The BC Wildfire Services doses hotspots as crews mop-up after a successful controlled burn at the North end of the Sechelt forest fire on British Columbia’s Sunshine coast in 2015.

The practice of forest bathing is luring health seekers from around the world to British Columbia. British Columbia, Canada: Forest bathing in the most pristine woodlands on Earth.

There are two types of NSR. The first, gross NSR, includes all NSR on forest lands in British Columbia that have originated from logging, fire, windstorm, disease or pests.

Since 2016 when Haida Bolton became British Columbia’s first certified forest bathing guide, she has been bringing visitors under the canopy for transformational experiences near her home on the ...

BC forest management is based on the idea forests can be logged and replanted in ways that encourage a range of uses. Evidence on the ground shows that’s not true. Photo via Conservation North ...