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WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2025 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST

AGENDA AGM MINUTES 2024

FEATURED GUESTS

We’re honoured to welcome the Lake Babine Nation (LBN) Guardians to share their groundbreaking Moose Enhancement Project — a 5-year, community-led plan developed with the BC Government to restore moose populations across 6,500 km² of LBN territory.

With action rooted in both Indigenous knowledge and science, the project is changing forestry practices, managing predators, and closely monitoring results using GPS collars, cameras, and aerial surveys.

Through respectful ground-based harvesting, the Guardians are learning how predator reduction influences moose recovery — while also using the opportunity to pass on cultural teachings to youth, including harvesting, skinning, and tanning practices.

Agenda for Guests

Welcome & Introduction (5 mins)

Lake Babine Nation Guardians Program
Brief intro to the project and partnership

Overview of the Moose Enhancement Plan (10 mins)

Project goals and the co-management framework
Overview of the 5-year timeline and key actions

Predator Management Focus (15 mins)

Ground-based wolf harvest methods
Bear population monitoring and impacts
Youth mentorship & cultural aspects
Use of harvested animals

Monitoring & Science (10 mins)

How moose and predators are being monitored
What the data is showing so far (trends, changes, etc.)

Reflections & Outcomes (10 mins)

What’s working well?
Key challenges or learnings to date
Hopes for future expansion or replication

Lake Babine First Nation Moose Enhancement Plan

DIRECTOR RECRUITMENT

We have board positions open for election & re-election for 2025 – 2027.

These director position numbers are new in an effort to stagger our onboarding of new directors.

Director Recruitment

AGM ZOOM LINK

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 @ 6:00 PM PST

ZOOM LINK

Standing for election at 2025 agm

Wendy Cary, Treasurer

My family own and operate Scoop Lake Outfitters in NE BC. We have been involved in numerous conservation efforts in the NE and are passionate about the wildlife and the wildplaces in BC. I have lived in BC since I was 4 and know that this province should be the envy of the world for wildlife and wilderness. We desperately need to get the politics out of wildlife management and make BC “Super Natural BC” again.

I feel Hunters for BC is an organization that is thinking outside the box to make this happen. I have been privileged to sit on the board since mid COVID as Treasurer. I feel I bring the Northern perspective to the board along with the non resident hunting side. Also as a non hunter myself I often view situations differently and perhaps add a depth of understanding to some of our provincial wide issues.

Wendy Cary

TJ Burns, Member

This fall will be my 8th year hunting, and each year’s experience shows me how much more there is to learn.

I grew up with a curiosity about hunting after hearing hunting stories from both of my grandfathers; they passed on to me their appreciation for the outdoors and imparted a sense of wonder and responsibility for what it means to be a hunter.

I feel that part of that responsibility is being an active participant in conservation for both the land and the wildlife in our province.

Evan Holmgren, , Hunters for BC Director

Evan Holmgren, Director

I am a hunter who takes an active role in conservation. As the farmer tends to his crops, so must we tend to our herds and habitat.

I have been a director at Hunters for BC for the past year. In this time, I have been directly involved in two committees: CWD and Branding. I have also taken on a support role with the organization, helping fill the gaps, working through maintenance tasks on the website and doing some writing and research. I co-represent Hunters for BC at the Fish, Wildlife and Habitat coalition.

Outside of Hunters for BC, I have volunteered in numerous watershed cleanups, sheep counts and marsh projects. I am an active member of the Pitt Waterfowlers, a group of hunters who care for the waterways and marshlands of Pitt Meadows. The team has established habitats for wood ducks through their nesting box program for 12 years.

I’m seeking another term to continue to work I have started with this great organization.

Evan Holmgren

Member and director of Hunters for BC since the beginning, I am pleased to put my name forward for another term. I have learned so much about wildlife conservation these past years, I feel confident I have more to offer going forward.