Midway Fire Risk Reduction Project

This project area south of Midway, B.C. is very popular for hikers and bikers and the project activity was done to enhance public safety by removing snags and danger trees along the trail system. The goal was to improve overall forest health by removing beetle-infested trees, blow down, trees with heart rot, dead standing trees (snags), and up to 40 per cent of the smaller-diameter Douglas-fir. This is expected to result in fuel mitigation, fir bark beetle control, and increase interpretive forest attributes and improve the trail as a recreational resource. This project will be seen by the thousands of hikers and school groups who regularly use the trail system, providing an excellent opportunity to showcase how integrated forest management can improve both forest health and recreational values.