Crown Land Wildfire Risk Reduction
Administered through the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development with an initial 2019/20 investment of up to $20M per year, through to 2021/22. Highlights of the program include:
- Fuel management planning and treatment activities focusing on provincial Crown land located around communities.
- Prescribed fire (including planning and operational treatments) and the development of a comprehensive provincial prescribed fire program.
- Risk reduction activities targeting provincially identified critical infrastructure, beginning with critical response infrastructure such as government-owned radio repeaters, weather stations and airtanker bases.
- Operational projects funded by the CRI Crown Land WRR category will be contracted via BC Bid and will help to increase community resiliency to wildfire, increase ecosystem resiliency and support local contractors in communities across the province.
- Infrastructure, beginning with critical response infrastructure such as government-owned radio repeaters, weather stations and airtanker bases.
Successful WRR outcomes require collaboration and coordination within joint operations as implementation of these funds will occur in partnership between BCWS, Resource Districts, BC Parks, BC Timber Sales and Mountain Resorts Branch.
For more information on the Crown Land WRR contact CRIprogram@gov.bc.ca.
Supporting Documents
- Crown Land Wildfire Risk Reduction Planning Guide 2020-2021 (PDF, 863.1 KB)
- Provincial Strategic Threat Analysis
- Wildland Urban Interface Risk Class Maps
WRR Project Handout Templates
- WRR BCWS - Chipping
- WRR BCWS - Pile Burn
- WRR BCWS - Prescribed Fire
- WRR BCWS - Spacing
- WRR Non-BCWS - General
- One Mile Hill Fuel Management Prescription
- Reid Road Fuel Management Prescription
- Walkerville Fuel Management Prescription
- Owl Ridge Fuel Management Prescription
- D'Arcy Fuel Management Prescription
- Cheakamus Canyon Fuel Management Prescription
- Mackenzie Basin Fuel Management Prescription
- Gates Lake Fuel Treatment
- Garibaldi Park Road Fuel Treatment
- Penticton Falls Fuel Treatment
2020 Community Resiliency Investment Projects
Northwest Fire Centre
|
Natural Resource District |
Project Name |
Project Type |
Prescribed Fire Project |
Proposed Hectares |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Nadina |
South Side WRR Plan |
Tactical Planning |
N/A |
13,262 |
|
Nadina |
South Side Priority 1 - Phase 1 |
Site Level Planning |
No |
200 |
|
Nadina |
South Side Priority 1 - Phase 2 |
Operational Treatment |
No |
100 |
|
Nadina |
Houston CWPP Treatment Unit 4 - Phase 1 |
Site Level Planning |
No |
246 |
|
Nadina |
Houston CWPP Treatment Unit 4 - Phase 2 |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
150 |
|
Nadina |
BLCF Priority Zone One Prescribed Fire and Planning Implementation |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
100 |
|
Nadina |
Houston Area A Prescribed Fire Planning and Implementation |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
100 |
|
Skeena Stikine |
Smithers Telkwa WRR Plan |
Tactical Planning |
N/A |
41,858 |
|
Skeena Stikine |
Wetzinkwa Comfor - Site Level |
Site Level Planning |
No |
300 |
|
Skeena Stikine |
Wetzinkwa Comfor - Operational |
Operational Treatment |
No |
100 |
|
Mountain Resorts Branch |
Hudson Bay Mountain |
Tactical Planning / Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
110 |
Prince George Fire Centre
|
Natural Resource District |
Project Name |
Project Type |
Prescribed Fire Project |
Proposed Hectares |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Region |
NE Region Overview 1 |
Tactical Planning |
N/A |
127,449 |
|
Region |
NE Region Overview 2 |
Site Level Planning |
No |
750 |
|
Mackenzie |
Kwadacha, Tsay Keh & Manson |
Prescription Development |
No |
294 |
|
Mackenzie |
Mackenzie Highway |
Prescription Development |
No |
198 |
|
Mackenzie |
Kwadacha & Tsay Keh |
Operational Treatment |
No |
100 |
|
Prince George |
Tete Jaune, Valemount, Heather Park & Bear Lake |
Prescription Development |
No |
61 |
|
Prince George |
Tete Jaune & Valemount |
Operational Treatment |
No |
44 |
|
Prince George |
Heather Park |
