The McLeod Lake Mackenzie Community Forest is receiving over $202,000 in provincial funding through the Forest Enhancement Society of B.C.
Its Highway 39 initiative is one of 60 projects across the province to receive government dollars.
Several other projects located in the Cariboo and Burns Lake also received a slice of the funding pie.
The province is committing 20-million dollars per year over the next three years to assist governments, First Nations, community forests and other groups to reduce wildfire risks, restore forest ecosystems and improve the health of forests.
“The best wildfire is the one that never starts. The best way to protect communities is to work together to prevent them,” said Ravi Parmar, Minister of Forests.
“Through this investment into FESBC, we’re investing in wildfire resilience and this means local logs for local mills to create local jobs.”
The approved projects include:
* creating landscape-level fuel breaks
* removing residual fuels
* carrying out prescribed burns
* making improvements to egress routes that are important in the event of an emergency or evacuation
The community forest is a joint partnership between the McLeod Lake Indian Band and the District of Mackenzie.
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