SIFCo USES 5 DIFFERENT WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE TREATMENT TYPES TO REACH OUR FUEL MANAGEMENT GOALS.
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For more information on each treatment click on the links at the bottom of the page.
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The parameters listed below are consistent for all five of our WUI treatment types.
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All cut stems and other fuels are disposed of by chipping or by piling and burning. This removes all excess fuel from the forest floor so it does not pose a threat during hot dry summers. (Except in a type 5 treatment where Post-treatment cut fuel loads are light, and can be safely disposed of by lop and scatter.)
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Our burns always take place in accordance with the Wildfire Act and Regulations and our piles are located away from retained trees.
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Riparian reserves are established and not treated.
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For the purpose of structural diversity and habitat values, dispersed clumps of conifer under 17.5cm in diameter are retained.
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Disturbed areas due to machine traffic are always seeded within 18 months of disturbance.
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Discontinuous areas of fine fuels up 10 m x 10 m in size may be left untreated to retain biodiversity values.
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Desidous trees & Western yew are always retained as well as habitat trees which are marked and left undisturbed
