As part of the City of Quesnel's ongoing Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP), fuel management activities will begin at Wonderland Trails on January 19 until April 1, 2024.
Activities are only taking place on the lower trail system know as "Flying Monkeys". Activities will include thinning, (spacing and pruning), falling, and pile burning. The burning will be away from the trails, but smoke could affect trail-users. Trails will remain open to the public, but please obey all signage.
The combination of falling, thinning (spacing and pruning), and pile-burning are being carried out to:
- Reduce the chance of a catastrophic wildfire destroying critical infrastructure (homes, communications towers, water towers etc.)
- Improve forest health and animal habitat
- Generate less smoke than out-of-control wildfires
- Protect the recreation values
- Further our mission of managing the landscape and improving ecosystem health
Residents and trail users may hear crews working with power saws and may experience smoke during pile burning.
If you have any questions, please call: Erin Robinson, Forestry Initiatives Manager at 250-255-6002