To reduce the potential occurrence and effects of a wildfire in a stand adjacent to a residential subdivision in the interior of British Columbia, the University of British Columbia’s Alex Fraser Research Forest aimed to reduce forest fuels within the stand by thinning from below, skidding as much debris to the landing as possible, and then piling the remaining debris for burning. Feric, a division of FPInnovations, monitored the falling and skidding phases and a test piling operation in the winter of 2005, and determined the costs and productivities of these activities.