Wildfire fighting crews train and maintain trails at Pidherny recreation area

Jun 11, 2020 | 5:18 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – BC’s Wildfire fighting crews are known to be well equipped and skilled to fight forest fires. Currently, in the Prince George region, wildfires are at a low.

In the past few weeks, some of the crews are taking this opportunity to sharpen their skillset by helping to maintain a popular recreation site within the city limits.

The Pidherny recreation area is located in the northwest corner of the city. It covers over 600-hectare and within it are over 30 kilometres of trails.

Early this year a few of the local wildfire fighting crews used the area to train on how to fall danger trees.

The nature of these kinds of projects is a win for those who use the trail system. According to Brock Paciejewski the skilled forestry crews typically focus on removing hazardous trees.