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Harrop-Procter Community Forest began as a five-year pilot project in response the BC Ministry of Forests’ 1997 call for proposals for Community Forest Pilot Projects. Working with the Silva Forest Foundation, the project created an ecosystem-based plan that spanned the entire 11,000 hectares of all watersheds that flowed through the Harrop-Procter corridor. In 1999, Harrop-Procter Community Co-operative incorporated to introduce value-added strategies to expand local employment. The co-operative is divided into two subsidiary companies; one looks after cutting, milling and marketing eco-certified logs and the other harvests and markets organically grown herbs from the forests. With its success, the co-operative was awarded a 25-year forest license by the BC government in August, 2006. This agreement gives local governments and community groups in the region an opportunity to more fully participate in the stewardship of local forest resources. Volunteers are a large part of the success of the project, contributing an estimated 200 hours monthly. (Source: website of Harrop-Proctor Community Forest)

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