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Cranbrook, BC (April 6, 2022) -- The City of Cranbrook is carrying out a prescribed burn starting Thursday April 7, 2022, and localized smoke should be visible from Cranbrook, Kimberley, and Fort Steele.
The burn was to have been completed on Wednesday March 30, 2022 but was postponed due to changes in weather conditions.
A 22-hectare parcel straddling the road entrance to the Canadian Rockies International Airport (CRIA) will see prescribed fire starting Wednesday morning, to control fuel loads and limit conifer regeneration provided the weather conditions and the venting index remain favourable.
We are tackling this work as part of a larger coordinated effort to protect communities and infrastructure, with our partners and neighbors in ʔaq’am, Kimberley, the BC Wildfire Service, MFLNRORD staff and local industry. The key goals of this prescribed burn include:
- Reduce accumulations of dead wood and other combustible material.
- Promote ecological biodiversity by suppressing growth of regenerating trees and,
- Reduce wildfire severity.
Fire is a very normal and natural process in this ecosystem, and it is our intention to return this landscape to a healthy, fire resistive state.
The effects of this burn will be visible from Cranbrook, ʔaq’am, Kimberley and surrounding areas, as well as Highway 93 and Highway 95A.
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