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Tuesday May 26 2015 3 ENVIRONMENT WILDFIRES Photos wanted for 2016 Fort Smith Pet Desk Calendar Filling up fast Get your pictures in soon Ifyouwouldliketohavephotosofyour petstakenarrangementscanbemade. Please call Chris at 872-5547. Becauseofthehighvolumeofrequests we are on a first come first in basis. Special consideration will be made for pets not in previous calendars. Please submit photos of living pets only. Thereisnofeetohavephotosinthecalendar. If you have any questions or need more information please call Chris at 872-5547 or email dewolfnorthwestel.net Deadline is August 31 This ad sponsored by the Northern Journal Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. WESCLEAN NORTHERN SALES LTD. Ph 867 875-5100 Fax 867 875-5155 E-mail infowescleannwt.com web www.wescleannwt.com Avalon Cat Hair - long Size - medium Gender - female Avalon is a very loving and beautiful cat. She is spayed and is up-to-date with all her shots.If you think you have a home for a Avalon please call the shelter at 872-5543. Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. WESCLEAN NORTHERN SALES LTD. Ph 867 875-5100 Fax 867 875-5155 E-mail infowescleannwt.com web www.wescleannwt.com Avalon Cat Hair - long Size - medium Gender - female Avalon is a very loving and beautiful cat. She is spayed and is up-to-date with all her shots.If you think you have a home for a Avalon please call the shelter at 872-5543. Please leave a message at 872-5543 for details. WESCLEAN NORTHERN SALES LTD. Ph 867 875-5100 Fax 867 875-5155 E-mail infowescleannwt.com web www.wescleannwt.com Avalon Cat Hair - long Size - medium Gender - female Avalon is a very loving and beautiful cat. She is spayed and is up-to-date with all her shots.If you think you have a home for a Avalon please call the shelter at 872-5543. SpayedNeutered Up-to-datewithroutineshots House trained Little BitFemaleadult White Looking for a new home Little Bit is a big kitty who needs a new place to call home. Let a Little Bit of love into your heart this week. Holdover res indicative of extreme dryness re manager Continued from page 1. Even starting out this spring our drought levels or measurements of moisture within the forest oor started out in those areas a lot higher than what we would normally ex- pect Olsen said. The extent of really dry areas seems to be increasing from last year. The driest area in the territory is currently north of Fort Providence the scene of the ter- ritorys most massive re complex last sum- mer where the area hit an all-time drought code high in the NWT reaching a record level of 1024 last August - the rst time the drought code has surpassed 1000. The drought code is a computer-generated formula that calculates precipitation humid- ity wind temperature and dryness of fuels like trees where 400 is considered drought. This year the area started spring at a code of 350 and has moved up to the 485 mark over the past few weeks. Holdover res from that burn which survived the winter have already begun to pop up on either side of the highway between Fort Providence and Beh- choko. One of those located approximately 40 km northwest of Fort Providence is cur- rently being actioned. Another extremely dry area Olsen said is around Pine Point between Hay River and FortResolutionwhereWoodBuffaloNational Park transitions into the NWT east of Sandy Lake. Two res - both within the park - also sprung up last week as holdovers from the year before. One grew to 2000 hectares but both were put out by ENR bombers last week. Thoseareasarewhereweveseenover-win- terburnsfromlastseasonOlsensaid.Thats a very good indication of how dry things are is when a re smolders underground over the winter and then pops up in the spring. In Hay River Olsen said the drought code is around 400 and just slightly below that in Fort Smith at around 372. Closer to Fort Resolution its a little wetter hovering around 300. Each day without rain raises the drought code which needs at least 2.9 mm of rain to be held or pushed downward. So far Yellowknife has issued a re ban on open res within the community. Mapnwtre.com A map of active res burning with the Northwest Territories as of May 25. There were over 20 new res started by lightning over the weekend. Province-wide re ban for Alberta Fire hazard extreme for Fort McMurray area By MEAGAN WOHLBERG The Alberta government issued a province- wide re ban on Monday prohibiting all open res including campres and charcoal bri- quettesincampgroundsorbackcountryareas. The ban applies to all areas within the provinces Forest Protection Area. Munici- palities and provincial parks may issue their own restrictions. Portable propane and gas stoves and bar- becues are allowed but all re permits previ- ously issued are now suspended or cancelled and no new re permits will be issued. The ban comes as ve wildres burn out of control in Alberta along with four others being held and 17 more under control. There have been 21 total wildres to date in Fort McMurray Wildfire Management Area where the re hazard continues to be extreme. Currently 109 reghters 18 heli- copters three aircraft and other heavy equip- ment are stationed in the area. Currentmeasurementsshowtheconditions areworsethanpreviousyearsoftheHouseRiver Fire and Mariana Lake Fire when ames en- gulfedtwomilestoreachHighway63withinve minutestraveling16milesinundertwohours. I cannot stress enough how dangerous the current wildre hazard level is right now said Robyn Haugen Albertas wildre infor- mation ofcer for the Fort McMurray area. All it takes is one little spark. Thats why we are implementing the re ban. Violators of the re ban could be ned up to 5000 and held liable for all costs asso- ciated with a resulting re. PhotocourtesyGovtofAlberta A wildland reghter actions a re on May 14 near Lodgepole in central Alberta. ENVIRONMENT WILDFIRES