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. 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 - 6 Bonaparte -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) Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003

5. 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) -1,723,245 m3 from 6,590 ha Percent of AAC in burn area -346%

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

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

12. 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 Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003

16. 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 Kamloops Forest District Fire Facts - 2003

17. 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)

18. 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

21. 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

22. 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 7 th worst year in terms of ha lost Since 1950, 2003 is the 21 st worst in terms of # of fires

23. 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.

24. 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.

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

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