Mosaic Launches Crowdsourced Reporting Pilot as Ladysmith Preps for Major Forest Cleanup

Alberni Valley students, Scouts help replant Mount Underwood forest burned in 2025 wildfire

On a flat stretch of burned ground southwest of Port Alberni, marked by blackened stumps and the remnants of a young tree stand, close to 100 volunteers help to re-establish a thriving forest. Nearly 3,600 hectares, or more than 34 square kilometres, burned during an aggressive wildfire that started on Aug. 11, 2025 and reached within nine kilometres of city limits. A community planting event held on April 16 brought together Mosaic Forest Manag…