Editor, The Times:
The recommendation after the 2003 B.C. wildfires was mitigation to clean the fuel from under trees.
The recommendation was ignored by the B.C. Liberals.
They then closed the local forestry offices, which eliminated precise feedback to Victoria, and also got rid of expert local knowledge for dealing with wildfires.
Then came the warning of what could happen in the form of wildfires last spring in Fort McMurray.
What a farce to hear former premier Christy Clark boasting about how well the B.C. Liberals looked after the B.C. Interior.
She resigned and left us with one of the worst fire seasons ever, and with no expert guidance for out-of-province firefighters.
Hugh Jordan
Kamloops, B.C.