Smoke in Glenmore caused by pine beetle burn

Smoke in Glenmore caused by pine beetle burn | iNFOnews.ca
Eldorado Ranch, a cattle ranch hit hard with the invasive pine beetle, has been conducting wildfire beetle-kill mitigation for the last few months. Property owners will continue with the burn as long as there is snow on the ground and the weather permits. Adam Proskiw

KELOWNA – Smoke coming from a property north of the Glenmore Landfill is from burning piles of dead trees infested with mountain pine beetle.

Eldorado Ranch, a cattle ranch hit hard with the invasive pine beetle, has been conducting wildfire beetle-kill mitigation for the last few months. Property owners will continue with the burn as long as there is snow on the ground and the weather permits.

Heavy equipment, water trucks and personnel will monitor the burn.

For more information on the urban pine beetle mitigation program in Kelowna, visit this website.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Adam Proskiw at aproskiw@infotelnews.ca, call (250) 718-0428 or tweet @AdamProskiw.

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Adam Proskiw

Adam has lived in B.C. most of his life. He was born in the Caribou, grew up in the Okanagan, went to university on Vancouver Island and worked as a news photographer in Vancouver. His favourite stories incorporate meaningful photography and feature interesting, passionate locals. He studied writing at UVic and photojournalism in California. He loves talking tractors, dogs and cameras and is always looking for a good story.


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