EDMONTON – Alberta will begin thinning trees around forest-enclosed communities as a way to prevent the wildfires that devastated homes and business in Slave Lake in 2011.
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Controversial clearcutting OK’d
A controversial plan that brought Bragg Creek residents out to consultation meetings in droves has been approved by Environment and Sustainable Resource Development.
Cochrane’s Spray Lake Sawmills has been chosen to harvest trees on 700 hectares west of the tiny hamlet, the intention being to mitigate the threat of wildfires which Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resources officials have said is a severe concern.
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