Central Chilcotin Rehabilitation Ltd (CCR) working with provincial and federal partners, have rehabilitated wildfire-affected forests in the Cariboo Chilcotin region.
Following events like the 2017 Elephant Hill fire, many areas were left with dense stands of damaged trees and heavy fuel buildup, increasing the risk in the landscape and slowing natural forest growth.
With support from the Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) CCR has been able to rehabilitate thousands of hectares through various projects.
That includes the Pressy Lake pilot project, the ongoing Palmer Lake rehabilitation initiative, and fuel break work near local communities.
Central Chilcotin Rehabilitation said they have completed approximately 1,000 hectares of risk reduction work through the construction of fuel breaks and has rehabilitated roughly 3,000 hectares of fire-damaged forest.
They also focus on utilizing wood fibre that might otherwise be burned or left to decay.
Through fibre recovery and rehabilitation work, more than one million cubic metres of wood fibre have been put to use supporting pulp, bioenergy, and biomass production while reducing waste.
“Support from the FESBC and Natural Resources Canada has allowed us to take on large scale rehabilitation work that would not otherwise be possible,” Daniel Persson, Forestry Superintendent, Central Chilcotin Rehabilitation said, “it has helped us reduce risk, recover usable wood fibre, and move these areas toward long-term recovery.”
CCR looks forward to continuing this work together in the future.
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