Forestry News
way’, Hello. Salvage harvesting in Hidden Creek is now completed. Approximately 7% of the area burned within the Community Forest was harvested, the remaining area was either too sensitive to harvest or did not have trees we could economically harvest. We left large trees behind in our salvage cut blocks, whether dead or alive, to provide some structural diversity on the landscape after salvage operations.
““our staff... and Agriculture Canada helped students at the Sensisyusten School start a huckleberry propagation and growing project...””
Logs within our cut blocks that we couldn’t sell because they were too damaged for sawlogs or even pulp, we chipped and sent to the Armstrong co-generation plant where they were converted into energy. We completed our first cut of Douglas-fir lumber at Halo Sawmill on the lower mainland. Much of this cut was sold into Australia, Japan, and Oregon.
Two of our staff, Camille and Damon, and Mehdi and Jordan from the Agriculture Canada helped students at the Sensisyusten school start a huckleberry propagation and growing project demonstrating the research we are doing with Agriculture Canada Research Centre in Summerland. The students will care for these plants over the school year and monitor their growth and changes. We are planning to plant the students' propagated plants back in the forest all together.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us. limlǝmt, Dave Gill.
Premium Douglas-fir lumber destined for Australia
Salvage logging at Hidden Creek in burned zone retaining green and damaged trees
Potting huckleberries at Sensisyusten