Little White / Gillard fire

[stardriftinhorses]

Bedford Road taken 10 min ago

[nikkiferrell78]

Any updates on this fire looking pretty crazy from the lower mission area.

[Farmmaa]

About the distance it takes to smoke 3 cigarettes, with a pee break at 14.

Enough. Seriously. We don't need another thread of " it was smokers..fine them, ban them, blah, blah."

Fire info. Not ridiculous speculation

[gsc]

a couple pics we took today.. glad we didn't get stuck with how fast the wind changed... here are the pics I said I would post that we took... we will also be taking our cameras out later and posting more pics. so check out our page and that's where all the photos will be posted.. we tried to add them on here but the file was to larger..
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Zero-Cle ... 8105206633

[Fancy]

Thanks for sharing - pretty unnerving for you I'm sure.

[Barney Google]

A few weeks ago I posted the suggestion that perhaps we should consider restricting or limiting back country access...I got completely bashed for making such a heinous suggestion. Wonder what people think now? I think, and please do correct me if I am wrong, at least 50% of these fires are human caused. When the forests are so dry I would think that logically limiting access would at least cut down on the percentage of fires caused. I live out here in the Bush Country where we watch the skies and forests every day...it's not fun folks to worry that you might loose everything you have in this World. A LOT of people already have. With the situations we are under now every time I hear or see someone out in the hills either 4 x 4ing or on a motor bike or even hiking or riding a horse...it scares the *bleep* out of some of us.

Sorry for the rant...

...now back on topic...can't find any new news anywhere on this fire. Winds are light up here in the Joe Rich Valley and switch slowly from one direction to another. We can see the big plumb over the top of the hills and smell the smoke.

[tsayta]

I'm trying to remember... In 2003 did they do that? Was there a backcountry closure?

[Veovis]

I'm trying to remember... In 2003 did they do that? Was there a backcountry closure?

Most certainly but I think the main reason was that all of the back country was currently on fire.......

[mpadt]

A few weeks ago I posted the suggestion that perhaps we should consider restricting or limiting back country access...I got completely bashed for making such a heinous suggestion. Wonder what people think now? I think, and please do correct me if I am wrong, at least 50% of these fires are human caused. When the forests are so dry I would think that logically limiting access would at least cut down on the percentage of fires caused. I live out here in the Bush Country where we watch the skies and forests every day...it's not fun folks to worry that you might loose everything you have in this World. A LOT of people already have. With the situations we are under now every time I hear or see someone out in the hills either 4 x 4ing or on a motor bike or even hiking or riding a horse...it scares the *bleep* out of some of us.

Sorry for the rant...

...now back on topic...can't find any new news anywhere on this fire. Winds are light up here in the Joe Rich Valley and switch slowly from one direction to another. We can see the big plumb over the top of the hills and smell the smoke.

I am from Montana....and that is what they do there. They have gates that are there year round, and so they can close the gates for whatever reason, or anytime they need to....It works great there...maybe to spend a few bucks will save a whole lot more bucks.....just saying.

[BoB76]

removed.

[strew]

From McKenzie Bench I can see flames at the top of the ridge . They look pretty bright

[gsc]

Thanks for sharing - pretty unnerving for you I'm sure.

Thanks and we will be posting up lots more pics for every one to see.. yes it was a little scary to be that close haha but it was all ok .

[Barney Google]

I'm trying to remember... In 2003 did they do that? Was there a backcountry closure?

You bet they did...that didn't stop people though. Up here in The Rich...we had a 'respected professional' who just ripped down the barriers and took her dogs and riding horses out onto the trails anyway. Told one of the neighbours that saw her doing it, "this doesn't apply to me...I can go wherever I want whenever I want" It's attitudes like that that have us in the situations we are in now. I'm really surprized the bans haven't been put into place yet. Not that it stops anyone cause we don't have the resources to police it but at least if someone sees a vehicle out there they can report the license number.

[Barney Google]

Reports just in are saying this fire is not growing...hopefully tomorrow we will get a little cooler temps and some rain. Crossing our fingers and toes and eyes...

[Snickerdoodle]

I'm trying to remember... In 2003 did they do that? Was there a backcountry closure?

Actually they did NOT! At least not all the parks were closed. I lived up on the last house going up to Little White back during the 2003 fire, and we would call the province and beg them to close Myra Canyon Park and they would not.

They did close certain area's like Knox Mtn and a few other smaller interface parks, but the larger areas they did not close them until after the fire. And even then there was a notice put up saying park closed due to unsafe conditions. So not concerned about future fire risk, just concerned about their butts getting sued if someone fell down a tree well or a dead standing tree fell on them.