Special Features - Forestry Week 2015 - Wildfires

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What is National Forest Week?

National Forest Week is sponsored across Canada by many individuals and diverse governmental and non-governmental organizations across Canada.

During National Forest Week, Canadians are invited to learn more about Canada’s forest heritage and to raise awareness about this valuable and renewable resource.

Forests are fundamental to our economy, culture, traditions and history – and to our future.

Communities, families and individuals depend on forests for their livelihood and way of life.

History Established circa 1920 as Forest Fire Prevention Week, the intention was to encourage greater public awareness towards Canada’s forests. At the time,

there was no apparent shortage of trees for industrial expansion – the greatest threat came from forest fires, due mainly to human causes.

Since then National Forest Week, as it was renamed in 1967, has evolved to encompass the many and varied human and environmental aspects of Canada’s forest resources – past, present and future. Although special activities are promoted across Canada, National Forest Week remains first and foremost a challenge to individual Canadians to learn more about their forest heritage and support greater recognition of this valuable resource.

National Forest Week is observed annually during the last full week of September, Sunday through Saturday.

National Tree Day is observed on the Wednesday of National Forest Week.

This years theme is Wildland Fire, a powerful natural force. Fire has shaped Canada’s forests, prairies and parklands for countless generations, and brings healthy renewal to diverse ecosystems.

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Lisa Perrault, RFT, Western Forest Products Inc. In 1975, the Devine Fire Suppression Crew set up camp in the Pemberton Ranger District with a dozen female post-secondary students between 18 and 22 years of age. This was a first-ofits-kind experiment in using a team of women as forest fire fighters.

Their foreman, Norm Slavik, trained them with the discipline to be a solid, productive unit, ensuring that crew members were fit for anything demanded of them. Fire suppression crews did a variety of work when there were no fires to attend to, digging outhouse holes, building recreation sites, trails and stairs, hanging cattle fencing and brushing out logging roads.

The new crew kept busy with shovels, Pulaski’s, Sandviks, mattocks and chainsaws, and were taught how to start pumps, lay hose and dig fireguards.

They staged “rehearsal fires” and used their new skills on imaginary flames.

After work, they put on backpack pump tanks full of 50lbs. of water and hiked around the area to build up strength for firefighting with heavy gear on.

But practice did not completely prepare the crew for the reality of a forest fire.

The big “10 Mile Fire” started from a

train wheel spark The call came in during lunch and the crew reported immediately to the fire command base already set up in a farmer’s field. It was like a war headquarters; large equipment on the move, airplanes overhead, helicopters landing and taking off, the sound of machinery, and people yelling orders.

The Devine crew was split up and joined teams loaded with equipment heading off in various directions to fight the fire as it jumped up into steep bluffs.

Part of the Devine crew hiked in to where a bird dog aircraft had crashed when leading the fire bomber in, killing the pilot. A fire still burned around the hot engines embedded in the forest floor and the fire fighters got water onto the hot spots and dug a guard around the area so it didn’t spread.

On the main fire, the crew members found themselves challenged to stay clear of the fire’s advance and out from under the planes and helicopters flying overhead, so they didn’t get hit as thick, red fire retardant was released. When the flames were finally contained, the huge task of covering all the ground on foot began, digging out smoldering roots and using water to

ensure all embers were cold.

Work on the fire lasted weeks and was an enormous challenge physically and mentally. It was a unique opportunity and a pivotal summer. The excellent performance of the Devine crew meant that women wildfire fighters did not work out of separate camps in the years following, but were assimilated into regular fire suppression crews.

Three Devine crew members went on to complete forestry programs and go into careers in the forest sector. Lisa Perrault (photo - front, centre) became

a registered professional forest technologist and has worked at Western Forest Products in Campbell River since 1998.

NOTE: Respected forestry consultant Norm Slavik, foreman of the1975 Devine crew (also in the photo), died in a float plane crash off Port McNeill in 2013.

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Let’s be honest: online quizzes are almost 100% inaccurate when it comes to determining which career will really match a given person’s interests. And yet, this is the only chance that most high school students get to discover a job that they will be passionate about. With no work experience to speak of, except part-time jobs in grocery stores, it’s difficult for anyone to feel confident about their choices as they enter their first real workplace. However, as I toured everything from the Campbell River Watershed to Holbrook Dyson Logging with the rest of my class, I was given the opportunity to meet with many professionals and see them going about their every-day jobs, always speaking about their careers with pride and showing the class around with enthusiasm.

Through the Carihi Forestry class, I had the chance to see what working in the forest industry would really be like.

