This fund supports the charitable work of the Cortes Ecoforestry Society (CES), a grassroots organization that has developed one of Canada’s few ecosystem-based community forest plans. CES works in partnership with the Klahoose First Nation to gain community stewardship of the working forest lands on Cortes. Its goal is to create perpetual ecological and economic benefits for the entire community and serve as a model for sustainable ecoforestry.