Our Mission Statement:
The Kaslo and District Community Forest Society (KDCFS) will manage the diversity of values of the Community Forest in an ecologically responsible and fiscally accountable manner on behalf of the people of Kaslo and Area D.
Latest News from KDCFS
BRIGGS CREEK WILDFIRE – Update
KDCFS has developed several blocks on the Nashton Face behind the Kaslo dump and in Keen Creek to harvest timber damaged from the Briggs Creek wildfire. The block locations can…
B.C. community forests get funding for wildfire risk reduction projects
Read the article here: https://www.canadianbiomassmagazine.ca/b-c-community-forests-get-funding-for-wildfire-risk-reduction-projects/
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Next Board Meeting: Jan 12th at 7pm
We invite you to join our next Board meeting on Thursday Jan 12th 2023. In person in the Loki Room at the Langham @ 7pm or via Zoom. Link to…
News Update
Road Building We are currently extending the Branch 7 road 3km up towards Blue Ridge. The work is being completed by Sunshine Logging and will provide access further up Mt…
Next Board meeting: Nov 17, 2022 at 7pm
We invite you to join our next Board meeting on Thursday Nov 17th. In person in the Loki Room at the Langham @ 7pm or via Zoom. Link to ZOOM…
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The Kaslo and District Community Forest Society (KDCFS) in 2018 was granted $50,000 from Forest Enhancement Society (FES) funding to complete a Landscape Level Wildfire Plan (LLWP) within its K3C tenure. This planning was undertaken in the wake of some of the largest and fiercest wildfires in recent British Columbia history.
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The KDCFS area based tenure lies within the Kootenay Lake Timber Supply Area. Its boundaries span a gross area of 32,416 hectares (ha), of which roughly 19 percent consist of mountain tops and alpine tundra and 81 percent are productive forest. Roughly 10,000 ha of the productive forest are considered the “working forest”. Learn More
