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South Nelson Elementary’s Teresa Olleck (far left) took her Grade 1 students for weekly trips to Hendryx St. Forest Garden this year. She recently shared her experiences, and a short film starring her class, with the Kootenay Lake school board. Here, her students excitedly gather for mud worm pudding. See full story page 18.
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Incident commander Glen Burgess addresses a public meeting at the former A.I. Collinson school Wednesday evening on the DuhamelSitkum creek fire burning on the North Shore of Kootenay Lake. Greg Nesteroff photo
GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star A 450-hectare fire burning on the North Shore of Kootenay Lake is about 20 per cent contained along the south flank, a public meeting heard Wednesday night. Incident commander Glen Burgess, whose team took over Tuesday morning, told about 200 people gathered at école des Sentiers-alpins (the former A.I. Collinson school) that the fire is an “extremely high priority” for the BC Wildfire Service. “We are getting the resources we need to put our plan in
place and contain the fire,” he said, noting that about 90 firefighters are at work on the blaze — including many from the Nelson area — along with 15 support staff, three helicopters, and nine pieces of heavy equipment. “We are making excellent progress.” Burgess said firefighters have concentrated on the fire’s southern flank directly above homes as well as the east flank up to Sitkum Creek, and are starting to move ground crews to the west into Duhamel Creek. Only when they feel secure about those areas will they worry
about the other side of the fire. “Right now it’s about the homes,” he said. “We won’t expend energy on the backside.” Burgess explained that his team, one of six in the province, was called into remove the burden off local staff because it had crown beyond their capacity to handle. About 350 homes remain on evacuation alert, but there is no immediate threat to residents. In the event of an evacuation, residents would be asked to report to either the Nelson and
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