One of the city’s water sources is flowing at well below normal, according to provincial forecasters, or less than 10 per cent of its stream flow percentile rating. The B.C. Drought Information Portal is showing Anderson Creek at a current level of .06 metres with a current flow rate of .03 cubic metres per second well below the normal current level of .14 m (.09 m3/sec),
The Nelson & Area Wildfire Risk Reduction Committee invites the community to join us for the Wildfire Risk Reduction Open House on Wednesday, June 21 at the Adventure Hotel in Nelson. The event is being presented by the Nelson & Area Wildfire Risk Reduction Committee, which includes representatives from BC Parks, City of Nelson, Ministry of Forests and Regional District of
Fuel modification continues in the Selous Creek area through the Selous Creek Wildfire Fuel Mitigation project, building an eyebrow of protection for Nelson through a three-metre wide no-tree zone. A collaboration between the Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) and Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd., the Selous Creek fuel management project begins again this month and is
The Nelson & Area Wildfire Risk Reduction Committee is hosting a Wildfire Risk Reduction Open House on Thursday, September 22. The Committee includes representatives from BC Parks, City of Nelson, Ministry of Forests, and Regional District of Central Kootenay This is an opportunity for you to participate in the conversation around wildfire threat to our communities and how we
Nelson has been rated by some wildfire experts as being one of the most high risk towns for a wildfire interface forest fire in B.C., noted a local forest development manager. Gerald Cordeiro from Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd. said in a video on the reduction of the wildfire risk to Nelson (https://youtu.be/nJaNcetHrRw), that a fuel management project near Selous Creek is