Not only did we go on numerous field trips and make connections in the industry, we also got hands-on experience, learning how to traverse and run deflection lines, among other things. I thought this was one of the most important aspects of the program. While the ability to study is certainly useful, it won’t benefit anyone much beyond university… and the majority of students never attend post-secondary institutions.

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Carihi Secondary School is offering a Forestry Education Program for grade 10, 11 and 12 students using 21st Century learning strategies (project/student inquiry based), that will see students learning outside of the traditional classroom. This is only one of two forestry programs on Vancouver Island, and only three others in the province. This course builds employable skills by using a hand’s on approach that will educate students on BC’s largest natural resource—forestry. This course offers students a curriculum with a variety of experiences, including numerous field trips around our community and into numerous forestry settings right in their own back yard.

gave everyone the chance to explore an aspect of forestry that interested them, at their own pace and in their own style. A few local professionals were even happy to help guide me through the research for my project, and answer all my questions. This experience was more valuable to me than anything I learned in my PreCalculus course.

It was ultimately because of my time in the Carihi Forestry class that

I was able to get a job in the forest industry straight out of high school.

Without the class, I would never have been hired by any forestry company. This summer, I have gained work experience in the forest industry and I have learned a lot about my dream career. In the fall, I will be attending UBC for the Forest Resources Management program, with a specialization in International Forestry. Through this program, I will eventually become a RPF. I have

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National Forest Week - September 20th-26th

Events Calendar WEDNESDAY 23

National Tree Day - Forest Tours for School groups

Students from School District 72 will meet at Timberline high school and take a guided tours through the Beaver Lodge Forest Lands with local resource professionals. Students will learn about flora and fauna, forest management and our local forest resources.

THURSDAY, SEPT 24

Industry Professionals Lunch and Learn, 12:00 - 1:00pm - Wildfire Management

Join your fellow resource professionals for a lunch and learn about wildfires with Pete Lang from the Wildfire Center in Campbell River.

The discussion will focus on the 2015 fire season and current fire management practices. Bring a bag lunch and your questions.

Event is open to resource professionals, RSVP to jason.hutchinson@snrc.ca Where: Strategic Natural Resource Consultants’ Office #301-1180 Ironwood Street, Campbell River, BC Cost: Free – Bring your own Lunch

SATURDAY 26

Meet and Greet - Wrap up to National Forest Week

Wear your favorite plaid shirt and socialize with other like minded people over appetizers and beer.

When: 6:30pm September 26th, 2015 Where: Rip Tide Pub

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Battling the Great Fire of 1938 Catherine Gilbert, Museum at Campbell River

The haze that was seen hanging over the sky this past July is a reminder that forest fires are a danger that is never far away; particularly during long, hot and dry spells when the woods are poised to go up in flames like a tinderbox. Our recent forest fires happened to occur on the anniversary of one of the largest forest fires ever seen in British Columbia. Known as the Great Fire, it was so huge that haze and smoke from the fire was seen as far south as Portland, Oregon, over 500 kilometres away.

The fire was first spotted by a young student by the name of David Crawley, who was staying at Camp Five near Campbell River and working that summer on fire patrol.

His job was to walk down the rail lines in the vicinity of the logging operations and look out for signs of smoke or flames. It was 1938, and trains were still commonly used to haul timber out of the woods. On a particularly hot afternoon on the 5th of July when logging had ceased for the day, he and his friend Jack were intending to go for a swim in nearby Gosling Lake. But before they could get to the water, Crawley happened to turn around, and spotted smoke rising from a cold deck pile of logs about 300 feet away from the track the boys had been patrolling earlier that day.

It was supposed later, that a spark from a passing engine may have been smoldering in the wood pile.

Crawley ran to the nearest phone to sound the alarm, but by the time he reached it, Frank Coy the warden was already coming down the tracks on a train engine that was pushing a water car. Soon, in the deadly dry conditions, the fire was spreading onto both sides of the tracks.

“I looked at the fire once more, which by now was doubling in size every ten minutes,” Crawley wrote in the Museum at Campbell River newsletter Musings Vol XXII, No. 3, “and I thought that it would burn until the snows of next winter.”

He went on to say that “while the fire did not burn until snowfall as I had predicted, it burned south for almost a month to within one and a half miles of Campbell River.” The town was saved by a change in the wind that steered the fire toward Courtenay, where the street lights were kept on all day because of the smoke.

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This historic event has had a considerable influence on modern day logging practices. Greater attention is now paid to fire prevention, and when there are long dry spells and potential for fire hazard is high as we have seen this summer, work in the forests shuts down until conditions improve. It also precipitated a review of reforestation in BC resulting in significant growth of the tree planting industry.

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Public warning: Look around you, check the ditch lines next time you take a walk, check your garden or local park, alien and invasive plants maybe invading your neighborhood.

Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Knotweed, Spotted Knapweed and Butterfly Bush are species of priority to identify. Invasive plants displace native vegetation and negatively impact our natural environment altering plant and wildlife habitat. Shallow root systems can increase erosion, causing higher surface runoff, which increases stream sediment and reduces water quality.

Riparian invasive plants often grow in dense monocultures, resulting in negative impacts to nesting cover and breeding habitat for fish and wildlife.

Infestations can change wetland structure by trapping sediments, creating higher, drier formations that favors tree and shrub species rather than wetland species.

The Coastal Invasive Species Committee is a registered non-profit society serving the geographic areas of Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and the Regional Districts of Powell River,

Sunshine Coast, Mount Waddington and Strathcona.

Their mandate is to take a leadership role to reduce the negative impacts of invasive alien species and education the public.

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into a public parks or natural areas.

Due to the high risk of these invasive plants spreading into nearby natural areas and private property, causing harm to people, the environment and infrastructure, the Coastal Invasive Species Committee (Coastal ISC) works to control these highly invasive priority plants. Invasive Plant treatment and control work has been underway in Campbell River and the North Island.

These treatments occur from the beginning of July to late October. This is done on properties where funding

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has been provided. The Coastal ISC works under a comprehensive pest management plan which follows an integrated approach to managing these species. An appropriate combination of mechanical, chemical and biological treatment methods are used to eradicate these noxious weeds growing throughout coastal communities.

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Take a walk through the Beaver Lodge Forest Lands during National Forest Week and learn about the forests within our backyard, answer these questions and learn some fun facts: The Beaver Lodge area was logged by railway in the 1920’s. In 1931, 1028 acres of land was donated to the province of British Columbia by the Elk River Timber Company. This land was given in trust to be used for experimental work in reforestation and forest management. In 1993 the Beaver Lodge Forest Trust Renewal Act (Bill 52) was passed, legally

protecting this provincial gift for its intended use as an experimental working forest.

To develop a management plan for the BLFL, the Ministry of Forests struck the Beaver Lodge Forest Trust Committee, of which the Simms Creek Stewardship Society and Greenways Land Trust are active members. In 2006, Greenways Land Trust became responsible for stewardship of the lands in partnership with what was then the B.C. Forest Service. Many animals and people use these Lands see how well you know these forests:

1) Name five different coniferous trees found in the BLFL?

5) Name three types of tree diseases found within the BLFL’s?

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2) Name five trails found within the BLFL?

_____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 3) Name four different resident animals found in the Beaver Lodge Forest Lands?

_____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 4) What are some of the things that can affect the growth and survival of tree seedlings in the BLFL’s?

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WORKING TOGETHER FOR LOCAL PROSPERITY Three things to remember about BC’s coastal forest industry: 1. BC’s forests are a renewable resource and our trees are harvested sustainably.

2. Harvesting trees within BC’s working forest creates local, reliable, high-paying jobs.

3. Local companies pay taxes in your community and support local groups and teams.

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6) What type of forest equipment was used to salvage log the wind-through damage that occurred in the southern region of the BLFL’s? ________________________________________ _______________________________________

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Answers: 1) White Pine, Douglas-fir, Western Red Cedar, Western Hemlock, Sitka spruce, Western Yew 2) Pony Trail, Beaver Fever, Spine, Rail Trail, Funner, Sims Creek, Hide Away, Sowrd Fren, Airport Main 3) Bear, deer, cougars, wolves, birds, fish 4) Animal browse, competition for sunlight, competition for space and nutrients, flooding, disease 5) Hemwtletoe, white pine blister rust, philinus root rot 6) Chin saw, logging truck, hoe chucker

Community Wildfire Protection Planning Leigh Stalker , RPF Strategic Natural Resource Consultants

Risk analysis reports on other areas of Vancouver Island and throughout BC have ranked wildland urban interface fire as one of the highest risks to residents, compared to other types of natural disasters. With the goal of increasing community safety and to assess and manage the risk of wildfire within its boundaries, the Strathcona Regional District (SRD) commissioned Strategic Natural Resource Consultants in 2013 to prepare a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) for the City of Campbell River. A CWPP is a plan prepared by a qualified forest professional for a community. It defines risk areas within the community for interface fires, identifies measures necessary to mitigate those risks, and outlines a plan of action to implement the measures.

The study area surrounding the City of Campbell River encompasses a large geographic area, within which there are many values at risk, both in terms of natural values and human development: residences, businesses, transmission lines, natural gas pipelines, working forests/commercially valuable

timber, transportation corridors, community watersheds and sensitive ecosystems. Although large wildfires are not a frequent occurrence in the area, weather conditions do produce high and extreme fire danger annually and wildfires do occur in the area every year. Human-caused fires in the

area are by far the most common.

