Woodlot Licences are part of a little industry that makes a big difference on BC’s forest stewardship landscape. Most people don’t know what a Woodlot Licence is, let alone that there are more than 850 of them covering nearly 600,000 hectares of forests in British Columbia. In fact, there’s probably a woodlot in your backyard. They’re managed, productive, working forests on publicly-owned (Crown) land. They share borders with urban centres, rural subdivisions, sensitive ecosystems and traffic corridors. They’re highly visible, play host to a diverse range of species – both flora and fauna – and they’re under the care of BC’s woodlotters. Many people think “forestry” is a commercial venture for big companies like Western Forest Products and Canfor, and it is. The vast majority of BC’s forests are managed by large license holders that log timber for sawmills, value-added production and pellet plants, both locally and overseas.