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Charity Firewood Draw 2021 and Firewood Sales
The Kaslo and District Community Forest Society is taking reservations for logging truck loads of mixed species firewood. The first-come, first-serve lists are open to individuals and businesses from within…
Milford FSR temporary Harvesting Closure
We started harvesting at approximately 2km on the Milford FSR in mid May. This road will be closed to traffic on weekdays from 5:00 AM to 5:00 PM until approximately…
Hydrocarbon films or petroleum?
We recently investigated a potential petroleum spill in a small seep area at one of our skid trails. I had traveled though this saturated area with my ATV repeatedly to…
Careful with Campfires !
A word of caution: think twice before lighting a fire in the forest. We spent most of Saturday May 15 extinguishing a smoldering camp fire with the help of BC…
Welcome to our new Website
Make sure you subscribe to our news updates and explore the Birdseye view of our projects. You can now sign up for a KDCFS membership on our Member Page. We…
Next Board Meeting – June 23, 2021 at 6:30pm ZOOM
We invite you to join our next ZOOM Board meeting on June 23 at 6:30pm. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6949720471 Mgmt Report April-May 2021 2021 04 19 Minutes If you don’t…
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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
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.