The head of forest operations with the Osoyoos Indian Band’s Nk’Mip Forestry and West Boundary Community Forest, Peter Flett, RPF, has been honoured for an article he wrote for the BC Forest Professional Magazine (FPBC).
Rising from the ashes of the Nk’Mip Creek wildfire of 2021 a unique partnership between the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) and a forestry company is being heralded for its innovative and holistic approach to restoration.
Osoyoos Fire Rescue (OFR) is now fully outfitted with two thermal imaging cameras at each of its two fire halls, a nearly $17,000 purchase made possible by donations during and after the Nk’Mip Creek wildfire.
The Anarchist Mountain Fire Department’s (AMFD) annual silent auction was successful in raising...
The biologists at the Nk’Mip Cultural Centre are starting to look into how the rattlesnake population of the area has been impacted by the Nk’Mip Creek wildfire.
The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) has rescinded an Evacuation Alert that was issued on August 8 as a result of the ongoing Nk’Mip Creek wildfire.
As Osoyoos found itself fully engaged in the ongoing Nk’Mip Creek wildfires over the last two and a half weeks with evacuation alerts and orders, and thick choking smoke for days on end, senior living facilities in town were prepped for action.
It was a tough slog of long days and nights fighting a fire intent on climbing the craggy ravines and hillsides of Anarchist Mountain, but after nearly three weeks all is now quiet on the western front.
The Evacuation Order for 191 properties identified within the Nk’Mip Creek area of Electoral Area A has been rescinded according to the latest update from the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) at 4 p.m. July 29.
Power lines damaged by the Nk’Mip Creek wildfire continue to constrain FortisBC’s peak period capacity with the power company asking ahead of a hot long weekend that customers conserve from 4-8 p.m. daily.
The much-anticipated firefighting reinforcements from Mexico arrived in Osoyoos last night and are now undergoing briefings before boots hit the ground tomorrow, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service.
The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) is feeding breakfast, lunch and dinner to about 75 firefighters currently battling the Nk’Mip wildfire east of Oliver.
Two more properties on McKinney Road in the RDOS Electoral Area ‘C’ have been added to the Evacuation Order list due to the immediate danger to life safety as a result of the Nk’Mip Creek wildfire.