Fifteen years ago, the Q̓welq̓welústen/Mount Meager landslide unleashed 50 million cubic metres of debris into the Lillooet River Valley—disrupting fish habitat and increasing flood risk down to Pemberton. This April, as part of a years-long restoration effort, Lil’wat Forestry Ventures (LFV) oversaw the planting of more than 132,000 native trees in an effort to stabilize the debris-laden landscape and speed ecological recovery. Restoration efforts began in 2019 when the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation provided seed funding to Lil’wat Nation. In 2022, LFV received funding from the Ministry of Forests’ Forest Investment Program to launch trial replanting efforts, which would in turn be used to inform a long-term restoration plan. The work kicked off in 2023, with 33,000 trees and shrubs planted on a 13-hectare site.