The Editor,
Re. “Climate change and the city” (The Tri-City News, Feb. 21 & 28, March 7).
The threat of wildfires is not only to new neighbourhoods on the wooded mountains north of the Tri-Cities but also to established neighbourhoods adjacent to the mature forests in Harbour Chines and Burnaby Mountain.
A co-operative forest-management plan needs to be part of the climate-action plans of the Tri-Cities and adjacent municipalities.
Another immediate threat is protracted electrical outages from more frequent wind storms. These outages will carry greater risks for residents of highrise buildings who will lose their elevator access, water supply and heating.
I applaud reporter Gary McKenna and The Tri-City News for this educational three-part series on climate change.
Derek Wilson, Port Moody
