The province is revamping its wildlife strategy to better protect communities from wildfire and to take into account the impacts of global warming, B.C. Forests Minister Pat Bell announced today.
However, Bell had no hard details on how the new strategy would be funded.
One of the other measures is a call to further reduce wildfire risk around communities and public buildings through fuel management. A provincial program that provided $37 million in funding to the Union of B.C. Municipalities is expected to be exhausted this year.
Bell said he had no announcement of more funding, but added the province is having discussions with other levels of government on the issue.
A key component of the strategy is a measure to ensure that plans - including land-use plans, forestry plans and community plans - adequately consider the management of wildfire to reduce risks.
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