The District of Elkford has launched a fuel management project in the Dawson Place area, with work scheduled to continue through the winter.
Crews are conducting site reconnaissance, mapping, boundary marking, danger tree assessment and tree falling.
There will be a 50-metre no-burn buffer around private properties bordering the treatment area. Within the buffer zone, all debris will be chipped and hauled to the Sparwood Transfer Station for disposal. Debris piles outside the buffer will be burned when venting conditions allow.
Work is expected to wrap up by the spring of 2026.
Residents are asked to avoid the work area and obey all posted signage.
A map of the work zone can be found here.
The mitigation work is being fully funded by a UBCM grant.
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