New program advises B.C. homeowners how the right plants and trees can help protect property from wildfire
FireSmart B.C. wants people to know how to protect their homes from wildfire using plants the right ones, in the right places.
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Posted: May 13, 2021 7:25 AM PT | Last Updated: May 13
Tags at select Art Knapp garden centres indicating which plants are fire-resilient are being used to educate people about how to better protect their homes.(Andrew Kurjata/CBC)
JORDAN VALLEY â An Oregon family wants to convince a federal appeals court that its ranchâs âgrazing preferenceâ was canceled contrary to the U.S. Bureau of Land Managementâs own regulations.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on Monday, May 3, in the lawsuit, which raises questions about the interaction between private lands and public grazing allotments.
After losing a permit to graze on 30,000 acres of BLM allotments in nearby Idaho, ranchers Mike and Linda Hanley leased their private âbase propertyâ in Jordan Valley to their daughter and son-in-law, Martha and John Corrigan.
When the Corrigans applied for a new grazing permit â citing the private ranchâs âgrazing preferenceâ to the allotments â the BLM rejected the request in 2017.