Community Forests across British Columbia play a unique and vital role in forest stewardship. They balance ecological values, wildfire resilience, and local economic development-often with small teams and limited administrative capacity. At the same time, expectations around reporting, documentation, and data management continue to grow. Requirements tied to Electronic Submission Framework (ESF) submissions (RESULTS, FTA, FOM, RRS), spatial data, and operational tracking are becoming more detailed, while boards and communities expect clearer communication and transparency. For many community forests, the challenge isn’t just doing the work-it’s keeping information organized, accessible, and usable across teams. …Platforms like Phoenix Connect are used by many forestry organizations to manage operational data, mapping, and reporting workflows. …As reporting expectations and operational complexity continue to evolve, having reliable, accessible data will become increasingly important, not just for compliance, but for decision-making and communication.