From “Private” Managed Forest Lands to Sts’lunuts’amat Forest Relations: Indigenous Jurisdiction, Ecological Integrity, and Fee Simple Title on Vancouver Island

Sarah Morales,* Estair Van Wagner,** and Michael Ekers*** In 2003, British Columbia introduced the Private Managed Forest Land Act (PMFLA) — a new regulatory framework for forest lands held in fee simple title. The legislation deregulated forestry operations for companies that own and manage (harvest and reforest) private forest lands. An intensive harvesting regime was […]