Strathcona Regional District Beginning Wildfire Fuel Treatment Project By The Cortes Island Recycling Centre

The Strathcona Regional District is beginning a Wildfire Fuel Treatment Project by the Cortes Island Recycling Centre this week.

The project is expected to take several weeks to complete.

Wildfire Fuel Treatment is the process of modifying forests to reduce the fuels available to burn.

This can involve thinning out trees, pruning branches, removing brush, and other best practices.

The primary objective is to manage hazardous wildfire fuels at the landscape level thus reducing the potential for loss of life, property, and infrastructure.

Before proceeding to the Wildfire Fuel Treatment stage a Traditional Use Survey and Preliminary Field Reconnaissance was undertaken in collaboration with the Tla’amin First Nation.

The SRD got a $70,000 grant to fully fund this wildfire mitigation work across four hectares.

For more information or if you have further questions, please contact Shaun Koopman – SRD Protective Services Coordinator at 250-830-6702 or skoopman@srd.ca.