The drought amounts to a second natural disaster in Northern B.C., as the majority of the province’s wildfires are burning in the region
, farmers and ranchers on land that has been spared the flames are instead suffering through severely dry conditions.
B.C. Livestock Producers Co-operative Association holds live auctions weekly at four stockyards located in Kamloops, Vanderhoof, Williams Lake and Okanagan Falls. According to Mike Pritchard, Vanderhoof yard manager, around 500 head of cattle would be sold in July in a normal year. Earlier this week, a fast-moving fire just north of Panorama Mountain Resort meant residents in more than 1,000 dwellings were placed on evacuation alert.
“There’s no way for us to get back,” Ms. Randle said. “It was growing insanely fast and we just had to get away.”
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