Operational Treatment |
No |
6 |
|
Prince George |
Bear Lake |
Operational Treatment |
No |
11 |
|
Prince George |
DPG Prescription Completion |
Prescription Development |
No |
440 |
|
Mountain Resorts Branch |
Powder King, Purden & Murray Ridge: Tactical Planning |
Tactical Planning |
N/A |
69 |
|
Mountain Resorts Branch |
Powder King, Purden & Murray Ridge: Prescription |
Prescription Development |
Yes |
69 |
Cariboo Fire Centre
|
Natural Resource District |
Project Name |
Project Type |
Prescribed Fire Project |
Proposed Hectares |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
100 Mile House |
South Green |
Operational Treatment |
No |
75 |
|
100 Mile House |
Deka/Higgins Lake |
Operational Treatment |
No |
60 |
|
100 Mile House |
South Green Egress |
Operational Treatment |
No |
65 |
|
100 Mile House |
Deka Lake Egress |
Operational Treatment |
No |
19 |
|
100 Mile House |
Lake of the Trees |
Operational Treatment |
No |
19 |
|
100 Mile House |
Rail Lake |
Operational Treatment |
No |
4 |
|
100 Mile House |
Little Holden |
Operational Treatment |
No |
8 |
|
100 Mile House |
Interlakes |
Operational Treatment |
No |
74 |
|
100 Mile House |
Wildhorse |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
480 |
|
Cariboo-Chilcotin |
WLCWPP High Priority Fuelbreak Rx's on Crown land and South Lakeside Fuel Treatment Assessment & Prescriptions/WL |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
1009 |
|
Cariboo-Chilcotin |
DCC Alkali Lake Fuel Break Treatment Operations |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
89 |
|
Cariboo-Chilcotin |
DCC Borland Treatment Completion |
Operational Treatment |
No |
150 |
|
Cariboo-Chilcotin |
WLCWPP Priority 1 |
Operational Treatment |
No |
100 |
|
Cariboo-Chilcotin |
Fox Mountain |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
24 |
|
Cariboo-Chilcotin |
White Road |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
33 |
|
Cariboo-Chilcotin |
Yunesit'in Reserve |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
16 |
|
Cariboo-Chilcotin |
Horsefly/Likely Junction |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
17 |
|
Cariboo-Chilcotin |
TU 6 (beside IR 1) |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
73 |
|
Cariboo-Chilcotin |
TU 1 (Joe's Lake Rd 12km) |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
34 |
|
Cariboo-Chilcotin |
Alexis Creek Community |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
33 |
|
Cariboo-Chilcotin |
Williams Lake CF |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
9 |
|
Cariboo-Chilcotin |
Joe's Lake Rd (3km) |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
190 |
|
Cariboo-Chilcotin |
Doc English |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
400 |
|
Cariboo-Chilcotin |
Meldrum Creek |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
80 |
|
Cariboo-Chilcotin |
Alexis Lake (east side) |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
212 |
|
Cariboo-Chilcotin |
Sand Shed (2027km) |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
60 |
|
BC Parks |
Churn Creek Protected Area |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
60 |
|
BC Parks |
Green Lake Parks |
Operational Treatment |
No |
3 |
|
BC Parks |
Big Bar Parks |
Operational Treatment |
No |
4 |
|
Quesnel |
Marsh Road |
Operational Treatment |
No |
30 |
|
Quesnel |
Milburn Mountain Communication Towers |
Operational Treatment |
No |
7 |
|
Quesnel |
West Quesnel Fuel Break (WQFB) (phase 2 for TU 1 and TU5) |
Operational Treatment |
No |
68 |
|
Quesnel |
Wells |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
826 |
|
Quesnel |
?Esdilagh |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
91 |
|
Quesnel |
Neewa (Batnuni) |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
36 |
|
Quesnel |
Poplar Mountain |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
209 |
|
Mountain Resorts Branch |
Barkerville |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
100 |
|
Mountain Resorts Branch |
Cottonwood House |
Prescription Development |
No |
9 |
Southeast Fire Centre
|
Natural Resource District |
Project Name |
Project Type |
Prescribed Fire Project |
Proposed Hectares |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Rocky Mountain |
