By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com CAT LAKE \u2014 Wildfire evacuees having returned to Cat Lake, the fly-in First Nation\u2019s chief has ideas on how future fire seasons could be handled better. Chief Russell Wesley released a press statement Thursday saying this year\u2019s \u201ccatastrophic fires\u201d in northern Ontario \u201care a warning that the current approach to forest management, emergency preparedness and climate adaptation is not sufficient.\u201d Wesley told Newswatch he released the statement \u2014 which includes an action plan for the provincial and federal governments \u2014 partly out of \u201cfrustration with the With the Cat Lake experience, but also because as a chief, I have to represent the greater public as well.\u201d An audit of this year’s wildland fire management will take too long when there are actions… <\/p>\n
By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com CAT LAKE \u2014 Wildfire evacuees having returned to Cat Lake, the fly-in First Nation\u2019s chief has ideas on how future fire seasons could be handled better. Chief Russell Wesley released a press statement Thursday saying this year\u2019s \u201ccatastrophic fires\u201d in northern Ontario \u201care a warning that the current approach to forest management, emergency preparedness and climate adaptation is not sufficient.\u201d Wesley told Newswatch he released the statement \u2014 which includes an action plan for the provincial and federal governments \u2014 partly out of \u201cfrustration with the With the Cat Lake experience, but also because as a chief, I have to represent the greater public as well.\u201d An audit of this year’s wildland fire management will take too long when there are actions... <\/p>\n