CASTLEGAR – To help reduce wildfire threats, the Slocan Integral Forestry Cooperative (SIFCo) in conducting a prescribed burn covering up to 162 hectares in the Trozzo Creek area.
The burn site is around three kilometres northeast of Winlaw. Smoke may impact residents close to the burn area and be visible from Winlaw and surrounding communities; it may also be visible to motorists travelling along Highway 6.
The exact timing of this burn will depend on weather and site conditions, but it could begin as early as Thursday, April 27, 2023. Burning will proceed if conditions are suitable and allow for smoke dispersal during burn operations, though light smoke may also linger in the following days.
The goal of this prescribed burn is to improve community wildfire protection by reducing fuels in the wildland urban interface.
Key goals include:
- mimic naturally occurring ground fire,
- reduce accumulations of dead and combustible material, and
- decrease the long-term risk of wildfire.
Fire is a normal and natural process in many of B.C.’s ecosystems. The BC Wildfire Service works regularly with land managers to undertake fuel management activities (including the use of prescribed burns), to help reduce the severity of future wildfires and related threats to communities.
Learn more about prescribed burning online: http://ow.ly/20Su50Ax89j
Video from the nearby 2021 Ponderosa prescribed burn: https://youtu.be/y0wXnZ0mL3E
To report a wildfire, unattended campfire or open burning violation, call 1 800 663-5555 tollfree or *5555 on a cellphone. For the latest information on current wildfire activity, burning restrictions, road closures and air-quality advisories, visit: http://www.bcwildfire.ca
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Contact:
Fire Information Officer
BC Wildfire Service
Southeast Fire Centre
250 318-7715
Stephan Martineau
Manager
SIFCo
250 226-7012