Although you won’t see any smoke, wildfire fuel management will begin near Heather Park Elementary School next month.
The BC Wildfire Service and the Prince George Natural Resource District are conducting a fuel management project on an area of Crown Land adjacent to Heather Park.
Crews are anticipated to be working on-site between July to August when school is out of session. The project will be conducted manually and will include the removal of dead standing and fallen trees, pruning of branches, removal of fine fuels and juvenile conifers under 7.5cm in diameter.
All debris will be chipped and removed from site, and no burning will take place on-site.
No road closures are anticipated but public access within the project area may be limited during project operation.
BC Wildfire Service says this project will reduce the available fuel adjacent to public infrastructure, as well as private properties in order to reduce the risk of wildfires within the area.
