SIFCo

Wildfires and climate change are realities in British Columbia and they can have dramatic impacts on our lives. The conference aimed at addressing these issues by bringing multi agencies and residents together to tackled some of these pressing questions. We shared the latest scientific research and initiatives from the Kootenay's and the international arena regarding climate change, wildfire behaviour and why taking action at a landscape scale will result in a more resilien

Yesterday saw the completion of the New Denver Wildland Urban Interface project carried out by SIFCo. In total over 43 hectares of land were treated as part of our Slocan Valley Landscape Level Strategic Wildfire Protection Plan in order to reduce the risk of wildfire in the New Denver area. The project started in the fall of 2016 and cost $430,000. "This is a huge success, the project went extremely well and we are very happy with the results" says Stephan Martineau (SIFC

Our crew have been working hard in order to thin the tremendous amount of young coniferous ingrowth that has developed in the last few decades within the Bannock Recreation Site, as well as removing the accumulation of fuel that has built up on the forest floor. This clearing will not only help the larger more mature trees to develop but also greatly reduces the risk of a wildfire. Since 2009 SIFCo has invested over $40,000 in improvements to the Bannock Point Recreation site