November 2024
VCF Winter 2024 – 2025 Harvest Plan
Please click on the link below, VCF Winter Harvest Plan, to view the areas that are planned to be harvested within the VCF area.
Harvesting will be occurring down the West Kinbasket in early winter and shifting to West Ridge for the remainder of the winter.
If you have questions about any of these areas, please contact VCF staff at aduncan@valemountcommunityforest.ca
June 2022
Mechanical Commercial thinning will start on a 45-year-old stand. This was planted back in the late 1970’s. This is a system that will target the smaller trees and leave the larger and healthier trees to reach maturity.
Winter season 2021-2022
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- West Canoe 2022
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- West Canoe 2022
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- regrowth
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- after a good day in the bush
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- block action
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- avalanche training
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- avalanche training
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- winter load moving to the yard/market
2020-2021
Harvesting in 2020 and 2021 season included the Pack Saddle, Dave Henry, East Canoe, West Canoe, Swift Creek, and West Ridge areas. VCF limits the winter harvesting in the Dave Henry and West Canoe to end in mid-December, due to high avalanche activity in these areas. Local Avalanche Technician Peter Amann was hired to provide training, monitor the high avalanche hazard conditions, and update the Avalanche Safety Plan.
General
Forest harvesting involves cutting trees and delivering them to sawmills, pulp mills, and other wood-processing plants. Years of planning go into deciding when and which parts of the forest will be harvested and how this will occur. The specifics of harvesting depend on the Biogeoclimatic Zone and other detailed factors.
General methods of harvesting used by the VCF are conventional and cable operations.
Planning for Harvesting
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- in field discussion
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- moving logs
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- keeping dry feet
Harvesting In Action
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- summer logging
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- processing
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- cedar grades shingles post and rail
Road Maintenance and Post Harvest activity
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- new UPPER Canoe bridge
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- New bridge required
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- new structure
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- Mudslides
