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Smoke rising over the grasslands west of Osoyoos this week is part of a carefully planned burn aimed at doing more than reducing wildfire risk.
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Smoke → rise → risk
The multi-day burn in the Nighthawk Road area is also helping revive Indigenous cultural fire practices that were suppressed for generations.
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that → help → generations
The Lower Similkameen Indian Band is working with partners, including the B.C. Wildfire Service, on the approximately 160-hectare burn.
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Band → work → burn
Julia Peterson, a councillor with the Lower Similkameen Indian Band, says the project is about bringing traditional knowledge back together with modern wildfire management.
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project → say → management
“It was abolished, you know, by previous law, and so we’re really trying to bring those practices back, and combine these together with Western science,” Peterson said.
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Peterson → abolish → science
“Ceremony connects us to land, it connects us to the animals, to the water,” she said.
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she → connect → water
“This is bringing this ceremonial practice back into our community.”
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This → bring → community
The controlled fire is also intended to improve the health of the grasslands by clearing overgrowth, encouraging native grasses and improving habitat for wildlife.
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fire → control → wildlife
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Daryl Gibb, who owns the Nighthawk RV Park near the burn area, has seen how quickly wildfire can threaten the region.
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wildfire → get → region
“At the bottom of the hill there was a lot of sagebrush that choked out the grass,” Gibb said.
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Gibb → be → grass
“Getting rid of that sagebrush will definitely bring the grass back again.”
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rid → rid → grass
Gibb also hopes the work will help reduce the risk to nearby communities and properties.
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work → hop → communities
“About six or eight years ago, there was a big fire burning in the Cascades just across the river from us,” he said.
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he → be → us
The project is also an example of First Nations and government agencies working together on wildfire preparedness.
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Nations → work → preparedness
Justin Smith, with Lower Similkameen Indian Band Emergency Management, says wildfire does not respect the boundaries between jurisdictions.
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wildfire → say → jurisdictions
“Everybody’s in the same boat,” Smith said.
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Smith → ’ → boat
“The fire doesn’t recognize the boundary.
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fire → recognize → boundary
The fire doesn’t even recognize the border.
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fire → recognize → border
It just goes where it wants to go.”
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it → go → ?
That makes cooperation particularly important as communities across the region work to reduce wildfire fuels and prepare for increasingly severe fire seasons.
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communities → make → seasons
Peterson says the Nighthawk Road burn is only part of a larger need for treatment across the region.
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burn → say → region
“We still have many other areas that need this kind of treatment to bring safety to the communities, both on and off reserve,” she said.
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she → have → reserve
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