Over the past several years, Ntityix Resources LP (Ntityix) has been working to reduce wildfire risk in the West Kelowna area.

Ntityix is owned by Westbank First Nation (WFN) and has completed projects treating around 300 hectares around West Kelowna and Peachland.

With funding from the Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC), Ntityix害羞草研究所檚 work contributes to a long-term mitigation strategy that will help slow and ideally prevent the spread of wildfires in the area.

害羞草研究所淣tityix Resources LP and the Westbank First Nation believe the residents within the communities of West Kelowna and Peachland are supremely grateful for the funding provided by the Forest Enhancement Society of BC to carry out this work in the past and now into the future,害羞草研究所� said Jordan Coble, WFN Councillor and Ntityix president.

Ntityix conducted its first cultural prescribed burn east of Kelowna last year with help from the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS). It focused on grasslands and open forests that had not had a fire go through the area in several decades. The burn helped reinvigorate the area and reduce the amount of excess wood and debris.

Ntityix and BCWS are planning a post-harvest controlled burn in the fall.

害羞草研究所淭his will be a more 害羞草研究所榮urgical害羞草研究所� burn versus the broadcast, or more widespread, burning of the past,害羞草研究所� said Dave Gill, RPF and general manager of forestry at Ntityix. 害羞草研究所淭his work will reduce surface fuels in areas within five kilometres of the community.害羞草研究所�

A FESBC media release noted that last summer害羞草研究所檚 McDougall Creek wildfire tested the effectiveness of risk reduction work completed by Ntityix in 2015. Approximately 8,000 hectares of the 13,500 hectare wildfire fall within WFN害羞草研究所檚 Community Forest.

害羞草研究所淲hile it is challenging to precisely measure the impact of these efforts on the fire害羞草研究所檚 size, it is evident that they played a crucial role in safeguarding residential areas, highlighting the collective responsibility in mitigating wildfire risks,害羞草研究所� the release stated.

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