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by Timothy Schafer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Friday July 30 2021
Despite the drought conditions the West Kootenay snow basin index is fairly stable at 83 per cent of normal. Last year at this time, however, it was 128 per cent.
One of the city’s water sources has been given a severe drought designation by the province as hot and dry weather continues in the region.
According to BC River Forecast Centre (BCRFC) data, drought level five conditions now exist at the Anderson Creek reporting station near Nelson, as it recorded 10 per cent of its median flow over the last week.
BCRFC ranks drought levels from zero to five, with drought level five rated as the most severe, with “adverse impacts to socioeconomic or ecosystem values being almost certain.”
by The Nelson Daily Staff on Wednesday July 28 2021
RCMP responded to a report of a large grass fire Tuesday afternoon along Highway 3A near Annabel Road on the North Shore. Facebook
RCMP officers from the Nelson Detachment responded to a variety of calls during the past few weeks, including campers stranded on Pig Island on Kootenay River near Beasley, theft of fire equipment from the Beasley Fire Hall, an intoxicated woman smashing windows with an axe at a boat access cabin in the West Arm of Kootenay Lake, assault with a weapon that had occurred in Slocan Park BC and a report of a large grass fire along Highway 3A near Annabel Road on the North Shore.
by Timothy Schafer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on Tuesday July 27 2021
The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) will be setting a 50-hectare ignition fire to remove unburned fuel in the path of the Trozzo Creek wildfire, the Southeast Fire Centre announced in a communication Tuesday morning.
In order to contain and diminish the wildfire burning northeast of Winlaw another fire will be set.
The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) will be setting a 50-hectare ignition fire to remove unburned fuel in the path of the Trozzo Creek wildfire, the Southeast Fire Centre announced in a communication Tuesday morning.
The fire will be set at the five km. mark on the Trozzo Forest Service Road, likely adding more smoke to the skies from Winlaw to Slocan, and drifting into Nelson.
by Contributor on Tuesday Jul 27 2021
The increased area restriction reflects the continued need to protect the public in areas where ongoing fire suppression activities are taking place and to avoid interference with fire control.
The BC Wildfire Service has increased the area of the Area Restriction Order for the vicinity of the 4,389 hectare Trozzo Creek and Mt Ruppel wildfires near Winlaw and Slocan, respectively.
The increased area restriction reflects the continued need to protect the public in areas where ongoing fire suppression activities are taking place and to avoid interference with fire control.
Due to the increase of this order into part of Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park, please visit BCParks.ca for information on access and closures in BC Parks.