Arrow Mountain Wildfire Risk Reduction

The town of Creston BC is located less than one kilometre south of Arrow Mountain. Given the town’s close proximity to a densely forested area, concerns have steadily grown regarding the danger Arrow Mountain would pose to the community if a wildfire were to start. The goal of this project is to reduce forest fuel to reduce the risk of wildfires to the community of Creston through fuel management activities such as overstory thinning, and the removal of ladder and ground fuels. These alterations to the current forest conditions should reduce wildfire behaviour to allow for more successful containment in the event of a wildfire, which would result in the protection of homes.