Kaslo and District Community Forest Society Wildfire Protection Planning

Planning and survey activity under this project aims to assist with the development and implementation of a landscape-level wildfire protection plan within the Kaslo and District Community Forest (KDCF) that builds on the existing 2017 Kaslo and Area D Community Wildfire Protection Plan. The KDCF is a 32,417 hectare area in southeastern BC, bordering the western shore of Kootenay Lake within the ecologically diverse West Kootenay Region. The final report will integrate and share stakeholder knowledge and facilitate multi-use planning of operational, recreational and firefighting access to identified, mapped, and flow-rated tactical water sources. Fuel management prescriptions will target uneconomic ground and ladder fuels and aim to preserve merchantable timber.