Alicia Sergeant

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 Buchanan to complete our FESBC funded landscape level fuel break next year.

Briggs Creek Fire 

Timber development on the Briggs Creek fire in both Keen Creek and the Nashton Face behind the dump have shown the ground fire was quite intense with no duff remaining and heavy damage to most tree roots.  In some areas the crowns have gone red to indicate the trees are dead but in a lot of areas the crowns are still green but due to the intensity of the ground fire and the damage to the roots most of the trees will perish over the next year or two.  There are some pockets on the Nashton Face that are heavier to FdLw which hopefully will survive to provide retention areas in an otherwise burnt landscape.  Efforts will be made to layout as much timber as possible with estimates of around 50-60k m3 being accessible with the remainder having very limited to no access options expect for heli harvesting, or too rocky of ground to be able to harvest or replant.  To put in context 50k m3 at even $100m3 is $5 million worth of timber. 

On the silviculture side we haven’t surveyed the whole burnt area but estimate 60ha of non-free growing stand is burnt with a further 50ha of free growing stands burnt.  The non-free growing stands are still under KDCFS silviculture obligation and are eligible for FPPR Section 108 funds to reforest.  The free growing stands will be covered by government funds through the Forests for Tomorrow (FFT) program. 

Join us on Oct 29 at 10am

Due to our logging activities producing only a few loads of firewood this year the Kaslo
and District Community Forest Society is selling firewood by the cord with a limit of 3 cords per person.
The first-come, first-serve list is open to individuals from within Kaslo and Area D. Price: $350/cord
including delivery within Kaslo. Call (250) 353-8534 or (250) 354-9803 or email: manager@kaslocommunityforest.org, Subject: “Firewood” to join the list and include your phone
number.

We invite you to the KDCFS 2022 AGM on Wednesday, April 13th at 7pm at the Langham Theatre.

The following resolutions have already been submitted to the AGM for voting:

1. That the KDCFS bylaws be changed – In 13 (4) the text starting with “Further, three weeks…” will be replaced with “Further, prior to such a meeting notice shall be published, at least twice, in an issue of a newspaper customarily circulating in Kaslo and Area D (if such a publication exists), on the Society’s Web-page, and on social media.”
2. That a new clause be added to the KDCFS bylaws – In 23 (1) add a new clause: (a) Every director must be a member in good standing (have a current-year’s membership).
3. That new clauses be added to the KDCFS bylaws – In 25 (5) add new clauses: (a) completed nomination forms must be submitted by 30 days before the AGM. (b) both the nominators and the person being nominated must be members.

We invite you to join our next Board meeting on February 23, 2022. In person in the Loki Room at the Langham @ 7pm or via Zoom.

Link to ZOOM Virtual Meetings: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6949720471

The Board welcomes input from the public during a five minute consultation period at the end of each meeting. Please visit one of our Board meetings to express your interest in participating in one of our following Committees:

• Finance / Budget
• Long Term Planning
• Communications
• Governance / Policy / Personnel
• Recreation
• New Ventures