Wawanesa invests in community-led initiatives building wildfire resilience

Wawanesa invests in community-led initiatives building wildfire resilience

Over $200,000 awarded through Community Wildfire Prevention Grants...

Two prescribed burns a go thanks to $190k grant | Cranbrook, East Kootenay

A pair of proposed important prescribed burns – one at the Canadian Rockies International Airport and one in the community watershed area in Phillips North around Gold Creek can now be undertaken, thanks to a $190,000 grant from the Columbia Basin Trust through their Columbia Basin Wildfire Resilience Initiative (CBWRI), a partnership between the Columbia Basin Trust and the province. These proposed prescribed burns are planned using wildfire ri…