Planning wildfire mitigation in Whistler

By Braden Dupuis
Total of 57 hectares prescribed for treatment before 2021

While Whistler’s wildfire anxiety may be dampened somewhat after a wet summer, officials aren’t assigning any less urgency to protecting the valley. “The modelling that we’ve done for the Community Energy and Climate Action Plan clearly shows that the long-term trend is for longer, hotter, drier summers, and so I am going to pay attention to that,” said Heather Beresford, environmental stewardship manager for the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW).…

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• Whistler News

October 6, 2019

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