South Cranbrook |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
510 |
|
Rocky Mountain |
Kimberley |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
653 |
|
Selkirk |
Blewett TU1,2,3, Liard creek |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
23 |
|
Selkirk |
West Kootenay (Beaverdell, Christina Lake, Golden) |
Tactical Planning |
N/A |
1,160 |
|
Selkirk |
Deer Park Mountain (2 Areas) |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
157 |
|
Selkirk |
Rock Creek Fairgrounds North |
Prescription Development |
No |
126 |
|
Selkirk |
Boundary (Rock Creek WBCF, Midway, Greenwood) |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
229 |
|
Selkirk |
West Harrop TU1 |
Operational Treatment |
No |
76 |
|
Selkirk |
CP 43-1 (3,5) |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
46 |
|
Selkirk |
Slocan Valley (TU 4,6,7) |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
41 |
|
Selkirk |
Woodbury (Kaslo) |
Operational Treatment |
No |
36 |
|
Selkirk |
Overpass |
Prescription Development |
Yes |
250 |
|
Selkirk |
Rexin |
Prescription Development |
Yes |
230 |
|
Mountain Resorts Branch |
East Kootenays - (Kicking horse, Fairmont Hot Springs Ski Hill, Panorama Village, Wapiti) |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
/ |
|
Mountain Resorts Branch |
Panorama Mountain Village |
Burn Plan |
No |
26 |
|
BC Parks |
West Arm Park Nelson |
Operational Treatment |
No |
54 |
|
BC Parks |
TU1 - Champion Lakes Park |
Operational Treatment |
No |
19 |
|
BC Parks |
TU5 - West Arm Park - Nelson |
Operational Treatment |
Yes |
27 |
Kamloops Fire Centre
|
Natural Resource District |
Project Name |
Project Type |
Prescribed Fire Project |
Proposed Hectares |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Cascades |
8 Priority Areas; Merritt TSA |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
17 |
|
Cascades |
Tsal'alh Community Resiliency; Seton Lake |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
73 |
|
Cascades |
Swakum 1-1; Swakum Mnt |
Operational Treatment |
No |
43 |
|
Cascades |
CWPP Implementation; Lillooet TSA |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
60 |
|
Cascades |
Cascades Maintenance Treatments |
Operational Treatment |
No |
76 |
|
Cascades |
Iron Mountain Communication Towers |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
7 |
|
Cascades |
Merritt Round Table; Merritt TSA |
Prescription Development |
Yes |
TBD |
|
Cascades |
CN Rail Project |
Prescribed Burn |
Yes |
31 |
|
Cascades |
Lillooet Round Table; Lillooet TSA |
Prescription Development |
Yes |
3000 |
|
Okanagan Shuswap |
North Westside |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
200 |
|
Okanagan Shuswap |
Ellison |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
98 |
|
Okanagan Shuswap |
Faulder Creek |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
45 |
|
Okanagan Shuswap |
South Coldstream (Kal Park) |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
25 |
|
Okanagan Shuswap |
White Lake Observatory |
Operational Treatment |
No |
21 |
|
Okanagan Shuswap |
Crater Mountain |
Prescription Development / Prescribed Burn |
Yes |
150 |
|
Okanagan Shuswap |
Ellis Creek (merged) |
Prescription Development / Prescribed Burn |
Yes |
198 |
|
Okanagan Shuswap |
Penticton Creek |
Prescription Development / Prescribed Burn |
Yes |
109 |
|
Okanagan Shuswap |
Greyback |
Prescribed Burn |
Yes |
16 |
|
Okanagan Shuswap |
Meadow Valley |
Prescription Development / Prescribed Burn |
Yes |
40 |
|
Okanagan Shuswap |
Darke Lake |
Prescription Development / Prescribed Burn |
Yes |
46 |
|
Okanagan Shuswap |
Shuttleworth |
Prescription Development / Prescribed Burn |
Yes |
177 |
|
Okanagan Shuswap |
Fly Hills |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
50 |
|
Okanagan Shuswap |
Lake Country Fire Guard |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
75 |
|
Okanagan Shuswap |
Mt. Ida |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
50 |
|
Okanagan Shuswap |
Larch Hills |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
50 |
|
Okanagan Shuswap |
Munro |
Prescription Development / Prescribed Burn |
Yes |
46 |
|
Thompson Rivers |
Wells Gray Community Forest |
