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 …
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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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Next Board Meeting: Jan 12th at 7pm
We invite you to join our next Board meeting on Thursday Jan 12th 2023. 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 …
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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 …
Next Board meeting: Nov 17, 2022 at 7pm
We invite you to join our next Board meeting on Thursday Nov 17th. 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 …
Field Tour
Join us on Oct 29 at 10am
Firewood Announcement
Due to our logging activities producing only a few loads of firewood this year the Kasloand 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/cordincluding delivery within Kaslo. Call (250) 353-8534 …
Next Board Meeting: March 23rd, 2022 at 7pm
We invite you to join our next Board meeting on March 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 …
Update to 2022 AGM announcement: date and venue set April 13
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: That the KDCFS bylaws be changed – In 13 (4) the text starting with “Further, three weeks…” will be replaced with “Further, prior to such …
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