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Draft map West Procter fuel management area Feb2019
West Procter Fuel Management Area TUs overview Feb2019
HPCC is developing fuel reduction plans for a 140-hectare area above Procter. This area at the top of Victor Road was high-graded (heavily logged, removing most the valuable timber) approximately 30 to 40 years ago. It has regenerated primarily to very dense hemlock and now represents a very high fire hazard.
Our plans are to thin the forest to reduce the fire hazard and encourage the growth of more fire- and drought-tolerant trees and shrubs.
Draft map West Harrop Fuel Management unit March 2019
West_Harrop_Fuel_Mangagement_2019_Community overview map
HPCC is developing plans for fuel reduction in the Kosma Road area at the top of Lewis Road. We are planning to expand on the work already completed in this area, and extend a fuel break to the West Arm Park boundary. This fuel break is intended to protect Harrop from a fire approaching from the southwest.
Climate change adaptation and community wildfire protection
On November 28th at the Harrop Hall, HPCC forest manager Erik Leslie provided an update on our community forest’s climate change risk assessment and operations strategy. Community wildfire protection planning in Harrop and Procter were discussed in detail. See link to the presentation:
Erik public presentation Nov2018
Post-fire slideshow from Nov.17 community celebration in Procter
Here’s the slide show that Erik Leslie, HPCC’s Forest Manager, presented at the community celebration / firefighter thank you party in Procter on November 17th.
New Rural Routes podcast features Harrop-Procter community forest
Rural Routes is a podcast produced in Saint John’s, Newfoundland. It is an initiative of the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation.
Their most recent episode is entitled The Future of Forestry.
http://ruralroutespodcasts.com/?p=2047
The beginning of the podcast includes an interview with Floris Dusselhof from the community forest sawmill, and the latter part of the podcast includes an interview with forest manager Erik Leslie.
Short Slideshow: Harrop fire fall 2017
Erik post-fire BRIEF presentation 23Oct2017
This is a short slide presentation on the Harrop wildfire that HPCC’s Forest Manager Erik Leslie put together for a public meeting in October.