Protecting and preserving water, primary forests, and wildlife habitat in BC’s Interior since 2023
Help us advocate for the legal protection of preservation of water, natural forests, wildlife, and critical habitats.
Current actions
We’re a coalition of more than 20 nonprofits, community organizations, and professionals. We respectfully live and work on ancestral territories of several First Nations in the Okanagan Region of British Columbia.
Here’s what we’re trying to change.
Industrial logging
Focus on forests with old growth or intact forests, those used for water supply, or close to human habitation.
Watershed protections
Remove industrial forest tenures and replace them with communty forest boards.
Pine beetle
Coming soon!
Stop clearcut logging
Focus on forests with old growth or intact forests, those used for water supply, or close to human habitation.
Progress forest governance
Remove industrial forest tenures and replace them with community forest boards.
Overhaul forest management legislation
Place protection of water supply, public safety, ecological integrity, and biodiversity before resource extraction.
Our focus areas
The IWTF believes we need a paradigm shift in the practice of forestry, from timber extraction and tree farms to sustainable forest management, protection and restoration. That’s why we’re committed to the following areas of action.
Stop clearcut logging
Focus on forests with old growth or intact forests, those used for water supply, or close to human habitation.
Change forest governance
Remove industrial forest tenures and replace them with community forest boards.
Overhaul forest management legislation
Place protection of water supply, public safety, ecological integrity, and biodiversity before resource extraction.
Get Involved
We’re building momentum around local projects in the Okanagan and we’d love your support. Here’s what you can do:
Advocate for the Three Zone System. Click here for the Seeing Red map.
Watch the Future of Our Forests event videos and share them with friends and family.
Join Interior Watershed Task Force on Facebook, add yourself to our email list, or join one of the coalition groups closest to you. See this list for supporters of IWTF.
Write to your MLA and local media about the Three Zone System for Interior BC.
Help us protect forests and water.
Send us an email! We would love to hear from you.