Overstory Removal – Mountain Pine Beetle Impacted Stands Rehabilitation

This planning project brought together First Nations, registered professional foresters, and other key stakeholders from the Logan Lake area to develop an implementation plan focusing on areas of highest fire risk to ensure future work is strategic and priority-based. The plan involved many steps including a risk assessment to develop management strategies in response to risks identified. The final report highlighted the areas of most significant risk to wildfire and work has begun to mitigate the risk to the community forest. The planning work resulted in the identification of a range of wildfire risks and values across the landscape. The findings revealed key areas of higher wildfire risk, including corridors of human presence and development surrounding Logan Lake and along the Coquihalla Corridor. High value areas were identified based on concentrations of homes, businesses, schools, civic water, power, emergency evacuation routes, communications and such, as well as wildlife habitat, timber, recreation and important environmental attributes.