Tree planters get the green light to work in B.C., but will have to tread carefully GlobeBC
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.British Columbia’s silviculture sector had an ambitious target to plant 314 million new trees this year, beginning to reforest large swaths of the lands lost to devastating wildfires.
“We’ve heard from some communities [about] the anxiety over having outsiders come into their community,” Ms. Nicholls said. “The stories were that all these all these young adults are going to be flooding into the community and spreading germs everywhere.” B.C. experienced wildfires in the summer of 2017 that were then unprecedented in scale and cost. More than 1.2 million hectares were scorched. Before the province could begin to repair the damage, the following summer proved to be even worse. For the second year in a row, a state of emergency was declared, as wildfires blazed in almost all regions of the province. A new record was set – 1,354,284 hectares of forest lands were consumed by fire.
On the weekend, B.C. reported the first death of an elder. “It’s a tragedy for all of us,” said Bonnie Henry, the Provincial Health Officer. “Our elders, particularly in our First Nations communities, are culture and history keepers. When they become ill and when they die, we all lose.”
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