Is the Cranbrook Community Forest at high risk for a wildfire?
Steps have already been taken to reduce this risk, and more work is set to be done, on the adage that it’s better to protect the community than to wait for it to happen.
And the public is invited to take part in the discussion, find out what’s been done so far, and offer feedback.
On Thursday, July 26 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Tuesday, July 31 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Trailhead for Brody and Arbour, the third-last parking lot on Mt. Baker Road at the Cranbrook Community Forest (CCF), information sessions will be held about forest fuel management efforts that will be undertaken in the near future.
Roger Powell, Wild Land Urban Interface Forester with B.C. Timber Sales (BCTS) said that they are still in…