A fireside conversation with Shannon Janzen and Garry Merkel exploring how ecosystem health and a resilient forest sector rise or fall together. The speakers will preview key themes from the Provincial Forestry Advisory Council’s forthcoming final report, including stabilizing land governance, regional stewardship models, biodiversity and wildfire resilience, and supply stability for communities and mills. Expect practical insights on how structural shifts, partnerships, and new tools can be operationalized and create the framework for on-the-ground action.

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session, participants will:

1. Ideas on what structures and conditions need to be in place to achieve a new model of land care for stable ecosystems, communities, and economies.
2. The identified systemic barriers to changes in the forest sector.
3. The role of forest professionals in overcoming identified systemic barriers and facilitating changes in the forest sector.