The prescribed burn near Gilpin Creek and Morrissey Creek area, originally planned for late-April, has been delayed until next year due to weather conditions.
Planned by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Operations, the prescribed burn would have occurred over 25 hectares (55 acres), five kilometers east of Grand Forks.
Karlie Shaughnessy, the fire information officer for the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, said, “The prescribed burns won’t be going ahead as planned this spring. The staff were only just able to access the site last Friday due to the snow pack on the road.”
Shaughnessy noted that the district wasn’t able to plow the road to prepare the site for the burn.
The prescribed burn was to occur at the end of April but changing weather did not permit workers to clear the site.
“It will be put off until conditions for burning will be alright,” she concluded.
The intention of the prescribed burn is that by reducing the level of dead and combustible material in the grassland, there is less potential for a hazardous wild fire in the future.
