2024 Prescribed fires
Prince Albert National Park
Decades of fire suppression is impacting ecosystems that have long relied on fire, like grasslands. Without frequent fire, these ecosystems lose plants and animals, which affects their overall health. Annual wildfire monitoring and prescribed fires in the park determine when and where a prescribed fire can improve or maintain the health of the park.
Fire specialists monitor weather and environmental conditions in spring to determine if there is a window that meets the criteria to light a prescribed fire.
Waskesiu Community Fuel Break
Date: Spring 2024
Size: 40 ha
Location: South of the Waskesiu townsite
Additional details: The Waskesiu Community Fuel Break (CFB) prescribed fire is a preventative measure to reduce the risk from potential wildfires to the Waskesiu townsite. There have been prescribed fires every spring along the southern boundary of the CFB since 2006, except when prescription was not met. This prescribed fire is one part of a maintenance strategy that keeps the CFB effective in protecting Waskesiu from wildfire.
Map : townsite of Waskesiu in Prince Albert National Park with the Waskesiu Community Fuel Break — Text version
This map shows the townsite of Waskesiu in Prince Albert National Park with the Waskesiu Community Fuel Break. The map contains a legend and an inset map of Prince Albert National Park that marks the location of Waskesiu within the park. It also shows the 0 to 1 scale of the map in the bottom left corner. The map has the streets in Waskesiu as well as Highways 263 and 264. The community fuel break surrounds the townsite to the north, east and south with Lake Waskesiu to the west. The prescribed fire boundary is marked in the area south of the Waskesiu townsite.For more information, please contact feu-princealbert-fire@pc.gc.ca or call 306-663-4522.
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