Road Rehabilitation in the Chilcotin

Working with First Nations, licensees and stakeholders this project identified which roads should be rehabilitated. The next phase was rehabilitating those roads using techniques supporting First Nations traditional use plants. First Nations communities participated in the work in a meaningful way from planning and seed collection to cultivating and seeding the roads. The roads were seeded primarily to lodgepole pine which is adapted to highly disturbed soils but also with a number of native plant species which will enhance habitat for moose and other species. The result will be fully treed roads which no longer carry elevated risk of erosion or slope failure and will add to the merchantable volume of forests in the area. The trees and plants will also provide carbon sequestration benefits. The old roads will no longer serve as corridors for predators or hunters and will have attributes that will enhance habitat by providing browsing opportunities in between major browse zones.