The Cortes Forestry General Partnership is currently focusing on wildfire fuel mitigation strategies.
While none have been large, there were recent fires on West Redonda, Read, Quadra and Sonora Islands.
“It’s highly possible that we can have a fire here,” said General Manager Mark Lombard.
Continue reading Focusing on wildfire fuel mitigationHow our local government works
At their last meeting, the SRD Board approved a motion to keep the wood chips created by it’s residential wood debris pickup in rural areas, but have yet to decide how they will be distributed.
Continue reading SRD deciding how to allocate wood chips
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This past week, households on Cortes Island received a flyer in their mailbox encouraging homeowners to organize and sign up for a free Neighbourhood Wildfire Threat Assessment from a certified FireSmart professional this spring.
Continue reading Neighbourhood wildfire threat assessment program a hit on Cortes Island
Are You Prepared? In this part 1 of a 2 part series (2art 2 is a LIVE, In person event on April 22 at 1 p.m.), Shaun Koopman from the Strathcona Regional District will join host Manda Aufochs Gillespie to discuss what it looks like for Cortes Islanders (and others) to be prepared for a number of emergencies including fire, earthquake, multi-month power outages, and more.
Continue reading Folk U: Are You Prepared? Part 1 w/Shaun Koopman @89.5FMCortes Radio is conducting an emergency communications survey, which you will find on their website.
“We’re trying to find out what the community wants in terms of emergency communication, and what CKTZ can provide. I think that it’s a really important project, so I hope that people will take the 30 seconds that it takes to fill out a survey and consider honestly what it is that they feel our community radio can offer them in a emergency event,” said CLIO FM, who’s in charge of this project.
Continue reading How can CKTZ best support its listeners during an emergency?
