BC Wildfire Service and the Cariboo Chilcotin Forest District, in collaboration with Alkali Lake Resource Management, will be conducting pile burning above Soda Creek Road and Tolko and West Fraser mills sites.
The project, which includes 27.7 hectares of manual labor near private residences, is designed to reduce the wildfire hazard in an area near Williams Lake as well as to help restore grown-in Interior Douglas-fir stands to a more natural state.
The scope of the work involves removing the surface and ladder fuels, as well as pruning and thinning out the stand to create crown separation and reduce the risk of high-intensity crown fires.
Smoke and flames may be visible from Williams Lake and surrounding areas.
There is also a project planned for Puntzi Lake Airport.
BC Wildfire Service and Cariboo Chilcotin Forest District, in collaboration with Tsi Del Del Enterprises will be doing pile burning approximately 3 kilometres southeast of the airport and along the Chilanko forest service road, south of Highway 20.
This project will help reduce the wildfire hazard in an area near the community of Tsi Del del (Redstone) as well as help to restore grown-in Pine, Fir and Spruce stands to a more natural/desirable state.
It is 316.4 hectares of burning debris piles with 6.3 hectares of manual labor.
Smoke and flames may be visible along Highway 20 from the community of Redstone to Puntzi Lake airport and surrounding areas.
Both projects could begin any day, depending on the weather, and will continue until March 20th of next year.
The Ministry of Forests has completed several similar projects in the region, including on Fox Mountain, Airport Road, South Lakeside, Dog Creek, Chimney Valley, and Tinmusket.
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