Task force put out hundreds of abandoned backcountry fires in 2023

The Okanagan Forest Task Force, known for cleaning up the Okanagan’s backcountry, responded to hundreds of abandoned campfires in the region last summer, dozens of them during a fire ban. As Victoria Femia reports – the OFTF is urging people to be careful ahead of what’s expected to be a very dry summer.

• Forest task force last year extinguished hundreds of abandoned campfires in B.C.