Fire suppression is performed by fire departments, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Wildfire Management Branch, private forest landowner staff and contractors and fire hydrant installations in private subdivisions and businesses.

Many structures and other human developments in the area are directly adjacent or are intermixed with wildland vegetation. This vegetation was analyzed, and discussions with stakeholders and government agencies helped to identify some key areas of concern that guided the study. Specific

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concerns were noted around the McIvor Lake private residences and the north end of the City where many residences are intermixed with wildland vegetation and some areas fall outside of the fire departments’ local service area.

Existing conditions within the study area warranted action be taken to mitigate the hazards and risks so recommendations were provided to deal with the hazards and risks associated with a wildfire event.

Recommendations ranged from education (i.e. enhancing public

knowledge and increasing training and local knowledge), to engineering (i.e. vegetation modification, fire hydrant installation) and enforcement (i.e. bylaw review and clarification).

As of September 2014, the SRD has implemented several recommendations provided by this and other CWPPs prepared for other communities within the SRD, namely: the addition of regional CWPPs, fire risk and FireSmart information to the SRD website, training of Campbell River Fire Department

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members in wildland urban interface structure protection, collaboration with the SRDs Parks Department in educating the public and installing signage on trails, implementation of social media tools to provide prevention information, and partnership with the Wildfire Management Branch and the Smokey Bear Program in school education sessions.

The full CWPP can be viewed at: http://www.strathconard.ca/content/ community-wildfire-protection-plans Nationally recognized FireSmart program (living with and managing for wildfire on our landscape): https://www.firesmartcanada.ca/ BC Wildfire (current wildfire situation, wildfire resources): http://bcwildfire.ca/default.htm

Fire Scanning New Technologies in the suppression of Wildfires in BC – by Zoie Richards, Strategic Natural Resource Consultants When I first started working in the forestry industry I did not realize that it would be one that would constantly be transforming and utilizing new technologies in a variety of sectors. For example, we used to dream in forestry tech school about using jet packs to survey setting boundaries in horrendously brushy ground. Today the technologies around surveying and information collection have advanced immensely to help Foresters, Engineers and even Firefighters do their jobs more effectively.

In the wildfire management sector infrared technologies are now being used to assist in fire suppression operations, assisting crews in finding areas where fire is not always visible by normal means. Over the last few years I have had the privilege of being part of fire suppression as both an infrared scanner and mapper.

Starting in 2009 Strategic Natural Resource Consultants was contracted through Peak Helicopters in order to provide mapping and scanning information to the BC Wildfire Management Branch. Crews in the aircraft have an excellent view of the ground, can view areas

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where fires burning are not visible with the naked eye (hotspot), can access any terrain, visit multiple fires in a day, and can drop markers in the field at the locations of the hotspots. Maps can be produced within minutes after a scan and can be delivered directly to ground crews who will locate and extinguish the hotspots identified by the scanner.

This saves an incredible amount of time for firefighters who normally have to walk the burnt areas looking for these hotspots by feeling a r o u n d fo r heat with their bare hands.

By being able to receive real time geographical

information and scan reports regarding the location of hotspots and fire perimeters, management has been able to make more informed plans, direct and utilize mop up ground crews more effectively, free up resources and equipment sooner, and minimize the chances of holdover fires occurring.

With advancement in computer technologies and the use of infrared equipment, fire suppression can be more effective. Even though I am not surveying boundaries with a jet pack like I used to dream of, flying in a jet ranger helicopter is not a bad second.

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What does the Forest mean to you?

G. Mergaert: Age 12, Campbell River

Look for pages from the Canadian Women in Timber ‘Fun In the Forest’ Colouring Book during this years’ National Forest Week events!

Celebrate National Forest Week September 20-26, 2015 Do you like to spend time exploring in the outdoors? Did you go to camp this summer?

Have you ever gone on a hike with your family? Do you like to mountain bike?

Have you ever been crosscountry skiing or snowshoeing?

Enter our art contest and use your artistic talents to show us how you like to spend your time in the forest and what the forest means to you.

R. Bennett: Age 8, Port McNeill

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Winners in each age category will receive a $50 Chapters gift certificate and have their artwork published in the magazines of the Association of BC Forest Professionals and the Truck Loggers Association.

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“NIC is proud to offer community-relevant skills training needed to help North Island residents transition to successful careers,” said North Island College president John Bowman.

The Coastal Forest Resource program enhances workers existing qualifications and helps them find in-demand work on the North Island.

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Local Forest Facts: With 2,800 street trees in the city, the most common species are flowering cherry, red maple, Norway maple and katsura.

Findings from Campbell River’s urban forest inventory.