N.W.T.’s Scotty Creek Research Station rebuilt, now with its own fire-protection system
Thawing peat plateau complex near Scotty Creek, Northwest Territories. Photo by Geocryologist, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
N.W.T.’s Scotty Creek Research Station rebuilt, now with its own fire-protection system
Peter Cazon of Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation says he’s ready to start up sprinklers at ‘drop of a dime’
Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation is preparing for the grand reopening of the Scotty Creek Research Station in the N.W.T. later this month. The site was almost entirely gutted by wildfire two years ago, and now the First Nation has taken steps to keep that from happening again.
Peter Cazon, a land guardian for the Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation (LKFN), has applied his more than two decades of experience in fighting forest fires to the task. He said he’s built a 75-metre-wide firebreak around the camp, and has helped set up a sprinkler system.
If pilots flying in the area notice fire, Cazon said they’ll call into the community’s airport and soon after he’ll be notified of the threat.
