The CFGP is planning to complete two wildfire risk reduction projects in the Community Forest starting in October of this year and expect the work to be completed by March 2025.

The first project is to removed the small dead stems and small Hemlock under 6″ in diameter in the area along the western boundary of the community forest in the Coulter Bay Neighbourhood. The area is 150 wide and comprises 9.8 hectares. The fine fuels will also be removed either by chipping , or by burning where chipping isn’t accessible. All the remaining stems will also be pruned up to 3 meters in order to remove the ladder fuels.

The second project is in the Squirrel Cover Area of the community forest, in the overgrown 3rd growth plantation along both sides of the logging road starting approximately 500 meters from the main road. The treatment will be the same, primarily targeting the small dead and dying hemlock that have overgrown the planted Fir and Cedar.

The two projects have been identified as priorities in the 2020 Community Wildfire Protection Plan, and prescriptions were completed for those projects in 2021. The prescriptions are available here:

CARRINGTON FMP Prescription 2021_DRAFT__AUG25_2021

SQUIRREL COVE FMP Prescription 2021_DRAFT__AUG25_2021

For more information any time, contact Mark Lombard at misterlombard@gmail.com