Grassland Mgmt Plan Released
SILT has completed and released its management plan for the Grand Forks Grasslands. You can read the full report here or visit the property pages for more specific information on each parcel.
DL 492 Grand Forks Grassland
DL 493 Grand Forks Grassland
Meet Payton Maffioli
By: Gordon Wilson
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SILT welcomes its newest director, Payton Maffioli, who was recently appointed to the board of directors on June 3, 2025.
Payton is from Grand Forks, BC, and she graduated with Honours from Selkirk College in 2024 with a Technical Diploma in Recreation, Fish and Wildlife. Currently, she is studying Natural Resource Management at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops and aspires to become an environmental lawyer.
She uses her voice to promote wildlife and ecosystem conservation through photography, as well as educating the public and visiting schools to share her knowledge about wildlife safety and ecosystem restoration. One of her favourite places to visit is Edward’s Pond in Grand Forks.
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By: Gordon Wilson
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Forest Practices Board Upholds SILT Complaint
SILT stands up for Nature
The BC Forest Practices Board has upheld a complaint from the Southern Interior Land Trust (SILT) that non-compliance by two Crown-land ranchers and a lack of government enforcement resulted in trespass cattle damaging habitats on land purchased for wildlife by SILT. “Trespass livestock grazing and unauthorized entry became an issue immediately after SILT acquired the property” said SILT’s President Judie Steeves, “we tried to find a cooperative solution but neither rancher was interested, and the ministry seemed fully onboard with what the ranchers were doing.”