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2025 Winter Workshop
SISCO
The Southern Interior Silviculture Committee has been in existence since the 1960s. Our purpose is to promote appropriate silviculture practices in BC by hosting two events each year – a winter workshop conference and fall field tour excursion – to provide venues for discussion of forestry issues and topics.
SISCO does not endorse any political party or platform; we are non-partisan and our sole purpose is to promote dialogue about good silviculture and forest practices in the BC.
Contact Information:
Box 305 – 622 Front Street
Nelson, BC, V1L 4B7
aaa@netidea.com
www.siscobc.com
March 3 – 5, Kamloops
Coast Kamloops Conference Centre
Improving Our Silviculture Practice
Improving our silviculture practice requires us to answer some key questions:
How do we define silviculture today, in light of huge natural and social changes? What new tools are available for our silviculture practice that reflect that change; what new research is underway and what boots-on-the-ground trial and error is being undertaken? And because ours is a shared public resource, how does government policy support innovative silviculture practices that can respond quickly to ever-changing site conditions? And finally, we need to clearly tie silviculture practices to economics; we need to know the costs of producing timber products, ecosystem services, and all the other values we expect from our forests.
Our silviculturists must consider the inclusion of so many values: water and wildlife, recreation and hunting, timber and visuals, and climate change mitigation that addresses safety from wildfire for our forests and our communities. We need forestry practices that acknowledge our cultural relationships with the forest, our economic dependency on the forest, and the critical ecosystem services we derive from our forests.
To see the topics and speakers click on the Speakers Tab and the Program Tab at the top of this page.
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION
All registrations include Lunch and Refreshment Breaks both days, your conference booklet and name tag. The Banquet is included only if you choose that registration option.
Registration Fee Schedule
Early Registration with banquet until February 8: $450
Early Registration without banquet until February 8: $425
Early Student Registration until February 8: $130
Regular Reg with banquet starting February 9: $490
Regular Reg without banquet starting February 9: $465
Student Registration starting February 9: $170
Trade Show Booth: $80
(everyone associated with the booth must register for the conference)
Student Poster: Free
(every student associated with the poster must register for the conference)
Cancellations
Received before Feb 15: full refund minus $50 admin fee
Received on or after February 16: no refund