Six new projects in Quesnel are now underway as part of their Forestry Initiative Program.
130 hectares of wildfire fuel treatment will begin in September through fuel removal, brushing, piling, burning, and chip scattering.
Prescription development and assessments are currently taking place for an additional 600 hectares of summer work.
Beetle repellents and traps have been applied and set following Douglas Fir and Spruce Beetle detection surveys.
Collaborations with FireSmart, Red Cross, and United Way are helping to develop innovative community wildfire protection strategies.
FireSmart education and outreach programs will begin this summer.
And planning is underway for how to proceed with a landscape restoration pilot project which began in April.
In addition, construction has begun on the City’s new Forestry Innovation Centre.
