Clinton & Area

The Clinton & Area Community Wildfire Preparedness Roundtable facilitates the coordination and communication of organizations responsible for wildfire preparedness and risk reduction in the region.

Participants include local government, First Nations, volunteer fire departments, fire brigades, ranchers and those in the forest industry.

The Roundtable held its inaugural meeting in February 2020, focusing its efforts on an area that extends from south of Clinton, west to Kelly Lake, Jesmond and Big Bar Lake, north to 70 Mile House, and east to the North Bonaparte area and Loon Lake. Much of this area was burned in the 2017 Elephant Hill Wildfire.

While a community wildfire resiliency plan was in development, fuel management projects were carried out through the leadership of the Village of Clinton and others. The Clinton Community Forest and the 100 Mile House Natural Resource District have also pursued fuel management treatments in the area.

The Fraser Basin Council provides facilitation and secretariat support to the Roundtable.

Clinton & Area Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan

n March 2023 the Village of Clinton and Thompson-Nicola Regional District completed a Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan (CWRP) for the Village of Clinton and a large area of TNRD Electoral Area E (Jesmond, Big Bar Lake, Meadow Lake, Chasm and Loon Lake).

The plan is aimed at improving wildfire preparedness and mitigating losses from possible emergency events. The plan serves as a guide and identifies a number of actions to mitigate risks and reduce fire hazard in and around the community and promote FireSmart awareness.

  • Clinton & Area Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan | March 2023
  • Clinton & Area Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan: Wildfire Risk Assessment Technical Report | March 2023

Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan Maps

Here are the key maps for the Clinton CWRP.

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Here is drone overview footage of a shaded fuel break northwest of Clinton that was developed in winter 2022/23 as a step in wildfire risk reduction.

Other Maps of Clinton & Area

Maps related to the 2023 Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan are listed above. These maps for general reference.

The following map shows completed and planned wildfire risk reduction treatments, including interface fuel treatments, landscape scale fuel breaks and prescribed fire treatments. Use this map to see treatments in 70 Mile and Green Lake areas.

The following map shows completed and planned wildfire risk reduction treatments, including interface fuel treatments, landscape scale fuel breaks and prescribed fire treatments in the Clinton Area.

Terms of Reference

Meeting Materials

  • Summary of March 11, 2024 meeting
  • Summary of November 1, 2023 meeting
  • Summary of January 23, 2023 meeting
  • Summary of October 24, 2022 meeting
  • Summary of May 17, 2022 meeting
  • Summary of February 25, 2022 meeting
  • Summary of November 16, 2021 meeting
  • Summary of May 4, 2021 meeting
  • Summary of January 21, 2021 meeting
  • Summary of February 18, 2020 meeting

  • Presentation slides (January 23, 2023): Forsite presentation on Village of Clinton Community Wildfire Resilience Plan
  • Presentation slides (October 24, 2022): Forsite presentation on Village of Clinton Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan

Contact

The Clinton & Area Community Wildfire Roundtable is facilitated by the Fraser Basin Council.

You can reach the Roundtable by contacting:

Alex de Chantal

Regional Manager, Thompson-Okanagan