Wildlife fires are natural and essential to a healthy boreal landscape... and for maintaining caribou populations.  Too long to get into here but there are benefits to letting burn and this practice is now being adopted more widely outside of the park systems by forest fire managers.  Values such as cabins, boats, sensitive sites receive protection and fires are all closely monitored.  When park visitors register at the park prior to their trip, we document their trip itinerary and we will refer to these itinerary when a fire is approaching a canoe route.  We do fly the area and divert folks if needed... close routes, and provide fire updates.

I know the park wants to let nature rule but with this many fires and conditions so dry I wish they would put out these fires early. I think back to 2011 and how I ended up sleeping a half mile from  a lightning fire that they had been observing for a few days. I had no idea and spent the next day bushwhacking for over a mile to get to Twin Lakes. About a day later this fire known as Red 24 started galloping towards Red Lake. After a ton of money it still burned from Irvine to Thicketwood and over to Knox. Winter snows had to finish the job of putting it out. I told them I wish I had known of the fire and walked over and put it out with my bucket!!

Too bad because Wrist is one of my favourite lakes.

Geez, can't be all that much left around Wrist Lake to burn!  The west side was toast just a few years ago.  Oh, well....

Jimbo   

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