Schroeder Creek Wildfire Project

Schroeder Creek Wildfire Project
CP 42 BLK 7

December 3, 2020 – March 3, 2021
Funded by FESBC

Implemented by the Kaslo and District Community Forest and Timber Ridge Contracting Ltd – Kaslo 


Shane McKinnon on reconnaissance. Equipment: Feller Buncher, Linkbelt 3240 Excavator w/ Bucket, Thumb and Grapple; Cat 525 Grapple Skidder, D4 Hi-Drive Bulldozer; Cat 518 Line Skidder.

 


A diseased and down layer of lodgepole pine killed by beetle in a previously high-graded and species limited stand of predominantly hemlock.
Conner wading through the pile & burn treatment


Installing a fuel free zone along the residential interface

Lost teeth and racking up the hours


Choices for mature retention were limited by stand condition

This project made possible by FESBC and much appreciated by the residents of Kaslo & Area D.

2021 Kaslo Wildfire Corridor Operations – the End in Sight

We have returned to Branch 7 for the spring to finish the remainder of the permitted blocks in the Kaslo-Shutty Wildfire Corridor CP43.

Here is an outlook where the action will be, with approximate timeline.

We are nearing completion of Block 4 at 4 1/2km on Branch 7. The snow is melting quickly.  Branch 7 remains closed to traffic from 4km up during the week, with harvesting in progress until approx. April 21. Gazetted Mt Buchanan recreation trails will remain open. Trails adjacent to Block 4 are closed (Trump, Bigfoot), are still under snow and will require clean-up after log decks are removed. Please watch for equipment and logging truck traffic on the spur, as we are nearing completion of CP43 and equipment will move off the mountain sporadically.

The post-harvest clean-up contracts have not been tendered yet by the Ministry of Forests. We anticipate completing the harvesting in the middle of May. Clean-up /residue piling will follow but pile burning will have to wait until the fall. We will update the timelines here as well as on Facebook.

Here a recent glimpse of our work in Block 1: