Forestry News - Summer 2022
way’. Once again summer flew by. It was nice to have some rain in the first part of July which certainly helped with the fire situation and our newly planted seedlings.
This summer we conducted a salvage operation on Mt. Law, removing most of the dead burned trees (except for the largest) and retaining those that were still alive and with an intact root system. The intent behind leaving these trees was to provide some structure and biodiversity values on what was a very hot, catastrophic fire last summer and provide some shade for the seedlings we plan on planting there next spring.
We also started our landscape level wildfire mitigation treatments. This is a very long-term project where we will be removing surface and ladder fuels to create fuel management corridors across the Community Forest. These corridors will slow the rate of spread of wildfires, allowing crews to fight these fires on the ground, and also open up opportunities to re-introduce cultural burning practices across the areas we manage.
Recently, we started harvesting seven small blocks near Silver Lake behind Peachland. In each of these blocks we are leaving approximately 25 of the largest mature trees per hectare and patches of immature trees. The larger trees will provide habitat values for birds and other wildlife and seeds to help regenerate a new forest.
Finally Ntityix Resources is the proud recipient of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC)/ Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business (CCAB) Indigenous Business Leadership Award for 2022. This award recognizes selected Indigenous entrepreneurs for their success in a forest products business. We were nominated by Tolko.
limlǝmt, Dave Gill.
