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• Ensure that appropriate partner agencies have a copy of the Community Wildfire Protection
Plan.
Mid to Long‐term Measures
• Coordinate FireSmart practices with wilderness lodgesand residents in the area. Establish
a
fire safety committee for XGCA.
• Cut Fire Breaks or reduce fuel loads around the key cultural sites outside Nemiah Valley.
• Undertake road side thinning along the road from Nemiah through to the Stone
reserve and
from the north Chilko Lake through to the highway.
• Salvage dead pine in high lightening strike areas off reserve where feasible
• Re‐introduce fire and identify areas where natural fires will be allowed to burn
These
ideas are more comprehensive than those suggested by the community but they fairly
consistent
(see Box 5)
Box
5: Community Ideas for Wildfire Protection
Community Ideas – Wild Fire Protection
1. Fire safety education and education about emergency evacuation procedures for
community members
2. More investment in silviculture in the area for spacing, thinning and controlled
burning
3. Cut fireguards and cutting of beetle kill wood around the settlement areas in
reserves
4. Establish a local fire crew, provide equipment and contact list and have fire kits
(hoses, axes, etc.) at all fire hydrants in the community
5. Restrict forest fire suppression in select (high risk) areas that don’t endanger life
or property
6. Harvest beetle kill wood and remove it.
7. Remove fire hazards (dead trees, glass, oil etc.) from around houses
Objective
#2. Protect Residents and Key Cultural Sites from Floods in the XGCA
Short‐term
• Develop a Flood Protection Plan for high risk areas near homes, roads and cultural sites
• Contact Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium to undertake hydrological modeling in area to
determine long‐term flood risk in the area.
• Ensure that appropriate
partner agencies have a copy of the Flood Protection Plan.
Mid to Long‐term
• Monitor key lake, river and stream levels
• Acquire flood protection supplies and equipment from partnering agencies as needed.
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