It’s that time of year when bears are looking to bulk up for winter and are trying to find food. We hear they are getting into people’s garbage bins in the community. Some steps you can take to make your home less attractive to bears include:
Feed pets and store your pet food inside
Secure garbage bins with lids
Cleaning or keeping garbage bins smells to a minimum (putting baking soda in the bottom of the bin will reduce odours)
Freeze smelly food items until you are ready to take the garbage to the landfill, or it is garbage collection day
TREX participants and instructors can access ʔaq̓am lands forming Kootenay IR 1 for Fire Effects Monitoring Training within the 2023 Airport Pasture Prescribe burn and the two planned burn units for 2025. Access is allowed from Sept 16 – 27, 2024. The exact dates of training on IR lands will depend on weather conditions for all other activities happening outside of IR lands. No media will be permitted for any training activities on IR Lands.
Next week (September 16th-20th), Mountain View Resources will be onsite in a UTV within the 2023 Prescribed Burn area to do some herbicide spot treatments for invasive plants. They will be using the same herbicide that has been used in the location in past years (Clearview). Clearview does not have any impacts to humans, pets or wildlife and will only be used on invasive plants. We will have small booklets at the Administrative front desk that has more information on Clearview if you would like to stop by and pick one up.
BC Assessment staff will be on-site on September 10th to inspect 5311 Mission Wasa Low Road and 5805 Mission Wasa Low Road properties for the 2025 Assessment. They will be wearing marked orange safety vests and taking updated photos to verify records. These assessments are used in ʔaq̓am’s property tax laws.
