 𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰⭐ 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝟱 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟴 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮! 💰 𝗪𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 $𝟭𝟱𝟬 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀! 📣 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱! 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 ! 📣 🌿✨ Encourage budding artists and storytellers around you to join our annual Art, Photography, and Video Contest. This year's theme, "Two-Eyed Seeing", invites young minds to creatively blend Indigenous Traditional Knowledge with modern science. Together, we can help our forests thrive for future generations! 🌲💚 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲: 👉 https://lnkd.in/gcyhXvEf #youngartists #artistoninstagram #digitalart #artseducation #artschool #videocreator #photographychallenge #parents #parentsofinstagram #naturephotography #learning #school #students #StudentLife #teachers #children #kids #learning #teaching #traditionalknowledge #teachersofinstagram #kidsart #kidsactivities #KidsContest #kidsofinstagram #forests #foredbc #indigenous #NationalForestWeek

🌾🥉📈 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 Canada is on track to be the world’s third-largest wheat exporter for the second year in a row as crop production in the prairie provinces continues to increase. International data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows Canada overtaking Australia for the third-place spot in the 2023-2024 crop year, and predicts a similar ranking for 2024-25. According to a 2024-25 outlook released last week by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), production of all principal field crops in the country is estimated to increase 1.8 per cent year-over-year, and 2.4 per cent above the previous five-year average. Justin Shepherd, an economist with Farm Credit Canada, said while the global rankings can fluctuate from year to year due to weather conditions in specific geographic areas, Canada as a whole has been increasing its wheat export volumes over time due to advances in agricultural research and crop genetics. Wheat is a “thirstier” crop than other staples such as maize, rice and soy, making it more vulnerable to water shortages. The Washington-based World Resources Institute estimates that by 2040, nearly three-quarters of global wheat production will be under threat owing to drought and climate change-induced water supply stress. But Stewart Oke, a central Alberta farmer and a director with the producer organization Alberta Grains, said Canada continues to invest in crop research and development, which has allowed the country’s farmers to continue to increase their yields over time. He added Canadian wheat exporters are also benefiting from the lower Canadian dollar, which makes the country’s agricultural commodities more attractive to global customers. 🔗 https://ow.ly/GoMj50TVK7K Canadian Grain Commission / Commission canadienne des grains USDA Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/ Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada FCC / FAC World Resources Institute Alberta Grains #wheat #wheatexport #grains #crops #agriculture #globalexporter #watersupply #climatechange #farming #foredbc #foodsecurity