The BVRC regularly conducts outreach and education events to increase awareness about the ecology and management of endangered whitebark pine and their ecosystems in northern British Columbia.Some examples:

• Presentation to Smithers school children in  fall 2024, 2023, 2022.
• Smithers school cone shucking in 2022.
• Virtual presentation at the international High Elevation Five Needle Pine Conference (September 2021).
• Field trip with Bulkley Valley Naturalists to explore & document a rare whitebark pine ecosystem near Houston, BC (August 2021)
• Hudson Bay Mountain excursion with BV Naturalists and Wetzin’Kwa Community Forest, September  2015
• Nenikȅkh/Nanika-Kidprice whitebark restoration brochure with BC Parks, spring 2015
• Assisted with Wildfires and Whitebark Pine information sign, Morice Lake Park, spring 2014
• Pine in the Park, with BC Parks and the Office of the Wet’suwet’en, Sept. 2012
• The Art of Nature, with Bulkley Valley Naturalists and the Smithers Art Gallery, May 2012
• Field Trip with BC Timber Sales Staff to locate whitebark pine in harvest areas, October 2012
• Assisted in preparing whitebark pine display materials at the Silvern Gathering Place, Wetzin’Kwa Community Forest, 2011.
• “Operation Whitebark” Youtube video by treeplanter Darren Rockliffe

We have educational materials and activities for children (and adults) of all ages.

Please contact us if you would like to arrange a presentation or field trip.