60 new fires reported in the last 24 hours for BC.

In Saskatchewan, the fires are starting to die down and the Canadian Military is being pulled back from assisting.

I cannot ever recall such a dry May, June and July. Along with wilfire threats, The Metro Vancouver area has moved to Stage 3 water restrictions.

Also here, due to the drought, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has closed fishing in most streams and rivers until at least through the end of September.

Hard to fathom that with all the drought like conditions, the Pacific Northwest - particularly in the southwest coast region, is actually classified as a rain forest environment.