Southeast Kelowna Landscape Level Fuel Break

The goal of this project was to thin out dense stands of pine and Douglas-fir trees and remove accumulations of dead wood that posed a significant fire hazard in a 1,000 hectare area near Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park near Kelowna. Treatment activities were applied in 15-hectare and 50-hectare blocks and included thinning trees, trimming the lower branches to remove ladder fuels, and then removing that wood and other forest fuels from the ground. In the event of a future wildfire in the area, less flammable material would be available to burn and the risk of a catastrophic fire would be reduced. This work also improved firefighter access to the area to make it easier and safer for them to fight a fire.