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  • Burnt Beaver Phase II
  • Region: Northern
  • ID: 4819
Project Status: Completed

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Project Image: BurntBeaverPre151 W.JPGImage BeforeEastern Unit-before picture depicting example of thick lodgepole that will be thinned.
Project Image: BurntBeaverPre151 N.JPGImage BeforeEastern Unit-before picture depicting example of thick lodgepole that will be thinned.
Project Image: down_dead_BB.jpgImage BeforeHeavy Down/Dead
Project Image: Down_dead_BB_aspen.jpgImage BeforeAspen Conifer Down/Dead
Project Image: Hoop Lake Sheep.JPGImage BeforeSheep Collar heat map from 1/1/2017 to 3/28/2019
Project Image: PXL_20211004_185727611_2.jpgImage AfterMule deer, one a collared doe, walk through a recent machine-piled treatment area.
Project Image: IMG_20200622_114908.jpgImage AfterHand-cut piles cure prior to burning. Tree density prior to treatment can be seen in the background through the leave trees.
Project Image: IMG_20200713_131158.jpgImage AfterShaded fuel breaks were created along forest roads and trails in the project area to allow for prescribed burn or wildfire holding operations. Both hand cut & pile and mechanical pile (pictured) treatments were used to create ~150ft buffers.
Project Image: PXL_20201006_171219686.jpgImage AfterPre-treatment lodgepole density can be seen in the background, with a large thinned area in the fore and mid-ground. Spacing achieved during treatments will allow for robust understory growth and improved timber growth and health of leave trees.