Municipal District of Acadia residents still looking for answers following wildfire disaster.
Acadia Valley, AB. – Over 100 residents of the Municipal District of Acadia gathered on Thursday evening in Acadia Valley Community Hall for a public debrief by the county Chief Administrative Officer Brent Williams and Fire Chief for the MD Acadia Valley, Roger Didychuk.
They offered more information regarding the wildfire that burned over 12,000 acres of land on the evening of Tuesday October 17th.
Rancher Dal Howe said the wildfire has devastated his Black Angus ranching operation.
“There is about 2500 acres of native grass that was burnt, 8.5 miles of fence lost. 3 cows, 2 calves, I had to put down one cow and one calf that were still alive after the fire. The other 135 head of cows and calves are very stressed. I’ve been treating calves that are very sick, every day since the fire,” he said.