Nelson City Council to consider 33 recommendations in new wildfire resiliency plan
The 2016 plan is being updated to respond to a more dire wildfire reality
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The 2016 plan is being updated to respond to a more dire wildfire reality
The 2016 plan is being updated to respond to a more dire wildfire reality
The 2016 plan is being updated to respond to a more dire wildfire reality
Last August, a dozen teenagers with shovels and pickaxes dug a meter wide “non-combustible” layer around Kaslo City Hall. It was difficult, dusty physical labour in the August heat, but they were passionate about protecting such a gorgeous building from wildfires. Kaslo City Hall is an historic Kootenay gem with a stone foundation, winding wooden staircases into the main
Wildfire may never be viewed as a friend of those communities buried in forest, but it is a natural and accepted part of the ecosystem, according to several wildfire experts. Speaking in a video recently released on the Selous Creek wildfire risk reduction project — just southwest of Nelson — former Nelson Fire Rescue chief and director of the Emergency Operations Centre, Len