Western Standard;
According to newly unearthed documents, the Liberal government was warned as early as 2017 that Jasper was a “tinderbox” waiting to explode but climate activists within the government refused to alter the “pristine environment.”
According to documents obtained by the Western Standard, the Jasper National Park Management Plan identified the mountain pine beetle as a major risk for wildfires as far back as July 22, 2016.
“Mountain pine beetle expansion in Jasper National Park and associated forest ‘may’ increase wildfire risk to values on neighbouring land,” said the plan.
In Jasper National Park alone, 1.1 million hectares were identified as at risk from an infestation that spread from British Columbia starting in 2006.
“The presence of a large number of dead and dying trees is thought to to increase the risk of wildfire in the national park and surrounding area and this has been partially supported by the observation that in 2017 in British Columbia about one-third of forest fires were occurring in the dead stands,” it said.
The Alberta Forest Service and Parks Canada approved a forest management plan but it was rejected by the Liberal government, documents show.
Via Mark Milke: I gave a speech to a conference sponsored by the Forestry Association of Alberta in Jasper about six years ago. This is exactly what they told me privately…
Flashback to Kelowna.