Douglas-fir beetle (Dendroctonus pseudotsugae), is a close relative of the spruce beetle and mountain pine beetle. The small (4.5-7mm) bark beetle is a destructive insect associated with our mature Douglas-fir forests and can, during occasional catastrophic outbreaks...
September 22 to 28 was National Forest Week. 18 die-hards arrived at our Wardner Trailhead station for a walk in the forest and braved the first snow flakes of the fall. We were well prepared thanks to Val Koenig, our hometown veteran with all outdoor event...
We were happy to see 36 community members arrive at the Senior’s Hall to discuss Wardner Face management options and to find out what future changes our local weather holds in store for us, data derived from our Kaslo weather station data ! This was one of...
CP 41 is comprised of 5 small cutblocks on Cooper Face. We built several short spurs at the end of July 2019 to access the blocks and commenced harvest in the two highest blocks on August 6. All blocks were logged conventionally by Sunshine Logging Ltd. Harvesting in...
If you have missed some of these webinars or want to revisit one you liked, you can download the Powerpoint slides or link to the youtube presentation here: https://www.retooling.ca/news_events.html#events This is an excellent resource and the next upcoming event in...
The Bjerkness-Fletcher basin forms the community watershed for the Mirror Lake and Fletcher neighbourhood and are a very popular winter recreation destination. Brenton Industries completed the remediation of the Bjerkness creek diversion during the first weeks of...
