Blenkin Park Wildfire Fuel Management Prescription Project
Monday, February 5th from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
SRD hosting virtual public meeting to kickoff the Blenkin Park Wildfire Fuel Management Prescription Project
The SRD invites interested community members to attend a virtual project kickoff meeting about the Blenkin Park Wildfire Fuel Management Project on Monday, February 5th from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The objective of the project is to reduce fire risk by developing a Wildfire Fuel Management Prescription (WFMP) for the 17.6 hectare area park on Quadra Island.
The public meeting on February 5th, 2024 will provide community members an opportunity to learn more about the WFMP and ask questions. In order to create a space where people can ask questions freely this session will not be recorded.
A wildfire fuel management prescription is a standard document that describes the recommended fuel management activities in an identified area that will reduce fire behaviour. It is expected that the post treatment stand conditions will result in reduced fire behaviour such as a decrease in fire intensity and the potential for sustained ignition. Fuel management prescriptions must ensure a cost effective and measurable reduction in expected fire behaviour with the consideration and management of other values on the landscape.
A sound fuel management prescription follows three guiding principles:
- (1) it prescribes specific and measurable targets for fire behaviour reduction;
- (2) it contains site specific considerations; and
- (3) it aligns with other legal, resource management and non-statutory objectives including First Nation consultation requirements.
To be clear, no modification to the forest is occurring under this stage of the project. The WFMP being developed is for planning only.
For more information and to obtain the Zoom Link for this session please visit www.srd.ca/blenkinpark-wfmp.
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Media Contact: Shaun Koopman, Manager of Emergency Services 250-830-6702 | skoopman@srd.ca