Comments about this article indicate an ongoing need to raise awareness about the real risk of a catastrophic forest fire and the ways that we can mitigate the risk. I am a member of a group called Citizens for a Firesmart Whitehorse. We are volunteers, working to raise awareness about reducing the risk of wildfire in our backyards and in the forest surrounding Whitehorse and all Yukon communities. We are advocating for the use of all cut trees as heating fuel to replace the use of fossil fuels. And we are advocating for a coordinated emergency plan that is understood by all residents. We have met with all levels of government over the last few months to encourage collaboration in all aspects of fire risk management. The risk of fire is a potential emergency that will result from a combination of our climate and our human activities. It is a natural event that has occurred in this area for thousands of years. The Whitehorse and Southern Lakes area is very dry, with annual precipitation totalling about 25cm. That means about 1 inch per month. We are also subject to long periods with no precipitation and occasionally, we have hot spells, especially in May and June. Hot and dry weather is possible every year, although in my research, we have significantly hot weather about one in 10 summers. For the last 60 years or more, we have done a very good job of suppressing forest fires, whether caused by lightning or careless human behaviour. The result is a mature pine and spruce forest that covers the area from Marsh Lake to Bennett Lake to Laberge and Kusawa Lakes. All of the accumulated forest debris has created a significant amount of fuel for any future fire. Under the right conditions, the fuel load, combined with mature trees will create a very intense fire that will threaten our communities. Current levels of fuel reduction and fire-smarting are not enough. All homeowners need to take responsibility and governments need to collaborate on aggressive measures to protect our communities from the inevitable risk of another Ft McMurray scenario. As for the comments posted to date: Climate change is irrelevant to this real and present danger. Our weather, our behaviour and our location in the boreal forest are the most important factors. Mr. Loeks’ report is not hype. It is a proposal about how we can realistically remove trees and convert portions of the forest to a more resilient landscape made up of aspen, birch, willow and poplar. The proposed area to be treated is 4,000 hectares. That is not a clear-cut swath around Whitehorse. It is 10% of the area of Whitehorse and it would be located strategically in order to be as effective as possible. The use of the by-products of landscape modification is not about free money or personal gain. The appropriate level of management of the fire risk would result in private sector employment and a reduction in our use of fossil fuels. Heating our buildings with local biomass will keep millions of dollars in our local economy. The ‘massive’ new building being built by the city, is plumbed to accept a biomass boiler. The city would like to have a reliable private sector source for biomass fuel before installing a biomass boiler. This is part of the chicken and egg problem mentioned in the article. All governments and private sector players should lead the way. Anybody who is not convinced about the dangers and the management options should read the Ft McMurray study and various reports about the California and BC fires that burned in 2017 and 2018.

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Don’t expect the city to be doing anything intelligent regarding heating of their buildings or any other undertaking for that matter. Here’s how they handled a fire at the dump which happens from time to time so no surprise there. Bill was quite content to use trucks to haul water up there to put out the fire and to spend upwards of 2 million dollars which we didn’t have because the ‘Surplus emergency Fund’ had already been spent on capital projects like the funding of the new administration building. A simple wildfire hose running up the hill from Porter Creek proper to where the dump fire was and hook on a suitable water pump for under $10,000.00 total cost (and would be there for future fires which are going to happen) would have solved the situation. No, instead we had city officials cater wauling about 2 million dollars worth of trucking to put out just this one fire. I have trouble with the city’s judgement.

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When it comes to splitting firewood, finding the right tools and learning how to make the best and safest use of them will have you well on your way to reducing your heating bills to almost nothing in no time. Keep track of your efforts, and I think you will discover that heating with wood warms you many more times than twice.

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Regardless of size, composting is easy as long as the nitrogen to carbon ratio is roughly 1 part nitrogen (green grass clippings, food waste, and other wet material) to 30 parts carbon (dry leaves, shredded paper, cardboard, wood materials).

A wood chipper is a machine used for producing wood (generally tree limbs or trunks) into smaller woodchips.The wood chippers are often portable, being mounted on wheels on frames suitable for towing behind a truck or van. Power is generally provided by an internal combustion engine from 3 horsepower (2.2 kW) to 1,000 horsepower (750 kW). There are also high power chipper models mounted on trucks and powered by a separate engine. These models usually also have a hydraulic crane,

Then set the half-round splits on a platform (old tree stump in my case) with an old tire big enough to contain the split/round, and slice off decent splits with a 6lb maul.

There are no zippers on the bag, instead they use marine style clasps that are easier to use and less likely to break. For quick clean up of a large area filled with fallen leaves and branches, it does not get any easier than this.

This chipper handles branches up to 3″ in diameter using knives and hammers in the grinding chamber and reduces waste by a 20:1 ratio.