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Kamloops Forest District

Kamloops Forest District. Fire Facts - 2003. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003. Weather facts Driest summer in record -105 years 5th year of drought in a 10 year cycle Drought codes starting this year at 546 last year 612 - average 240

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Kamloops Forest District

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  1. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003

  2. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 Weather facts • Driest summer in record -105 years • 5th year of drought in a 10 year cycle • Drought codes starting this year at 546 • last year 612 - average 240 • more snow lower down this year but less water content

  3. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 Overview • Kamloops District area(total area within district boundaries)- 1,313,662 ha • Total area burned - 56,208 ha • Percent of District burned - 4.28%

  4. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 • Total number of Fires in Kamloops District -136 District, 734 Kamloops Fire Center (approx. 8 million ha) • Number of Fires larger than 5 to 100 ha - 8 for 189 ha • Number of Fires larger than 100 ha - 6Bonaparte -1500 ha about 852 ha in Kamloops McGillivray - 11,400 ha McLure - 26,420 ha Strawberry Hill - 5731 ha Venables -7635 ha Vermillin - 3981 ha)

  5. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 Dollars spent on Suppression for Kamloops District - $128 million provincially = $430 million $ 97 million just for helicopters

  6. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 Burned area totals (Fires do not burn 100% within the boundary) Total Area for Fires Over 1000 ha - 56,019 ha Crown Land Burned (large fires) - 42,970.1 ha Private Land Burned (large fires) - 5,448.6 ha Indian Reserve - 3,212.8 ha Park Area Burned - 536.9 ha Woodlot area burned -1012.1 ha Amount of guard built - 682.3 km

  7. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 • Timber Harvest Land Base (District timber producing area) -673,913 ha • Timber Harvest Land Base Burned (large fires) - 25,625 ha • Percent of District Timber Harvest Land Base - 3.8%

  8. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 Annual Allowable Cut for District (average volume m3 harvested each year) • Average AAC(2002 apportionment) -1,723,245m3 from 6,590 ha • Percent of AAC in burn area -346%

  9. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 Amount of volume within burn area (Gross area & volume - not all burned) • Timber Volume - 8,242,372m3 • Timber Harvest Land Base Volume - 4,979,462 m3 (This is not all mature)

  10. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 Amount of volume within burn area (Gross area & volume - not all burned) • Timber Volume - 8,242,372m3 • Timber Harvest Land Base Volume - 4,979,462 m3 (This is not all mature)

  11. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 Range Impacts • Grazing Leases burned - 2405 ha • Range Tenures Burned - 36,879 ha • Animal Unit Months impacted 2003 - 1100 AUM • Animal Unit Months impacted 2004 - 7450 AUM • Km of fence damaged - 93.0 km • Km of fence to replace lost natural barriers - 63.5 km (AUM = grazing for 1 cow/calf pair for one month) (Fence totals do not include Grazing Lease and Private land fences.) • No turnout in 2004

  12. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003

  13. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 Role of Prescribed Fire • reduce fuel loading • reduce the density of encroaching trees • reduce dead, cured grasses • stimulate important understory vegetation • maintain wide distribution of vets and snags • 3 yrs ago started a spring burning program

  14. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 Rehab process • All fireguards(680 km) were salvage logged, water controlled and grass seeded (average stumpage rate =$29/m3) • All identified high erosion sites were grass seeded at 10kg/ha (4406 ha) • All identified noxious weed sites were grass seeded at 10kg/ha (2310 ha) • Forage seeding for wildlife and cattle was completed on 1471 ha at kg /ha • Total grass seeding = 8187 ha (18% of crown land fire area)

  15. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 Salvage logging • AAC uplift established -2 million m3 for fire -3 million m3 for MPB • Burnt wood – 7 NRFL established -1.6 million m3 (3 yr term) Df last 2-3 yrs • 5 direct award to First Nations 1.2 million m3 • 2 competitive 400,000 m3 • Average stumpage = $25 /m3 • BCTS -200,000 M3 • 60% fire area in IDF zone –only 10% overlap with MPB

  16. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 Plantation damage (not fully assessed) • Section 162 – licensee plantations (1987+) destroyed = 3000 ha = cost $3.2 million • MOF plantations (pre 1987) could be as high as 6000 ha at a rehab cost of $5 million

  17. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 Provincially • Average hectares burned over past 10 years 25,316ha • Hectares burned in 2003 - 265,322ha (as of Oct31) • Most hectares lost was in 1958 - 855,968ha (since 1950) • In the past ten years, the most ha lost was in 2003 • Since 1950, 2003 is the 7th worst year in terms of ha lost • Since 1950, 2003 is the 21st worst in terms of # of fires

  18. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 Property Costs • 334 homes and 10 businesses, primarily in Barriere, and Kelowna; • Other structures, ranging from summer cottages to barns to storage sheds; • Damaged infrastructure, including utility lines, and wooden trestles; • Significant damage to business property – e.g. the Tolko mill in Louis Creek and range fencing; • Loss of forest and wildlife values.

  19. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 Human Costs • 3 firefighters perished - all pilots • 50,000 evacuations (44,000 people evacuated plus 6,000 re-evacuated) • Tourism industry impacted across the interior • Financial Costs • Direct costs of fighting fires estimated at $ 142,617,000 • Property damage or lost business could be in tens of millions more.

  20. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 For more information contact Peter Lishman Kamloops Forest District 250-371-6500

  21. Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003 Powerpoint by G2

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