2026 Wildfire Season

[Haggis]

It doesn't seem to matter with these legislators that a Canadian helicopter pilot died fighting an American wildfire in Colorado last week. Or is just "expected" of us?

Maybe after the next major hurricane in the southern states we won't be able to send any line crews because they will be busy cleaning up the forest floors

 

[daftandbarmy]

It doesn't seem to matter with these legislators that a Canadian helicopter pilot died fighting an American wildfire in Colorado last week. Or is just "expected" of us?

Maybe after the next major hurricane in the southern states we won't be able to send any line crews because they will be busy cleaning up the forest floors

It would be a terrible shame if anything happened to the critically important water the USA gets from Canada.

A terrible shame...

About the Columbia River Treaty | Columbia River Treaty

In 1964, Canada and the United States (U.S.) ratified the Columbia River Treaty (Treaty), a transboundary water management agreement. The impetus for the Treaty was the disastrous flood of 1948 which devastated the City of Vanport in Oregon and cost many lives, along with growing power demand in...

engage.gov.bc.ca

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

It would be a terrible shame if anything happened to the critically important water the USA gets from Canada.

A terrible shame...

About the Columbia River Treaty | Columbia River Treaty

In 1964, Canada and the United States (U.S.) ratified the Columbia River Treaty (Treaty), a transboundary water management agreement. The impetus for the Treaty was the disastrous flood of 1948 which devastated the City of Vanport in Oregon and cost many lives, along with growing power demand in...

engage.gov.bc.ca

Yes.

Nature has no political boundary that it respects. So really, it's up to political entities to figure out how to best deal with nature so as to profit political entities as best as possible.