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
The squeaky wheel will get the grease when it comes to wildfire risk reduction. Although local government no longer has any authority over which treatment area is selected or how the treatment is completed, it can influence where the treatments occur, according to a recent report on the provincial Crown Land Wildfire Risk Reduction (CLWRR) program.
Some of the most necessary but least interesting work is moving ahead this summer as fuel modification resumes above the city in the forest surrounding Nelson. 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 waterfront outdoor public pool will be the main feature added to the city’s arsenal of recreational amenities this year as the capital plan for 2022 takes shape. The city is planning to construct a public outdoor pool for a “new dimension of recreational activity at the pier” when the Hall Street Pier project is launched this summer. Called a key project by city chief
Inflation and wage cost pressure have left the city with no choice but to raise municipal taxes by twice the average annual amount. The city will be bumping its annual taxation figure by a full four per cent, nearly double its historic rate increase, city council approved on Monday night, moving the average municipal tax increase up by $110. The city is also recovering from