Bearing witness to harm by thorough documentation

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Documenting wood smoke pollution is an important and necessary step toward increasing awareness of its behaviour and effects.

Taking photographs and measurements of wood smoke pollution is not a crime - even if uninformed local police departments believe that doing so is a kind of criminal harassment.

For example, Metro Vancouver suggests that the following be pursued if wood smoke from a neighbour is having an impact on you:

- Keeping a wood smoke diary to record the frequency of incidents and their impact on you and your family.

- Talking to your neighbours to see if they are affected and willing to make impact statements.

- Taking photographs or video of the smoke, especially if it enters your property.

- Contacting Metro Vancouver as soon as you observe wood smoke so that an Officer might attend the scene.

- Giving permission to Metro Vancouver to set up monitoring equipment on your property.

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