We want our community to know that we are now working in this area to selectively harvest the fire salvaged timber. After a wildfire, there’s a limited window of time, generally up to about one to two years, when burned wood still has value for milling before it deteriorates too much, so acting promptly helps maximize the use of this resource.

In response to concerns about upcoming operations in Russell Creek, the Creston Community Forest (CCF) is committed to ensuring conditions are safe to reduce the risk of a wildfire during our logging operations. The CCF will continue to monitor the BC wildfire risk website to determine if operations are warranted and will not operate if conditions are dry such as what we've experienced the last two weeks.  https://www2.gov.bc.ca/.../weather-fire-danger/fire-danger As of