The landscape surrounding the west-central Alberta mountain town of Hinton is going to change in the coming years as the Alberta government launches a major project that aims to reduce wildfire risk.

Through the Community Hazardous Fuels Reduction (CHFR) program, the provincial government has directed West Fraser Timber Co. to shift its planned harvest toward high-risk areas that pose a wildfire threat to Hinton.

Work begins this month. The first visible changes in the area will appear southwest of town from Highway 40 South from Hinton heading towards Cadomin.

The harvest is part of a larger provincial program that identified 32 communities that are at a high risk of wildfire.

Within the Edson Forest Area, Hinton, Cadomin, Cynthia, Edson, Grande Cache, Marlboro-Millers Lake, and

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