Wildfire Risk Reduction on Woodlot Licence 1413, Northwest of Quesnel

The goal of this project was to enhance safety and reduce wildfire risk in a key transportation corridor along Blackwater Road, northwest of Quesnel BC. High hazard fuels were removed and the timber stand was thinned to provide a more fire resilient stand. A forested area north of the Blackwater Road consisted of trees that regenerated after the area was selectively logged 60 years ago. Much of this area included dead pine trees, which were removed, and the remaining stand was thinned and pruned to remove ladder fuels and create a fire-resilient stand. Forest floor fuels were piled and burned and some of the recoverable fibre was taken to a small chipping plant.