100 MILE HOUSE – The 100 Mile House Natural Resource District will be conducting a wildfire risk reduction and fuel abatement project on the north shore of Sheridan Lake.

When and where

• Work on this project may start as early as November 20, 2025, and continue into next year, until January 20, 2026.
• The project covers an area of approximately three hectares adjacent to the Loon Bay Resort and Sheridan Lake day use area south of Highway 24.

What to expect

• Contractors will be using chainsaws and hand tools to delimb downed trees. Firewood quality wood will be cut into usable sized logs for public use.
• Small machinery will be used to assist in the creation of piles no larger two metres by three metres.
• Using hand torches, crews will ignite piles under favourable conditions and will closely monitor all fire activity.
• Burning may occur over multiple days, as weather and site conditions allow.
• Personnel will remain on-site each day to ensure fires are controlled and will only leave once the fires have safely burned down and no longer pose a risk of spreading.
• Fires will continue to be monitored and extinguished once burning is complete.
• Smoke and flames will be visible to surrounding communities and to motorists on Highway 24.

Objectives of this Wildfire Risk Reduction project

• Reduce wildfire risk in the Sheridan Lake area by removing fuel and debris from public use areas.
• Provide bucked logs to the public for firewood.

Learn more

Fire is a natural process in many of B.C.’s ecosystems. The BC Wildfire Service works regularly with land managers to undertake fuel management activities, including the use of prescribed burns and wildfire risk reduction projects, to help reduce the severity of future wildfires and related threats to communities.

Contact

Catherine Cautley-Davis, RPF
Land and Resource Specialist
100 Mile House Natural Resource District
Phone: 250-706-6220
Email: catherine.davis@gov.bc.ca

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