WILLIAMS LAKE \u2013 The BC Wildfire Service, in partnership with Williams Lake Community Forest and Williams Lake First Nation, will conduct a prescribed burn approximately 10 kilometres west of Williams Lake, north of Highway 20, beside the Fraser River. The prescribed burn will cover approximately 29 hectares within the Williams Lake Community Forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Burning is expected to begin as early as Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, and continue periodically until Sunday, March 2, 2025. Ignitions will proceed only if conditions are suitable and allow for quick smoke dissipation. Smoke may be visible from Williams Lake and surrounding areas, and to motorists travelling on Highway 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This burn is a Wildfire Risk Reduction treatment to reduce juniper density and create a more fire resilient forest. Taking advantage of pre season conditions, low-to moderate-intensity spot fires will be lit within pre-established boundaries to remove combustible materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The BC Wildfire Service will be working with Williams Lake First Nation to prepare, control and monitor the prescribed burns. This is a continuation of a relationship with Williams Lake First Nation to grow capacity and knowledge for cultural and prescribed burning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Learn more:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fire is a natural process in many of B.C.\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more about prescribed burning online at prescribedfire.ca<\/a> or at BC Wildfire Service cultural and prescribed fire.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow the latest wildfire news on<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fire Information Officer Connect with the Province of B.C. at www.gov.bc.ca\/connect<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WILLIAMS LAKE \u2013 The BC Wildfire Service, in partnership with Williams Lake Community Forest and Williams Lake First Nation, will conduct a prescribed burn approximately 10 kilometres west of Williams Lake, north of Highway 20, beside the Fraser River. The prescribed burn will cover approximately 29 hectares within the Williams Lake Community Forest. Burning is … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6971,"featured_media":1226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[543,77,503,32],"class_list":["post-18136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information-bulletins","tag-app","tag-cafc","tag-prescribed-fire","tag-prevention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6971"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18141,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18136\/revisions\/18141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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