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Voucher Recipients

NSCC's Forest Innovation Voucher Program supports projects that propel business growth in the sector with funding grants of up to $50,000. Total funding for this program is approximately $2 million from the Forestry Innovation Transition Trust. View program application information.

List of approved projects

This chart will be updated as new applications are approved and funding agreements are processed.

Voucher Recipient Project Amount Received
11979787 Canada Inc. Birch bark extract $25,000
11979787 Canada Inc. Growing Maskwiomin company through marketing and business strategies (tier 2) $50,000
4003403 Nova Scotia Limited Alternative forest management project $25,000
ACFOR Energy Inc. Innovating biomass system design, operation and training (tier 1) $25,000
ACFOR Energy Inc. Innovating biomass system design, operation and training (tier 2) $50,000
Athol Forestry Cooperative Limited Project categories: entrepreneurship, forest management $25,000
Avon Valley Floral Inc. Bundle of birch - value adding NFTPs for online selling $25,000
Cape Breton Privateland Partnership Modernizing current information system $25,000
CFC Climate Forest Company Inc. Scoping nature credits as mechanism for restoration of Acadian-Wabanaki forest $25,000
Christmas Tree Council of Nova Scotia Initiation of new somatic embryogenesis clonal varieties of balsam fir (tier 1) $25,000
Christmas Tree Council of Nova Scotia Reducing somatic embryogenesis seeding mortality by improved greenhouse environmental controls $25,000
Christmas Tree Council of Nova Scotia Cryopreservation, seedling production, and initiation of new somatic embryogenesis varieties of balsam fir (tier 2) $50,000
Community Forests International Npilaneg Wksu'skik (translation from Mi'kmaq: let's heal the hemlocks) $25,000
FRC - Forest Resource Consultants Inc. Silvics of white spruce $25,000
FRC - Forest Resource Consultants Inc. Extent and severity of Fiona windthrow in central Nova Scotia $25,000
Greg Watson - Private Landowner Small scale ecological forestry $25,000
Growing Forestlands Inc. Marketing community-led natural climate solutions $25,000
Healthy Forest Consulting Field trials testing systemic insecticides for protection of American beech from the invasive beach leaf-mining weevil $25,000
J.C. Contracting Using tree shears for various thinning applications $25,000
LumberZachs Milling LumberZachs portable sawmill business $25,000
MacMillan Forest Inc. Testing latest European technology to reduce soil disturbance $25,000
Medway Community Forest Co-operative Ltd. Modelling timber and cultural landscapes in the Medway Community Forest $25,000
Medway Community Forest Co-operative Ltd. Training Program for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Treatment in Nova Scotia $25,000
Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute Co-operative Limited Woodlands for wildlife $25,000
Murray A. Reeves Forestry Limited Project categories: entrepreneurship, forest management $25,000
North Nova Forest Owners Co-operative Limited Forest inventory and modelling $25,000
Nova Scotia Landowners & Forest Fibre Producers Association Woodlot information system innovation (tier 1) $25,000
Nova Scotia Landowners & Forest Fibre Producers Association Woodlot information system innovation (tier 2) $50,000
Nova Scotia Working Woodlands Trust Carbon inventory pilot $25,000
Port Hawkesbury Paper Limited At-risk birds critical habitat modelling for strategic planning (tier 1) $25,000
Port Hawkesbury Paper Limited At-risk birds critical habitat modelling for strategic planning (tier 2) $50,000
R D A Atlantic Inc. Biochar planting pot $25,000
Reg Leonard - Private Landowner Small sawmill expansion to diversify product line and utilize off species $25,000
Round Barn Farm Novel forestry tool - mini excavator and TMK tree shear $25,000
Scott and Stewart Forestry Consultants Development and procurement of new growing medium for Nova Scotia's forests $25,000
Stevens Solutions & Design Inc. Qualification and advancement of rigorized wildfire 3D liDAR modelling (tier 1) $25,000
Stevens Solution & Design Inc. Usability analysis and go-to-market strategy for rigorized 3D wildfire LiDAR modelling (tier 2) $50,000
Torchlight Bioresources Inc. Feasibility study for a Port Hawkesbury-wide low carbon district heating system using industrial excess bioheat $25,000
Torchlight Bioresources Inc. First Nations participation options in the New Glasgow biomass CHP plant. $25,000
Ulnooweg Education Centre Asitu'lisk forest management plan $25,000
Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources Society Nova Scotia conservation and biodiversity network and framework $25,000
Western Woodlot Services Cooperative Ltd. Mechanized silviculture - supporting entrepreneurship and exploring efficiency $25,000
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