Helliwell Provincial Park Ecological Restoration and Fuel Management

environment · March 2024 · Helliwell Provincial Park

Ecological restoration work in Helliwell Provincial Park continues, focusing on habitat enhancement for Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies and other species through conifer removal, pruning, weeding, and planting native vegetation. Fire fuel management has been ongoing since 2021 to reduce fire hazards by cutting and burning dead shore pine and invasive English holly, with nearly 5,000 m3 of material removed over four years.

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• “Ecological restoration work that began in 2015 continues in Helliwell Provincial Park... Work on implementing the plan began in 2021 and has continued annually since then... The total material removed over these three years of treatments was just under 5,000 m3...” — The Islands Grapevine – March 28th, 2024 (March 28th, 2024)

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