Wildfire Mitigation – Bark Beetle

Project Number: #WR0000647

This funding supported a joint FLNRORD and local community project to helicopter salvage harvest beetle-killed Douglas-fir trees on inaccessible steep slopes. The project was adjacent to the city of Williams Lake and was expected to reduce community wildfire risk and assist in controlling a bark beetle outbreak.

OrganizationWilliams Lake Community Forest LP
PurposeReducing Wildfire Risk
RegionCariboo Region
Closest CommunityWilliams Lake
Job Estimate6 (Direct, Indirect & Induced FTE’s)
Approved Funding$715,692
Print Project

Similar Projects

The Forest Enhancement Society of BC would like to gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Forests.