FESBC — 2025-27 Fibre Utilization Funding

• FESIMS application form
• Incremental Cost Calculation Template
• Project maps and KML/KMZ files
• Cost estimate and delivery schedule
• Written authorization for third-party applicants, if applicable

Who is eligible?

• First Nations in British Columbia
• Companies owned by First Nation governments or Indigenous entrepreneurs
• Community forest agreement holders and woodlot licensees
• Forest tenure holders, fibre suppliers or purchasers of non-sawlog fibre
• Provincial ministries, provincial agencies, municipalities and regional districts

Who is not eligible

• Companies or tenure holders that manufacture dimensional softwood lumber

Eligible expenses

• Skidding or forwarding
• Processing, loading and hauling
• Road maintenance fees
• Onsite grinding or chipping
• Project administration and GST, if applicable

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Delivery to dimensional lumber or other higher-value primary manufacturing facilities
• Costs that are part of tenure obligations or stumpage appraisal estimates
• Costs paid or committed by other funding sources
• Costs beyond the receiving site gate
• Silviculture costs

Eligible geographic areas

• British Columbia
• BC provincial Crown land

• Cost effectiveness ($/m3)
• First Nations involvement
• Use of uneconomic fibre from damaged stands
• Innovation in end products, methods or equipment
• Application quality and past delivery experience

• Step 1: Review program requirements
  • Read the program guide and confirm your project fits the intake.
  • Contact FESBC if any requirements are unclear.
• Step 2: Prepare application materials
  • Complete the Incremental Cost Calculation Template.
  • Prepare maps, cost information, delivery schedule and supporting details.
  • Obtain written authorization if a third party will apply.
• Step 3: Submit through FESIMS
  • Create or log into your FESIMS account.
  • Upload the required information and documents in the portal.
  • Submit the application online.

• Applications are reviewed by FESBC and ranked against selection criteria.
• FESBC may request additional information during review.
• Funding decisions are final and successful applicants are notified in writing and verbally.
• Approved applicants must enter a recipient agreement with PwC before implementation.
• Projects cannot start until the project plan and required authorizations are approved.

• Applications are submitted through the FESIMS online portal.
• Third parties may apply on behalf of an eligible applicant with written authorization.
• Funding approvals do not allow work to start before project plan approval.
• Approved projects may be subject to audits and site visits.