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Citizen poll results: Are you worried that the drought conditions seen across B.C. will contribute to more wildfires this summer?

The poll ran from January 29 to February 8. Of the 898 votes, we can determine that 513 are from within the community.
Neil Godbout
Neil Godbout
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Lack of rain this year and near-record low river levels have exposed a vast area at the confluence of the Nechako and Fraser rivers near downtown Prince George. This photo taken from the Yellowhead Bridge, shows people walking in areas that typically are under water.Ted Clarke

Prince George Citizen polled 898 Prince George Citizen readers and asked the question: Are you worried that the drought conditions seen across B.C. will contribute to more wildfires this summer?

The poll ran from January 29 to February 8. Of the 898 votes, we can determine that 513 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

Yes, the two go hand in hand 59.45% local, 58.57% total    
Mostly yes, but only because I think more wildfires is the new normal 12.87% local, 12.25% total    
Not sure 3.51% local, 2.90% total    
Mostly no, too early to say if a wet spring and summer is on the way 13.45% local, 14.14% total    
No, lots of other more important factors contributing to wildfires 10.72% local, 12.14% total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of adult Prince George Citizen readers that are located in Prince George. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 3.25%, 19 times out of 20.

Prince George Citizen uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.