FIRST NATIONS WILDCRAFTERS, BC
specializing in cultural resources and other value added forest products and services
First Nations Wildcrafters, BC provides a range of consultant and project
management services.  These include:

First Nations Community Project Management

We coordinate and manage First Nations and/or community directed special
projects.  

These services include:  proposal writing, project coordination, project
management, economic development, business plans, and operational
plans.

Cultural Resource Management Services

We provide project management and consulting services for forest resource
management for integrating under story and/or incremental silva culture
value chain management options.

These services include strategic economic diversification
planning,
developing operational plans, cost effective
cultural heritage resource
inventory
assessments, and GIS and GPS services for cultural values
identification and monitoring
.


Product Development

We provide consulting and collaboration services in developing all natural
products appropriate to the cultural values and resource abundance for
communities and entrepreneurs in the Agroforesty and value added wild
foods and floral forest product sector.

Collaborative Research and Ecosystem Evaluation and
Monitoring Projects

We work in collaboration with First Nations, universities and Minisitries
developing Pilot Projects
and Demonstration Projects to produce realistic
and
practical benefits and solutions for the better management of cultural
resources, economic benefits, and ecological goods and services of the
forest resources.


Key Benchmarks

2001  

  • Began as a home based business making Christmas garlands and
    wreathes.  

2005   

  • Received Tseshaht First Nations Band Council Resolution supporting
    establishment of business on the Tseshaht Indian Reserve in
    November 2005.



2006  

  • The business expanded into a buying station operation.  

2007

  • Received NEDC Cultural Business of the Year Award



2008  


  • Expanded to supply retail stores and organic food distributors wild
    harvested foods

  • Project Manager for developing Non Timber Forest Product Post
    Harvesting Training Program for the Ministry of Forests and Range
    Aboriginal Affairs Branch.


2009


  • Project Manager for BC First Nations Forestry Council three year Non
    Timber Forest Resources and Products implementation strategy work
    plan.

  • Selected by the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands Sustainable
    Agriculture Branch for a case study of integrating traditional practices
    based on the Whole Systems Diversification Model with Good
    Agricultural and Collection Practices.


  • Whole Systems Diversification Model was chosen by the BC Ministry
    of Agriculture and Lands Sustainable Agriculture Branch for Special
    Crops and Agroforestry Pilot Project Framework Development.

  • Chosen by the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands Sustainable
    Agriculture Branch to identify and develop GACP HACCP based
    training materials and training tools for the wild foods industry sector
    in British Columbia.

2010

  • Received training to deliver CHSNC GACP in British Columbia
Quality Assurance Program
Whole Systems Diversification Model
Tours and Presentations