Harrop Residual Fibre Utilization and Incremental Haul

This project is focused in the community forest around Harrop and Procter, located on the south shore of the west arm of Kootenay Lake. The aim of the Harrop-Procter Community Co-operative (HPCC) is to reduce wildfire risk by thinning dense forest to develop a shaded fuel break while retaining the largest and most fire-resistant trees and to utilize any fibre removed. Instead of being burned on site, residual and otherwise uneconomic fibre will be transported for use as pulp logs resulting in an overall reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by avoiding burning and reducing potential wildfire fuel loading.