Legislation & By-laws

Current Legislation:

Under the FORESTERS ACT it is the ARPFNB’s responsibility to uphold the public interest respecting the practice of professional forestry by ensuring the competence, independence, professional conduct and integrity of our members.

The Foresters Act and the BYLAWS govern our members. We take great care to ensure that NB’s forests are in good hands and that our members act in the best interest of the people of New Brunswick.

Proposed future Legislation  - Regulating the Profession - Information 2025:

Members can download the proposed DRAFT ACT and DRAFT BY-LAWS as well as Guiding Principles and CODE of ETHICS for their review.

Restricted License Application Process as agreed by the Committee in March 2025 can be viewed here: Restricted LICENSE

Review the presentation from MARCH 2025 HERE

Click KEY POINTS to view in short what you need to know about the Right to Practice.

Use of Title (Registered Professional Forester or RPF)

This document was reviewed by the Forest Professional Regulators of Canada (FPRC) and accepted by FPRC member agencies in January 2012.
Note: the points herein are, in the main, extracted from an article by Doug Krystofiak, published in the November/December 1996 issue of the Forestry Chronicle. It was edited for release and edited by FPRC members.

You may only use your RPF (ing.f)* designation after your name in the provincial jurisdiction(s) where you are a member in good standing, and except as noted in the points in the document.  To learn more download the article USE OF TITLE.

Legislation establishing professional foresters’ associations is created and approved by provincial legislatures and thus becomes law in the province which passed the legislation. That legislation does not apply to other jurisdictions.