Clearwater & Area Community Wildfire Roundtable

Background

In October 2019, the Clearwater and Area Community Wildfire Roundtable had its inaugural meeting. Building on the current update to the District of Clearwater Community Wildfire Protection Plan and recently completed Wells Gray Community Forest Landscape Fire Management Plan, the roundtable aims to involve volunteer fire departments, fire brigades and others in the forest industry by facilitating coordination and communication of organizations responsible for wildfire preparedness and risk reduction in the region.

The area covered by the Clearwater & Area Roundtable is shown on this Area of Interest map. It spans from the Upper Clearwater community, surrounded by Wells Gray Park in the north, to Vavenby/Birch Island in the east, and south to Darfield and Chu Chua.

Maps of Clearwater & Area

• Map: Clearwater and Area Fuel Management Program (1:100,000, satellite imagery)
• Map: Clearwater and Area Fuel Management Program (1:50,000, topographic)
• Map: Clearwater and Area Fuel Management Program (1:50,000, satellite imagery)
• Map: Clearwater Area of Interest
• Map: Clearwater 2019 Fire Threat Rating

Clearwater Area of Interest Map

Forsite Interactive Map

Forsite Consultants Ltd. has developed an interactive mapping tool with natural resource management and forest tenure holder information for the Kamloops Timber Supply Area. Proposed fuel management treatment areas will be added in the future.

• Forsite interactive map

Plans

• District of Clearwater & Area Community Wildfire Protection Plan
• Wells Gray Community Forest Landscape Fire Management Plan
• Wells Gray Provincial Park Wildfire Risk Management Plan
  Management Strategies referenced in the plan:
  
  
  • Management Strategy 1: Clearwater Valley Corridor
  • Management Strategy 2: Evacuation
  • Management Strategy 3: First Nations
  • Management Strategy 4: Communications
  • Management Strategy 5: Helipads and Muster Points
  • Management Strategy 6: Wells Gray Fire Management Plan
  • Management Strategy 7: Ecological Values
  • Management Strategy 8: Implementation

Roundtable Composition

The following governments and organizations are part of the Roundtable:

• District of Clearwater
• Thompson-Nicola Regional District
• Simpcw First Nation, Simpcw Resource Group
• BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development
• BC Wildfire Service
• BC Parks
• Forest industry – Wells Gray Community Forest, West Fraser, Interfor, BC Timber Sales, Gilbert Smith Forest Products, various woodlot licensees,
• Volunteer Fire Departments – Clearwater, Vavenby, Blackpool, Little Fort
• Upper Clearwater Fire Brigade

Terms of Reference

• Terms of Reference (January 23, 2020)

Meetings

• Summary of November 18, 2022 Roundtable Meeting
• Summary of May 24, 2022 Roundtable Meeting
• Summary of February 24, 2022 Roundtable Meeting
• Summary of November 10, 2021 Roundtable Meeting
• Summary of May 5, 2021 Roundtable Meeting
• Summary of February 2, 2021 Roundtable meeting
• Summary of January 29, 2020 Roundtable meeting
• Summary of October 9, 2019 Roundtable meeting

Contact Us

You can reach the Clearwater & Area Community Wildfire Roundtable by contacting Mike Simpson, contractor for the Fraser Basin Council, which serves as secretariat:

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