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Rose Lake Wildfire Risk Reduction Plan Open House – March 21
The Open House at the Rose Lake Community Hall will be of particular interest to residents of Rose Lake, forestdale, Palling and Decker Lake. Stop by the hall any time between 3:00 - 7:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served. If you have questions, call the...
Chinook Emergency Response Society Receives $10,000 in funding.
On December 12, the Chinook Emergency Response Society (CERS) representatives received a holiday surprise, a cheque for $10,000 from the Chinook Community Forest. Board members commended CERS for their ability to action fires quickly reducing the amount of timber...
Chinook Community Forest 2022-23 Annual Report
For fiscal year April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023 The 2022-23 fiscal year started off with a very successful spring planting, followed by a very wet spring into summer. This contributed greatly to the prevention of Wildfires within the Lakes Timber Supply Area and the...
Chinook Community Forest 2021 – 22 Community Donations
An Index for Tracking Old-Growth Value in Disturbance-Prone Forest Landscapes
Chinook Community Forest teamed up with the University of Northern BC to research Old-Growth and track using LiDAR.
Helping A Community Forest Rebuild for the Future
Chinook Community Forest FESBC Project
Chinook Comfor is working with Forest Enhancement Society BC to salvage burnt fiber from the Verdun 2018 Wildfires with in Chinooks K4R license area. This project will salvage 93.6 hectares of badly burnt fiber.
High Resolution Inventory Solution(HRIS) comparison to Vegetation Resources Inventory(VRI)
Tesra, Chinooks LiDAR contractor completed a comparison its HRIS to provincial VRI. The purpose of this document is to provide a comparison of the HRIS forest inventory with the corresponding VRI inventory as it relates to the whole treed area.
Research Paper 1 & 2
One of Chinooks commitments in its management plan was to conduct 3 research papers. Chinooks first paper is on ASSESSING SET ASIDE OLD-GROWTH FORESTS WITH AIRBORNE LiDAR METRICS. Chinook teamed up with UNBC to complete this first paper, using Chinooks LiDAR/High...
Chinook Community Forest 2018-19 Annual Report
Chinook had a very interesting year to say the least. From very high snow levels to a very cold wet spring and then into the fires of 2018. Chinook lost approximately 9,000 hectares of it's THLB to the fires along with roughly $80,000 worth of block layout.