Union of B.C. Municipalities responds to Forest Minister Ralston\u0027s comments, blaming local gov\u0027ts for slow pace of wildfire fuel reduction.
“The funding is there. It simply … hasn’t been taken up. I think sometimes people think these are not essential programs. These are make-work programs. They are the very opposite. They can be the difference between successfully extinguishing a fire and seeing a fire … do profound damage to a community,” said Ralston.season. Hundreds of properties have been destroyed by fire, tens-of-thousands of people have had to flee and smoke has blanketed large swaths of the province.
Ford, like Ralston, said she expected the topic of how to build more wildfire protection for communities will be a major topic at the UBCM’s annual convention in September. The work to reduce wildfire risk, called fuel treatment, is expensive. It includes thinning timber, cutting underbrush and the lower limbs of trees, and removing woody debris from the forest floor. It’s designed to keep fire on the ground, away from the upper reaches of the tree canopy where it can spread rapidly and burn more intensely.
Gray, who contributed to the Firestorm 2003 report, said he works with a number of municipalities, and they apply every dime they can get their hands on to increasing wildfire resiliency.Article contentA 2022 Postmedia investigation
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