The Bea Fire started on July 31, 1989 and burned 666 hectares before it was declared out on September 8.
After the fire, a plan was immediately implemented to salvage fire killed trees. Using "cable yarding" and skidder to harvest the logs on the moderate and steep slopes, over 500 truck loads of wood were logged and utilized. Immediately after the fire, a helicopter was used to grass seed the area. The grass helps to stabilize the soil on the slopes and prevent erosion. Larch, pine and fir seedlings were planted on the moderate slopes, and the steep slopes were replanted with pine and larch seedlings. The lower slopes were left for nature to reforest.
The Bea Fire has become a basis for a computer model of fires burning-across a slope - by Forestry Canada and it also become a case history study for senior fire personnel across Canada.
If you don't have time to read the signage, you can look below at the photos we took and read them.