Burwood Restoration Initiative

The Burwood Restoration Initiative, or BRI, is a government agency of the Kingdom of Moorland that is responsible for infrastructure and ecological restoration efforts following the Burwood Wildfires that destroyed some 10,000 acres of forest and caused over 15,000 deaths. As a government agency, it is headed by a commissioner who oversees a task force who manage disbursement of funds to various contractors who have been hired to conduct the restoration projects within the Council of Burwood. In a special session of the Witan, King MacMartin authorized an emergency fund of a billion crowns to fund the effort. Although somewhat controversial, some of the funding comes from assets seized during the annexation of Ostland. But since these funds are being redirected entirely back to the people impacted by the fires, opposition has been minimal. The agency was created in XIV.1728 and began drafting action plans and opening requests-for-proposals to contractors who will bid on the projects that the agency develops. They currently have a timetable of beginning restoration work in the spring of 1729.

On 2.XV.1728, Imperial Constancian Ambassador to Moorland Lukretia Akshay informed the Kingdom of Moorland of the interest of the Green Constancian Corridor Commission to observe and contribute to these efforts, as well as the support of the Imperial Constancian Government and its embassy to Moorland. A gift of one million Imperial Constancian Staters was likewise turned over, coming from the private funds of the Imperial family, on behalf of the people of Constancia.

The Green Micras Initiative likewise pledged its support.

Timeline

• 3.III.1729 AN: Conservation Officers begin planning phase for reforestation and soil stabilization in the most severely devastated areas of the forest. Primary focus of concern is on landslides caused by the accumulation of ash and loss of plant life that would have stabilized soils. Two dozen nurseries are established to begin fast-track growth of seedlings of Moor Pine that will be planted in these areas. Construction of dikes and breaks to limit the damage from landslides also begins.