In the middle of February of this year, I accompanied Gord Chipman to look at salvaging of the timber burned on the Military reserve near Riske Creek. The Military reserve is approximately 40,000 hectares of mainly Douglas fir forest. It was established over seven decades ago by the federal government as one of many areas across the country for military field exercises. Gord manages two community forests along with the military reserve in the Williams Lake and Chilcotin areas.
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