The Rocky Mountain District’s wildfire risk reduction team will be conducting mitigation work in the Cranbrook community forest over the coming months.
Crews will be removing surface fuels and widening the spacing between trees.
Debris will be piled in piles no larger than 2 metres tall and 3 metres wide and burnt when conditions allow.
It will cover 20.5 hectares to the east of the College of the Rockies in and around the Mistletoe Lane recreation trail.
Work will start up this month and run until March 2026.
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