B.C. First Nation implements off-road ban, cites ongoing heat wave, drought
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The Lower Similkameen Indian Band says the ban targets motorized vehicles and came into effect on Wednesday afternoon.
With no relief in sight from the heat wave that’s cooking B.C., a First Nation says it has implemented an off-road ban to prevent backcountry wildfires.
The Lower Similkameen Indian Band says the ban, which targets motorized vehicles, came into effect on Wednesday at 4 p.m., and that it will remain in effect until further notice.
Those vehicles are now prohibited from driving on any LSIB road with growth or vegetation.
According to the band, the term motorized vehicles includes those powered by batteries.
“If the road is completely bare, then it can be used,” the First Nation said. “However, vehicles cannot leave the roadway at any time for any reason other than to enter onto another bare road.”
The province’s wildfire danger rating for the Similkameen is between high and extreme, the top two levels of its five-tier system.
Further, the province’s drought portal ranks the Similkameen at drought level three out of five.
The LSIB also noted that horses aren’t immune from the ban, either.
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