Big things happening on the Wardner trail this fall/winter! We’ll be removing smaller trees, clearing deadwood, and conducting on-site burning to improve safety and forest health above the lookout, focusing on TU 1-A (see map). This project is similar to the work done on the Buchanan East Access trail and Jimi Crack Corn. Work is …
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Summer 2024 Operations Update ☀️
Keen Creek: Timber Ridge Logging will be moving equipment into Keen Creek this week to harvest a 30-hectare fire-damaged pulp block. Logging will occur at the top of the Deer Creek road (3.5km up Keen Creek) from Monday to Friday. Please watch for logging trucks when driving up Keen Creek. Lost Ledge: CJ Logging is …
Public Review Open on KDCFS Forest Operations Map
The public is invited to review and comment on the Kaslo & District Community Forest Society (KDCFS) Forest Operations Map (FOM). The Map shows proposed road construction and cut block development. The three year validity period upon which this FOM may be relied upon to apply for a cutting or road permit commences May 27, …
Jimi Crack Corn Community Field Tour
Saturday April 27th – 10:00 AM meet at the brake check on highway 31. Come learn about the wildfire risk reduction project we’ve been working on over the winter!
Congratulations to Kaslo Baseball & Softball Association!
Home run for the Kaslo Baseball & Softball Association! Huge shoutout to the 20+ dedicated volunteers, both youth and adults, who bucked and split firewood donated by the Kaslo & District Community Forest Society this fall. So far they’ve sold 15 cords and raised an amazing $4925! One step closer to building new timber-framed dugouts …
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Wildfire Risk Reduction: Mt Buchanan Trail Work in Progress
Exciting news! 🌲🔥 Last week, we kicked off our wildfire risk reduction efforts on the Mt Buchanan Fire Access Trail! Over the next month, we’ll be hard at work in the area, focusing on 10 hectares with a keen eye on the trail (TU1-J), and TUs 1-A, 1-B, and 1-H this fall and winter. Thanks …
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Community Field Day
You are invited on a guided field tour to Keen Creek with the Kaslo & District Community Forest Society. Saturday September 30th 10:00 am to 2:00 pm This tour will be focused on the impact from the 2022 Briggs Creek forest fire and the harvesting to salvage timber in that area. Meet at the Kemball Memorial …
KDCFS 2023 Operations Update
KDCFS operations to salvage fire damaged timber from the Briggs Creek wildfire have begun. Sunshine Logging started road construction by Kemp Creek to access CP 52-01. This block is 30ha but has been reduced to three 5ha patches that will be harvested this year by a winch assist system. The remainder of the block has …
KDCFS Wildfire Risk Reduction
After watching the Briggs Creek wildfire burn down the Nashton Face last summer it reinforces thataccess is critical to enable crews to combat fires and the need for us to proactively manage for wildfirerisk reduction and plan for future forest fires. KDCFS has received funding for multiple wildfire riskreduction projects through the Forest Enhancement Society …
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 be seen on the overview map. The Briggs Creek fire burnt area as well as our fuel mitigation projects can be seen on the Briggs …
Update on 2023 AGM – Thurs April 20th
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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