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Wednesday, July 22, 2026
After the 2021 burn
Several years ago, I read an article about the burn area from 2021. Some was harvested, and some was left untouched. There were plots to be studied. Today, Castanet has an article on the large replant project that we have watched this year.
One of the OIB foresters stated that areas were not regenerating on their own, and a large replant project included conifers, deciduous, and native plant material. Local seed were used in the propagation of the new plants.
Article is here:
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Know before you go, drivebc.ca
Hwy 3 currently closed between Sunshine Valley and Manning Park due to wildfire.
Consideration Appreciated
Thank-you to the various vehicles involved in construction - your slow speed and consideration is appreciated.
Tuesday
6:00pm Oliver 39C, 40 minutes later at home, 25C.
One cannot see Baldy from Oliver, there is a whole lot of particulate out there somewhere, but I cannot smell smoke at either location.
In the green up here, but the forest fuels down lower are looking scary.
Monday, July 20, 2026
Greenwood Founders Day
I went with members of the Rockhound club, but managed to talk to several connections about things relating to Baldy.
The spacing down the road is a strip along the roadside about 75m deep, and like the initial project further down, it involves crown land only, not private property. This activity went ahead because the timber covers the cost. There are efforts underway to try and get FESBC money to pay for clean up, which could leave the forest floor looking more like the earlier project.
There are prescriptions in hand that are ready to go as soon as there is FESBC funding.
The pulp mill in Castlegar will be closing shortly. I'm told that their sort yard in OK Falls, and the log lot in Castlegar are already closed. The chipping company in Midway is supplying chips as they wind down.
Don't get excited about the logs in the Midway yard - the mill is not reopening.
Friday, July 17, 2026
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