Projects underway in Northern B.C. to reduce community wildfire risk, enhance forest health
, including one in the Omineca Region and one in the Skeena Region. This includes work to reduce wildfire risk, while enhancing wildlife habitat, reducing greenhouse gas emissions from slash pile burning, and supporting forest recreation and ecological resiliency.
Ken Neilsen, Chinook Community Forest general manager, said the funding will allow them to provide economic opportunities for six First Nations and other locals in the area, as well as provide fibre, that would otherwise have been lost, to local manufacturing facilities. “These newly-funded projects take a proactive approach to reduce the risks of wildfire and many will also improve wildlife habitat, increase the health of forests so they are more resilient to climate change, and use the leftover wood waste to make green energy. Achieving multiple objectives is good forest management and good value for money,” FESBC executive director Steve Kozuki said in a news release.
Since 2016, FESBC has supported more than 260 projects throughout B.C. Sixty-three of these projects have been led by First Nations and another 23 have significant First Nations’ involvement. FESBC projects have reduced wildfire risk in 120 communities and have created more than 2,100 full-time jobs, according to the Ministry of Forests.
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