After two devastating wildfire seasons in a row, 2017 and 2018, the Quesnel Future of Forestry Thank Tank was created as a community-led opportunity to discuss challenges and opportunities in the area’s forest landscape, manufacturing sector and workforce. The think tank’s goal is to rethink the regional forest sector and revitalize the region’s ecosystems and economy linked to forests. The 2025 theme was “accelerating change” and saw over 50 delegates from the city, First Nations, academia, the industry and more  to discuss forestry. …The Quesnel Future of Forestry Think Tank investigates: How to restore regional forest ecosystem to a state of resiliency and adaptability that will stop large scale pest infestations and wildfires from recurring? How to reinvent manufacturing facilities in the region be to address the decline in sawlog availability and non-sawlog commercial forest fibre? Training to ensure the local workforce is employed in good paying jobs in the City and in the surrounding forests?