Operational Treatment |
No |
40 |
|
Thompson Rivers |
Venables Valley |
Operational Treatment |
No |
34 |
|
Thompson Rivers |
Chase Block (sometimes called LSIB-Chase) |
Operational Treatment |
No |
9 |
|
Thompson Rivers |
Squaam Bay |
Operational Treatment |
No |
12 |
|
Thompson Rivers |
Tunkwa Provincial Park |
Prescription Development |
No |
30 |
|
Thompson Rivers |
Blue River |
Prescription Development |
No |
40 |
|
Thompson Rivers |
District of Clearwater |
Prescription Development |
No |
100 |
|
Thompson Rivers |
Heffley Lake |
Prescription Development |
No |
40 |
|
Thompson Rivers |
Bruhn Ridge |
Prescription Development |
No |
30 |
|
Thompson Rivers |
Neskonlith |
Operational Treatment |
No |
15 |
|
Mountain Resorts Branch |
Apex Mountain Resort |
Operational Treatment |
No |
87 |
|
Mountain Resorts Branch |
Silver Star: Treatments |
Operational Treatment |
No |
37 |
|
Mountain Resorts Branch |
Sun Peaks Resort |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
35 |
|
Mountain Resorts Branch |
Big White |
Operational Treatment |
No |
67 |
|
Mountain Resorts Branch |
Silver Star: Egress Route |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
36 |
|
Mountain Resorts Branch |
Silver Star: Burn plan + Prescribed Burn |
Prescribed Burn |
Yes |
42 |
|
Mountain Resorts Branch |
Big White: Burn plan + Prescribed Burn |
Prescribed Burn |
Yes |
26 |
|
BC Parks |
Spahats Creek |
Operational Treatment |
No |
17 |
|
BC Parks |
Cathedral Fire Management |
Prescription Development |
Yes |
100 |
|
BC Timber Sales |
Naramata / Penticton |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
200 |
Coastal Fire Centre
|
Natural Resource District |
Project Name |
Project Type |
Prescribed Fire Project |
Proposed Hectares |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sea to Sky |
1 Mile Hill (PEMB-3) - Pemberton WUI TA (understory thinning) |
Prescription Development |
No |
39 |
|
Sea to Sky |
Gates Lake - Birken/SLRD Area C WUI TA (understory thinning) |
Operational Treatment |
No |
27 |
|
Sea to Sky |
N'Quatqua Pilot Project - N`Quatqua Nation, D'Arcy, Devine and SLRD Area C WUI TU (understory thinning) |
Prescription Development |
No |
104 |
|
Sea to Sky |
Owl Ridge Development (OWL-1) - Pemberton & SLRD Area C - WUI TA (understory thinning) & Landscape Level Fuel Break |
Prescription Development |
No |
32 |
|
Sea to Sky |
Walkerville Estates (WVE-10) - Pemberton WUI TA (understory thinning) |
Prescription Development |
No |
20 |
|
Sea to Sky |
Mackenzie Basin Suburb (MKFSR-10) - Pemberton WUI TA (understory thinning) |
Prescription Development |
No |
101 |
|
Sea to Sky |
Reid Road Development (RR10) - Pemberton WUI TA (understory thinning) |
Prescription Development |
No |
4 |
|
Sea to Sky |
Garibaldi Park Road (Ring Creek) - Squamish & SLRD Area D WUI TA (understory thinning) & Landscape Level Fuel Break (shaded fuel break) |
Operational Treatment |
No |
10 |
|
Sea to Sky |
Cheakamus Canyon (CULL-2) - District of Squamish WUI TA (understory thinning) |
Prescription Development |
No |
27 |
|
Sunshine Coast |
Texada Island Communication Tower / Mount Pocahontas |
Prescription Development |
No |
12 |
|
Sunshine Coast |
Egmont |
Prescription Development |
No |
2 |
|
Sunshine Coast |
Penticton Trails Phase 2-A, Powell River, qathet Regional District (qRD) |
Operational Treatment |
No |
22.5 |
|
Mountain Resorts Branch |
Sasquatch |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
69 |
|
Mountain Resorts Branch |
Blackcomb |
Prescription Development / Operational Treatment |
No |
97 |
|
BC Parks |
EC Manning Provincial Park Bonnevier/Eastgate WUI P: RC 1 Fuel Managament and Prescribed Fire |
Operational Treatment |
No |
125 |
|
BC Parks |
EC Manning Provincial Park Manning Park Resort/BC Parks WUI P: RC 1 Fuel Management |
Operational Treatment |
No |
7 |
|
BC Parks |
Little Qualicum Falls Provincial Park Windthrow and Fuel Management Project (WC Region) |
Prescription Development |
No |
30 |
|
BC Parks |
EC Manning Provincial Park Blackwall Critical Infrastructure (Repeater) and Road Access WUI Undefined Prescribed Fire |
Tactical Planning |
N/A |
50 |
|
South Island |
Mount Bruce - WUI P: Ganges |
Prescription Development |
No |
11 |
