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TNRD Update February 2012
On January 19 the resolution was passed that the Thompson-Nicola Regional District applies to the Union of BG Municipalities (UBCM) for grants to enable the implementation of forestry prescription (i.e. fuel treatment activities) as follows:
a) $48,600 to be coordinated by lan Lanki, RPF on behalf of the community of 70
Mile House; and
b) $74,350 by Bruce Morrow, RPF on behalf of the community of Loon Lake
ln the 2011 guidelines, the Community Wildfire Program provides 90% of the operational costs on eligible activities up to $100,000 in funding per applicant per calendar year. The communities of 70 Mile House and Loon Lake will provide their 10% of operational costs through in-kind activities.
Approval of the recommendation will allow the communities of 70 Mile and Loon Lake to implement the operational fuel treatment activities that will lower the wildfire risk surrounding their respective communities. The letters of support from both the Volunteer Fire Departments and the Community Association for 70 Mile House and Loon Lake were essential for the board of directors to make the decision to pass this resolution .
Minister of Forest, Lands and Natural Resource Operations sent a letter to TNRD regarding our request for a grazing lease in the vicinity of 70 Mile House and 71 Mile House. He confirmed that Richard Manwaring, Assistant Deputy Minister responsible for the South Area, and his staff are working to determine whether a non-profit organization is permitted to hold a grazing lease. They will also be identifying and addressing any regulatory or policy issues associated with our request. We will be hearing from Richard or his staff soon.
The make up of the TNRD Committees were voted on by the Board at the last meeting, I am once again the TNRD’s Delegate to Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition and the Alternate for the Invasive Plant Committee and of course the Solid Waste Management Implementation Committee wouldn’t be the same without my attempts to hold their feet to the fire. So that’s it Bug’s Weeds and Garbage….I’m really hitting the high end of things.
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| 70 Mile House, BC |
| Updated 4:00 am CST, 1/28/2012 |
 | Condition: Overcast
Temperature: -03° C
Wind: S at 11 KPH
Visibility: 14 KM
Humidity: 58%
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| Updated 5:45 pm CST, 1/27/2012 |
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