Shane Berg is the deputy chief forester for the Province of BC and also has an executive director role with the Office of the Chief Forester, part of the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development. (FLNR) Shane obtained his BSc. in Forestry from the University of Alberta and has more than 34 years of experience working within BC’s Public Service. Shane is a registered professional forester (RPF) and has worked throughout the province, beginning as a silviculture technician in Invermere, a silviculture forester in Grand Forks, a forest planning manager in Squamish, and eventually took on district manager roles over a span of 14 years with the BC Forest Service in northern BC (Hazelton) and the southern interior (Kamloops). He spent six years working as a regional executive director with the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation until he returned to FLNR as the deputy chief forester in April of 2017. The mantra for the Office of the Chief Forester is “Caring for BC’s Forests”…and Shane believes that it has never been more important that we manage our forests in a sustainable, science-based manner, considering the many changes that this important resource is facing.