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By Michael Reeve

FILM DEBUT

‘BC is Burning’ documentary looks to spur conversations around forest management

Jul 18, 2025 | 5:33 PM

KAMLOOPS — A new documentary is debuting across British Columbia this month looking into devastating wildfires in the province, while advocating for change.

Called BC is Burning, the 45-minute long film investigates how forest management and policy reforms can help reduce the fire risk in our province. It debuts in Kamloops next Tuesday (July 22) at Thompson Rivers University.

The documentary features 16 area experts, including four from Kamloops as well as its producer from Vernon.

“I’m hoping that the film will untimely drive some change because there are solutions to wildfires and one of our best opportunities is to increase forest management in the province so we can address the fires before they start, reduce the chances of the fires happening,” said Murray Wilson.

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“We will always have fires, but we can reduce them by active forest management.”

Over the past several years, B.C. has been ravaged by wildfires, whether that be Lytton in 2021, the North Shuswap in 2023, or the Venables Valley in 2024. All told, the province has seen seven million hectares of land burn since 2017, and the hope is that the documentary will help spur conversation and lead to meaningful change.

“We have a wide variety of forests. If you look at the dry forests around Kamloops, certainly we can thin those forests out,” said Wilson. “In the larger scale, on the land, we have to make opening, break up the continuity of the forests, have younger forests, older forests, a variety forests so the fire stops when it hits these areas.”