The British Columbia Forest Service (BCFS) came into being on February 27, 1912, with the bringing into law of the first Forest Act. The act addressed, among other things: trespass logging, timber tenures, log scaling, lumber manufacturing and forest fire suppression. Originally called the B.C. Forest Branch; the agency responsible for forestry in British Columbia has seen numerous name changes, up to the current "Ministry of Forest, Lands and Natural Resource Operations". However it has long been referred to by staff and public by the simpler title of “B.C. Forest Service”.
Today, the BCFS is the steward of the forest timber, livestock range and wilderness recreation resources of BC's public (Crown) forest land. Crown forests cover two-thirds of the province’s 59 million hectares. Management of the land values entrusted to the BCFS are done so in cooperation with other government agencies responsible for the management of coexisting public land values such as: water, fish, wildlife, tourism, heritage, energy and minerals.
The forest industry has been a mainstay of the local economy for almost as long as the BCFS has been in existence. This geocache is placed at the current Terrace location of the BCFS which moved in with B.C. Hydro at this location in 1989. The Coast Mountains Resource District is responsible for forestry activities in this area. This name was introduced in 2012 to reflect the amalgamation of the Kalum and North Coast Forest Districts as well as a broadening of the mandate of the ministry to encompass more of the natural resource values.